Finn's Noms: Hasperat and Red Potion

 Finn's Noms is a weekly feature where Finn picks recipes out of the (many) cookbooks we have, and then cooks them for us!

What book: The Geeky Chef Cookbook
What recipe: Hasperat and Red Potion
Did we change anything: Not to the hasperat. We added pineapple juice to the health potions, we tried it without first and liked it better with.
Why we chose that recipe: It looked yummy and simple.

Thoughts:

It was really really really good. It's definitely a keeper! First time all of us tried it and we all really liked it.

Would we change anything
No!

Would we cook it again.
Yes!!!

1,000,000/5 Yums

When we first picked the recipe I doubted it because it had jalapenos in it. I didn't want the extra spice because there was already hot sauce in the cream cheese.
When I was making it I kept thinking "I hope I like this!" And also "I hope it turns out okay". I chose a garlic heat as my hot sauce, it was only a little spicy.
It was a pretty easy meal to make. We also had a special drink with it, it's a health potion. Well, it's just a smoothie, but it looks like a health potion! I really liked the health potion, I have some left so I can make more tomorrow. I'm really excited I have more left. The raspberries in the health potion were really pulpy and I liked it.

I've cooked recipes from this cook book before and honestly I've never not liked what we made. But this recipe was AMAZING. We all loved it.

We have so many hot sauces and I picked the hot hot one for me and John's. My mom had the bourbon one and then my dad and Finn had the garlic heat.

For our hot pickled veggies we chose pickled jalapenos, because my dad doesn't like pickled things, except those. Weird right? He also doesn't like onions so his doesn't have that. I think this would be fantastic with like hot pickled red peppers, or hot pickled peaches or something kind of sweet.
The heat was great, it was a simple and quick recipe to make. We also are able to make it vegan for my mom. It was a win win for everyone.
For the health potion we ended up doubling it and it didn't actually make as much as I thought it would. We ended up adding some pineapple juice and that gave it so much flavor. The recipe called for fresh ginger but I forgot that, so maybe next time we'll add some of that.

Next week we will be making toasty ghosties (Or toasty pumpkins, it depends what cookie cutters we have. These are homemade cheezits) and Mystery Inc Misty Drinks, both from the Scooby Doo cookbook!

Finn's Noms: Beetroot Soup

Finn's Noms is a weekly feature where Finn picks recipes out of the (many) cookbooks we have, and then cooks them for us!

What book: Minecraft cookbook
What recipe: Beetroot Soup
Did we change anything: Yes! We added chickpeas for some extra protein
Why we chose that recipe: We wanted a healthier alternative to tomato soup.

Thoughts:
I liked it. It was better with the grilled cheese dipped inside. I used a cookbook that was pretty cool. First time using the Minecraft cookbook I got for Christmas. This recipe has a lot of tomatoes. It was my first time eating beets and I couldn't really taste them over the taste of the tomatoes. Next time I want to add more beets and more seasonings. Before we added the seasonings it didn't smell good, it smelled like dirt. Once we added the seasonings it smelled okay. The first half of the recipe was pretty fun to cook, I liked pouring the ingredients in the blender and blending it, the second half was mostly just stirring, so I got real bored real fast.

Would we change anything
Maybe less tomato, add more seasonings. My papi added red chili flakes and said it was really good.

Would we cook it again.
Yes

4/5 Yums

This was Finn's first time cooking. He chose the recipe book, the recipe, and he cooked it, mostly, by himself. We helped him open the cans and pour the blended ingredients in the pot. We love tomato soup and thought this would be a healthier alternative to what you get in a can. We also love grilled cheese with our tomato soup.
I didn't care much for the soup, it was decent when I ate it with my grilled cheese. But honestly it tasted very earthy by itself. I think if we add more spices, maybe something spicy like red pepper flakes, and even maybe some coconut milk it'll taste better. I've never had beets before and I don't think I'm much of a fan.
I'm really proud of Finn for picking the recipe and cooking it for everyone, though he did have help making the grilled cheeses.

Next week we will be making Hasperat from Star Trek along with some red health potions!