The mark of my 23rd year may have been my best birthday yet. I woke up to pecan pancakes in bed, had two king cakes delivered to my door, ate a yummy burger from the Greenbrier, played in the park, and had an amazing baked good prepared and decorated by my sweet husband. : )
Thursday, February 24, 2011
birthday funday
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Catching up.. :)
For the past couple weeks, I have celebrated my 8th Valentine's day with my main squeeze, turned 23, and vacationed in New York! It has been busy and exciting... which left no room for blogging. ; )
So to Catch up, I thought I would share a little of my recent adventures with you. Starting with Valentine's Day...
I made homemade sugar cookies for Valentine's day, and set up a little wine and cheese party for my man. I'm not a huge sugar cookie fan, but honestly Jason and I both agreed that the cookies were heavenly. I used The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies Recipe from Allrecipes.com, cut them into different sized heart shapes, and decorated in traditional valentine's day colors. I halved this recipe, and still had plenty to hand out to neighbors... So unless you're feeding an army, I would definitely cut down on the recipe.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Recipes for "Poor Cooking"
Just thought I would add a few recipes to go with the last post, just in case you don't already have a favorite spaghetti, red beans, and pot roast recipe. Fair warning... I have learned to cook from two amazing women; my mother and mother-in-law, neither of these wonderful ladies practiced the art of measuring the ingredients out. lol! So, I'll teach you like they taught me... with love and a few taste tests. : )
- 1 packet of onion soup mix
- 1 (2lb) roast (eye of round is best)
- baby carrots
- new potatoes (quartered)
- 3 cubes of chicken stock
- 5 cloves of garlic (whole)
- salt
- pepper
- cayenne pepper
- garlic powder
- basil
- Worcestershire sauce
Directions
Allow roast to come to room temperature. Cut slits in roast, and press the 5 cloves of garlic in center (I normally cut a slit near each corner, and one in the center). Then, sprinkle roast with salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic powder, basil, and Worcestershire sauce. Rub the seasonings in on all four sides. In a slow cooker, add the cream of mushroom, onion soup mix, 3 cups of water, 3 cubes of chicken stock. Then, add the roast, carrots, and new potato's. Cook on low for 8 - 10 hours. Serve with rice. (jasmine rice is my favorite)
Here's to great dinners, and sexy cooks. ; )
Good Luck!
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Poor Cooking
While I could pull the college kid eating habits out and eat ramen noodles 7 days a week; I'm slightly spoiled to great cooking, and fear I would not be able to stomach that for too long. Therefore, I've put together a cheap seven day meal plan... with the help of a few of my mother-in-law's great ideas. :)
Here goes...
Sunday- Roast Beef in the slow cooker ($15)
Monday- Red Beans and Rice ($6)
Tuesday- Homemade Spaghetti (about $9)
Wednesday- Chili
-Mix the red beans with spaghetti, add a little chili powder, and whalaa!
Thursday- BBQ Beef Po Boys ($4)
-Cut the remaining roast beef and place in a sauce pan with BBQ sauce. Toast french bread in the oven with butter, garlic powder, and provolone cheese. Place BBQ beef on toasted french bread, and enjoy a southern style po boy!
Friday- Homemade Meat, Cheese, and Spinach Lasagna (12$)
-Use the leftover spaghetti as your meat sauce, make a cheese mixture with egg, parmesan, mozzarella, ricotta, and Italian seasoning. Layer with meat sauce, no boil lasagna noodles, spinach, and cheese mixture. Repeat, and top with one more layer of meat sauce and a cheese sprinkle.
Saturday- Enjoy a smorgasbord of leftovers and relax! :)
If my calculations are correct... you officially have a whole weeks worth of yummy food for about 46$. Which means, your hubby will be so happy you may be able to talk him into a 5$ movie rental! :)
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