Yum!

Just a few of the things I've been eating lately.

Pioneer Woman's roast chicken

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2012/08/roast-chicken/

Yum to the billionth degree. There should never be any other roast chicken recipe but this one. 

Onion Straws

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/03/onion-strings-oh-yeah-baby/

I made these to go alongside some meatloaf and potatoes, but ate the entire batch before it ever got to dinner time. Literally, I ate an entire onion. Dip them in dome ranch or honey mustard, delicious!

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Rollups

http://rindymae.blogspot.com/2013/04/cinnamon-cream-cheese-roll-ups.html

These are just as yummy hot out of the oven, or chilled the next morning!

Gooey Caramel Popcorn

http://m.prettyprovidence.com/xamrq1s/articles/56247/Aunt-Val-s-Caramel

Portia and Margot have been begging me to make this popcorn every day. I used lightly salted, but otherwise plain, popcorn.

What I like about me

Yesterday's writing prompt was:

Write a list of attributes about yourself you are proud of, or ones you want to see more of in your daily life.

Oh, you know I got this.

Here's a list of things I like about me:

1. I am very intelligent.

2. I have great taste in shoes, music, and husbands.

3. I am compassionate.

4. I bake really scrumptious desserts. This is what I'm making today: 

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/12/scrumptous-and_i_do_mean_scrumptous-apple_pie/

(Happy Pi Day!)

5. I am quite pretty.

6. I am a good mom. And wife. And sister. And friend. 

7. I am a fairly good dancer.

8. I am a great hairstylist.

9. I'm funny.

10. I make really awesome faces.

11. I know pretty much everything there is to know about Harry Potter.

12. I am artistic and creative.

13. I don't judge others.

14. I am laid back.

15. I am athletic.

16. I'm a bit of a trendsetter. I was doing accent nails in 2007 people!

17. I am kind.

18. I have fabulous hair.

19. I am energetic.

20. I am confident (obviously).

How long can I make this list before I start boring people? Eh, we'll leave it at 20, even number and all.

Ok, now you all have to go make your own list! What do you like about you?

Yum

Last night, we had the missionaries over for dinner. I decided to make one of my favorite dishes, Cajun Pasta. Mmmmmmmm!

I stumbled across the recipe a few years ago, it's by the Pioneer Woman (so you know it's good).

I thought I'd share it with you today. 

You're welcome.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/09/cajun-chicken-pasta/

The only difference is that I used shrimp instead of chicken. And it was amazing.

Go cook this for dinner.

i just gained 70 lbs...

in one piece of cake.

I made this.

Yeah.

(in case you didn't read it properly, yes it has 11 Milky Way bars in it.)

oh Ree.

Tonight, I dined with the Pioneer Woman. She is amazing. Oh, you've not met? Let me introduce you.

The Pioneer Woman is Ree Drummond, from Pawhuska, OK (yeah yeah yeah, we have weird town names here). She lives on a ranch in the country, and she cooks the most incredible food you will ever eat. We've never actually met. You see, Ree is kind of famous. She has a cookbook you can buy at Barnes and Noble, she's been on numerous daytime talk shows, and I heard that they are making a movie about her life starring Reese Witherspoon, because Reese is a big fan of hers.

Tonight, I made Trinidadian Curry and Tres Leches Cake, and they were both just too delicious for words. She does a great job with the recipes, taking lots of pictures, and explaining things so that its super easy to understand. Plus, she's really funny!

If you have never been to the Pioneer Woman website, please do yourself a favor and go. While you're there, read her love story with her husband, From Black Heels to Tractor Wheels. Seriously, it reads like a novel. A really wonderful, romantic, can't-stop-even-though-it's-2-am novel.