Cooking & other things...

I think I cooked enough food last week to feed about 40 people over the course of 5 or 6 meals....Thank God for my freezer. I was busy with other projects too...some are hits and some are misses.

Here are some of the good ones....with pictures....


                                                 Chicken pot pie "hot pockets"

                                                           Jolly Rancher Vodka Step one:

                                                                   Jolly Rancher Vodka
                                                                      Step 2: let soak:

                                                                  Jolly Rancher Vodka
                                             Step 3: stir a bit then enjoy...I mix mine with Sprite.

                                                                 Breakfast Burritos

                                                                         Cupcakes

                                     
                                                       Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings.

                                                   Sweet & Sour Chicken with fried rice.

                                                               Bird Seed Wreaths.
                                                        (setting over night in the fridge)

                                                 Practice run at Pastel Deviled Eggs for Easter.

                                                           Greek yogurt, frozen blueberries
                                                            and a bit of honey popsicles

                                                                  Crispy Baked Kale

                                                          Cupcakes in ice cream cones

                                                                      spicy beef stew
                                                (serve over rice, mashed potatoes or noodles)

                                                          Homemade mozzarella sticks

                                                               Crab Mac & Cheese

                                                            skillet chocolate chip cookie

Tattoos

I love tattoos, full sleeves (and more) on men...a few here and there on a woman. My husband, not a fan. He doesn't care who has them and  he doesn't judge, they just aren't for him, but on his wife I can understand that being a different story. That being said I want about 7-9 more tattoos. I only have 3 now.
My next one will be this (It's our wedding date in roman numerals) :


XI V MMIV

probably bigger depending on where I put it. 

Then I want a ladybug, an angel, an owl, interlocking hearts, a saying up my spine( ripple in still water ), a music note and let it be (on my wrist)...that's all I know for sure. Each having a special meaning. (luck, my grammy, my great-grammy, love, joe's favorite song, music=love, and remind myself to relax a bit)


What tattoos do you have or want?

the bitch is back in town

Well I have been drinking and yet ignoring my blog. bad, bad girl lol ...things like pinterest and life...mostly, pinterest have gotten in the way. I have however been thinking about starting a food(ie) blog. I have been cooking, canning and creating up a storm.... here are some examples.


                                                                   Gryo's with bbq chips

                                                                    Strawberry cake

                                                                        Doggie Treats

                                                         Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos

                                                                   Blue Moon Cupcakes

                                                Lemon Sugar Scrub(for super soft hands)

                                                                Cheesy Taco Pasta

                                                                       Strawberry Jam

                                                                Crock-pot Apple Butter

                                                                     Bird seed wreath

The End?

I haven't been blogging because I've been drinking mainly Sangria. (see last blog)

However I am going on a diet and this means...gasp! No wine. No wine means- No wine blog.
An average bottle of red wine has 550 calories. Cutting that out should be easy. That along with exercise and hopefully I can lose 20 pounds by September for our Tennessee vacation.

Sangria! Sangria!

A local winery, Cherry Valley Vineyards, is having Sangria Sunday every Sunday until October. We went last Sunday, and I want to go back as often as I can. You can buy a cheese plate and a pitcher of sangria for $18. There is also, of course, wine tasting. There is live music inside and outside. You hang out on the vineyard grounds. There are tables, chairs, benches and a pavilion. It's like a big backyard. I enjoyed the sangria so much I got the recipe online and make my own, with some tweaks. They had red and white, I made the red.

I used a semi sweet red wine, Franzia chillable red in a box (only $12 for 5 liters). wash, cut up and add 2 apples. same with 2 oranges and 1 lemon (1 lime too, if you want) but squeeze the citrus juices into the wine before cutting and adding the citrus fruit. Simple and delicious! They add whiskey at the winery but I don't. I'm not sure if it's actually considered sangria or if it's just wine with fruit...but I like it.

Happy Friday

The Seven Brothers

Tonight I tried the second bottle I got from California Wine Club. It was Sauvignon Blanc. From the same vineyard as yesterday's wine, Robledo. Don't forget to use momblog-11 at checkout to get the discount.

I served it with fish, squash, eggplant, and rice. It was good with food, not so good alone. It's crisp and dry. Fruity and not sweet. I'd most likely drink this one in the summer. It would probably good with munster cheese and an apple.

For sure I am more of a red wine fan. However if you like a white wine this one could very well be your new favorite. Try it out!