Betty Crockerdom
I produced my official second meal yesterday. (For a recap on the first, click here.) See, I was in the checkout line at Winn Dixie and I saw this magazine-like cookbook called "30-minute Meals: 145 Delicious Recipes for Busy Families," put out by Better Homes and Gardens and it was only $9.95, so I was sold. It had a cute little recipe in it called "Individual Sicilian Meat Loaves." I'm not really a meatloaf type of gal, but see, this one has a twist. They're mini-meat loaves filled with chunks of prosciutto-wrapped mozzarella and served over fettucini. It looked good and didn't seem to difficult to pull off, so I went for it. The result:
Okay, maybe I should've taken the picture before I slathered on all of that tomato sauce, but you get the idea. It definitely turned out better than expected. Well, my mom thought it was good (yeah, she was the guinea pig):
My mom is a pretty awesome cook, so if she says it's good, I'll take her word for it. (Not that she'd be biased or anything.)
I'm taking slow and measured steps toward Betty Crockerdom.
Getting Snuggly
I believe that I may have mentioned earlier that I love snuggly things. Remember, I won Jewel's contest in celebration of her 10,000th blog hit. I requested a lavender afghan. Well, it came in the mail yesterday:
It's soooo snuggly.
Thanks, Sis. Jewel!
5 comments:
so the big question is...did you complete preparation of this meal in thirty minutes? hooray for being betty crocker's cousin!
I'm loving the sound of that. Mebbeh I can convince my wife to make it, if she ever runs out of Gardenburgers and tofu dogs. Aiy yi yi! I guess she wants me around for a while. No complaints here.
All this domestication MUST be coming from being in your own apartment! The meatloaf looks YUMMY, and those little Betty Crocker books are great things to invest in. She has one specifically about cooking for 1 or 2 people.
Jewel does such beautiful work with her afghans! And the lavender she picked is soooo pretty! Now, you just need to find a good book and curl up.
You look gorgeous in your new afghan, Chantell! I'm glad it got there okay!
Aww Man! Seeing that picture of your Madre brings back so many great memories from the Gump. Let her know I think about you guys all the time, and I'm so greatful for the love we received from your family in the midst of everything that happened with my family in our last year at NTCC. Thanks for all the soup Sis. Christine!!
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