This was an odds and ends shop to get ready for Sunday dinner. I can't handle how expensive everything is now- I am filled with rage every time I have to go shopping. Or am I filled with rage because I never remember my grocery bags? Could be both.
In my cart - premade pancakes, kraft dinner x 3, apple juice, creamer, eggs, whipping cream, juice, carrots, pecans, cream cheese, pretzels.
$64
I got Time to Eat for Christmas 2020 after we had binge watched her show and loved everything about it.
In addition to the Olive Crown bread and savory french toast mentioned here, this is what else we've made -
Hasselback Squash and Avocado Pesto
Sausage and mushroom Toad in the Hole
As well as pancakes, Tandoori Chicken, and Chicken Shawarma. All so good, and so many more good things to try.
Back on the bookshelf - 18 Donated -21
I have no exciting stories of what I've been up to, even if there was anyone out there interested enough to ask. I've been working too much and not sleeping enough and not taking care of myself but doing nothing about that but beating myself up - which doesn't work, by the way.
Finally, the weather has started to warm up and we've gotten out for some walks and fresh air.
We've been watching some good shows and I've been trying to read more. The house needs a good cleaning and an aggressive clean out - perhaps coming soon, perhaps not. I know it would make me feel better in the end, but it's hard to get started.
But let's finish up 2022.
This cauliflower cheese was made around the holidays and it was THE BEST cauliflower cheese I've ever made, but don't worry, I didn't keep the recipe, or remember where I found it.
This is not the prettiest picture on this site - and by far not the ugliest either - but we made these on Christmas Eve - wonton cups with cranberry sauce and brie cheese. Yummy.
I made these cinnamon rolls and nobody cared.
Yorkies on Christmas Day
The Boy gave me his woodworking projects for Christmas
And then these were my second favorite present
We had a deliciously nontraditional Christmas dinner this year - we bbq'ed steaks and made fries and gravy and yorkies on the side (and veggies too, I promise).
I was so looking forward to the steak and yorkies that I nearly forgot to plan a dessert. I pulled out my lovely Nigella Christmas book and immediately decided on gingerbread for the big dessert.
Recipe: Sticky Gingerbread
Chips x 2, milk, chili crisp, pasta, waffles, taco kit, pineapple, hash brown patties, guacamole, spring rolls, salami x 2, romaine, ground pork, chicken breast, bread, green onions, tomatoes, garlic, cookies, carrots, margarine, avocados
$93.10
i read 42 books in 2022.
2022 was a bad year for me in a lot of ways including reading. I wish I had read more and stared at my phone or the floor less, but it is what it is. Part of that can be attributed to the fact that I have quite a few books that I am not particularly excited about reading - secondhand books because new books are pricey, and there isn't always great selection at the secondhand stores.
I have also switched my book rule from - you have to finish it if you start it to - if you don't like it, get rid of it and move on. And I am much happier for that change. I'd like to say that you might see a fair few self help books on the 2023 list as in perhaps I'll finally get around to reading some of the books I bought during my post-partum days, but realistically, the chances are low.
Y'all, we had a big birthday to celebrate in 2022 - we've hit the teen years!
The Boy turned 13 - THIRTEEN!!!!!!!!!!! - which seems impossible to me because while I might not be able to remember what I did yesterday, I remember all the painful details of the days and days it took for him to be born.
His cake request was simple (and moody) - a chocolate cake with blue icing.
Knowing how horrific my decorating skills are, I covered it in sprinkles, artfully leaving 2 shapes in the middle that vaguely resembled a one and a three.
(Let's not speak of the little round turds edging the top of the cake.)
A month and a few days later it was The Girls turn. She hemmed and hawed until she was running out of time and then decided she wanted a cake decorated like a sloth. I said no.
No other cake would do though, so I ordered a sloth cake topper from the hellscape of the online company that starts with A and ends in mazon, even though they lost multiple orders of ours this Christmas, and hoped that at least that package would show up, since none of the other ones did.
Thankfully it did.
She requested a blueberry cake, also with blue icing, and it looked basic but cute.
Everyone was happy and both cakes and frostings were too sweet, but these special days don't last long. Time keeps on slippin', baby.
19 years ago I said to myself, blogs look fun, I should have one too!
And i like to cook was born.
Happy 2,000th post. Look at us. Who would have thought? Not me.
We made a really good mac and cheese a while back, and when the craving hit us again a couple of weeks ago, wouldn't you know that of course we couldn't find the darn thing.
I did a fast internet search and settled on Baked Macaroni and Cheese from Trisha Yearwood.
For a few days on the old Tickety Tok I was seeing videos of a girl living in China eating out at restaurants and one thing she ate that looked SO good were Chinese meat pies from a Chinese meat pie shop. I immediately starting googling.
I went with this recipe here - Chinese Meat Pies - and while it takes a bit of time, it's not super time consuming - couple of hours? - you end up with suuuuuper good, flavorful pies, that thankfully reheat well because you will make a bunch of them.
Make sure you make the scallion ginger butter. So delicious!
