Pizza buns...YUM.

After wanting to make this recipe ever since I stumbled upon it through foodgawker.com, I finally made pizza buns for my family's Christmas Eve gathering. (Thanks to this awesome blog!). My mom and I decided to do a little "cook off".  She made a delicious calzone type of pizza snack and I'm sad because I didn't get a picture of it! I also was not able to do a step-by-step process of my pizza bun creation in pictures since my camera battery doesn't want to charge :( Why does that happen when there are quality upcoming picture ops?

Okay, soooo here's some pics:

I added more sauce and cheese and they were soooo yummy. In case you're wondering, the overall consensus was that my dough (which was made from scratch, Mom's wasn't), was tastier, however, my mom's calzone had more scrumptious insides (turkey pepperoni, lots of cheese, green pepper).

For Christmas Day at Chris's family, I made mini brownies topped with strawberries and then iced to look like a Santa hat. Chris helped with the icing.

Strawberry/brownie recipe found here

Now to reflect...I learned a ton about cooking the past two months. I've had frustrations along the way but I am glad it is a skill I have semi-acquired. =]

Next hobby: Crocheting!

Ode to Lasagna

Okay...so I haven't been loyal to my blog as of late.  I'm blaming Pinterest!

I did cook up some lasagna last week.  It was decent. Maybe more meat next time. I also made some "Sweet Potato Bourbon Mash", but I lacked bourbon so I used Southern Comfort instead. BIG mistake. Man, it was disgusting. Maybe it was the molasses in it that didn't do much for me. Or maybe I just really screwed it up with the Soco. Either way it looked like straight-up poo and I am too embarrassed to even post it :)

Lasagna Recipes

Onto the lasagna pics....

Yum, that sauce was deeeelicious.

Noodles, standard.

Yum!

Not quite the thickness I anticipated. I'm not sure how this happened as I followed the recipe for how many layers it called for...

So excited to do some baking for Christmas. This will be the first Christmas where I participate, in a cooking sense. Also, my mom and I are having a pizza bun-off, so to speak. I'll post pics.

If I don't post before Christmas (I probably won't, let's be real here), have a Merry Christmas!

Long time, no see...

The holidays are upon us! This means I can cook/bake holiday themed food items which is fun.  I have been kind of in a rut with cooking/baking. I guess I've been kind of lazy, but I think tomorrow I will be back in action. Perhaps I'll check out a recipe that I have saved on my allrecipes.com account.

Anyways, I made some easy dijon chicken the other night. Very quick and simply meal for a chicken-lover who wants to add a little zing to their pallet.

Dijon Chicken recipe

Cheers!