Cooking With Pintrest

I have much better luck with the recipes on pintrest than the hairstyles!

Last night, after doing laundry, my neighbor Carrie and I had this lovely dish I found on pintrest a few weeks ago. The two of us getting ingredients and Christmas decorations in Target the other day was hilarious, it reminded us both of shopping with room mates in college. I am glad that Carrie and I have gotten as close as we have, her friendship has been a real blessing in my life!

So the Cheesburger Crescent Bake:

1 lb ground beef, cooked, drained
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup dill pickle relish
1 1/2 cups shredded American cheese (6 oz)
1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls


Now Carrie is a vegetarian, so I used these fake meat crumbles from Morning Star that were just as delicious as ground beef! I highly recommend them if you want to try the recipe vegetarian!! Excuse the iPhone photos, I know some people make them into works of art, but mine are SO not there!


Directions

In 10-inch skillet, mix beef and ketchup.



Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Then stir in relish...



and 1 cup of the cheese.



Spoon into ungreased 9- or 10-inch glass pie plate.




Separate dough into 8 triangles; roll up 1 inch on shortest side of dough. Place dough on top of meat mixture in spoke pattern.


(Ok, my spoke pattern needs work...)

Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.

Bake at 375°F 15 to 20 minutes.



Ta Da! It was delicious!!!! And I am having leftovers tonight (: It is super quick and easy to make, I highly recommend it.

And to link with Goodnight Moon, some Journey... because it has been in my head all day. Especially since Ryan showed me a certain youtube video with this song, have you seen Action Figure Therapy? Warning, some language, but after hearing my husband talk about work sometimes I am sure we all have similar stories!

Pintrest: Good and Evil

Like most of the world, I am addicted to Pintrest. I will spend hours pinning things and tucking away ideas for our future home, family, crafts, clothes and recipes. Also, like most people, I am guilty of excessive pinning but not excessive doing. So I decided to start actually doing more of the things I am pinning! I had only done one recipe before, and it was delicious, so I decided to do it again. I saw the Cheddar and Cracker Baked Chicken everywhere so I gave it a go.



DELICIOUS!

I loved the garlicy cheddar taste with the crackers for just the amount of crunch. I even put half in the freezer, unbaked, to make for later. It has been really hard for me to motivate myself to cook for one, so this recipe having the freezer option was very appealing to me. I highly recommend this one.

Now the second thing I tried to do was some no-heat curls. I have been reading this girl's blog for ages and her style is amazing. So I decided to try it! I need to figure out how I am going to do my hair for the Ball next week anyway, so I figured this would be a good chance to practice.



Step One: Twist hair until it twists itself into buns on your head. Secure in place, leave overnight.



Step Two: After an uncomfortable night of sleep, wake up and remove pins. Enjoy springy girls. Use your fingers to gently separate.



Step Three: PANIC!!!!!!!!!


Maybe my hair is too fine. Maybe it was too damp/dry. Who knows. All I know is that when I went to gently separate my twists I looked like a lion who had stuck its paw in an electric socket. No pretty curls for me. Straight up white girl afro. I look like my mom did in her senior picture, but it was the seventies so she had an excuse! I was at this point late for work so I had to shove my head under the faucet in the shower and squeeze globs of conditioner in my hair. Quick rinse, then blow dry and I was ready to go.



Slightly frazzled, but not demented.



Oy.

My mom, husband, coworkers and the girls at BUNCO had a good laugh with me over it though! Looking back, I think it was hysterical. But now I definitely need another idea to curl my long, thin, fine hair for the Ball!!!

Oooh! Want!

Ok. Going to look very greedy and girly in this post but I cannot help it!!

I have fallen in love with these items. I need to win the lottery to get them all (:

These $98.00 Manolos I saw in a vintage shop in Old Town. And they were my size. Sigh.



This gorgeous dress from Shabby Apple



This set of poppy hair pins from Etsy



or this ring



Because I love what it represents. More people in England wear poppies in remembrance than here in America, but I've seen it. My Poppy used to give me a paper poppy pin (woah that sounds confusing) every year that his VFW would hand out. I want a slightly nicer version of that to wear in November, especially for Veteran's Day.

And basically this whole outfit would work in my book. Thanks pintrest!





I am going to drive to NJ tonight to see my mom since she is visiting there too. I haven't seen her since July, and this is officially the longest we have ever gone without visiting. The four hour drive on my own I am not looking forward to though!

And we found out last night Ryan got extended another month. Sigh. He does not graduate until April 12th instead of March 12th. So that will be 9 months living apart instead of 8. Joy. At least we get to see one another. I leave for the ball in two weeks (and he BETTER pick me up in the airport and not make me drive three hours in a rental car ALONE in an unfamiliar place after flying seven hours since he told me to fly into that particular airport....) and I cannot wait to see him again. Leave spoiled me!

Hey Pintrest!

Thanks for the delicious dinner idea!




I am sooooo full now. :P