Baking Up A Snow Storm

Today I woke up at 9:40am, it was sunny and the grass was very nice and green and the temperature was pretty moderate, however by 11:00am I had to suffer through this for the rest of the day :(

So instead of my normal plans for lunch with a friend and grocery shopping I decided instead to dedicate my day to some homemade baking and cooking that im going to freeze for my boyfriend to have some homemade food in his residence which is laking in the kitchen area.

By 5:00pm I had successfully made up 6 different things (if you include the ham i was cooking for dinner) I took some pics to show how delicious everything ended up and some links (click on the titles) incase you feel like a cooking day as well! ENJOY. YUMMMMMM

#1 - BACON ONION CHEDDAR BREAKFAST BISCUITS

I discovered these tasty little guys a year ago on the PIONEER WOMAN website. She is the funniest lady when she blogs, I laugh whenever cooking her recipes. She types exactly as she talks & her recipes are awesome! For these I grate the onion instead of chopping, since im not a huge onion fan but they really make the biscuit taste a thousand times better. My boyfriend loves these cause he says they keep him full for hoursss after he eat them.

#2 - LOW FAT PEANUT BUTTER BANANA MUFFINS

I just found this website this week, one of the girls at work showed it to me called SKINNY TASTE, now i wouldnt say that any of the recipes are in any way "skinny" but they do sound very delicious and this was the first one i tried. I would suggest a litttttttle less flour and alot more peanut butter on the inside :) who the hell cares about low fat!



proof that i really did bake and its not just pictures of food!


#3 - TWICE BAKED POTATOE

First time making these, but once again from Pioneer Woman, they are definitely a friday night food and making sure you bake them without tin foil wrapped around them so the skins get hard enough to hold the filling, that was my only downfall.

#4 - EGGY MCMUFFINS! 

Nothing to extravagent here just eggy sammichs, but homemade so alot better than mcdonalds 28grams of fat, probably they average about 10grams of fat, andddd if i had just gone with egg white instead of white the yoke is would only be about 4grams of fat, but! they arent for me today so oh well!

Assembly line!

#5 - BROCCOLI CHEESE SOUP

Homemade soup was a new adventure for me, and i would say it turned out okay, if i were to do it again I would definitly add moreeeeee broccoli, i did 4 heads like it called for but its just wasnt ENOUGH broccoli taste, and some more seasoning, I just dont know what. Also top with extra cheese before you serve :)

Code Word "Lemon"



AFTER



BEFORE



On todays Tuesday evening my roomate Jenessa was going out on a date. To prepare we decided to doll her up and make her hair very nice. Unfortunately curls work best on straight hair when it is a little dirty with natural oils and such so we told her she couldn't wash her hair, resutling in our make shift shower cap using a grocery bag and a clip, cause no ones owns shower caps, honestly.

The man of the house TEDDIE

getting rowdy below with his bone

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CHOP! CHOP! CHOP!

THAT'S ALOT OF VEGGIESSS!



 

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......let the stalking begin

we had to make sure to take care of Jenessa on her aforementioned date so we took a not so casual trip to our local tim hortons where, wouldn't you know it!, they just HAPPENED to be!

 

this seemed to be the most perfect looking sprinkle donut i had ever seen



if you look closely in the background you will see the subjects!, however we were simply taking a picture of Alyssa

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On our way to pick up Nicole from Jake Frasers's Village Res. at 1AM in the morning. Thank goodness we didn't get pulled over by the cops in our attire.

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A HEALTHY LUNCHIE FOR THE NEW YEAR
fruit salad & apple cinnamon raisin warmed pita
YUM!



Life Lately

For my 21st Birthday (UGH! horrible) Peter took me out to the movies, we saw the new Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows, it was spectacular! and I would suggest it too everyone, its interesting, humourous and has a good story line.

Afterwards we got icecream at my FAVOURITE icecream place the Coldstone Creamery, my choice is ALWAYS the birthday cake remix cause its the ultimate combination of birthdaycake icecream, brownie, fudge & sprinkles, AKA a diabetics worst nightmare but ironically my dream :)
The Guess shirt im wearing is one of my beautiful birthday gifts (from peter) among many lovely thoughtful things

GROVERS!
 A few days before christmas we made a last minute run over to the states and OF COURSE we HAD to go for lunch, duh! This little "hole" was my pick! -thank you very much - My work friend Kim had shown me this place before on the show Diners, Drive Ins & Dives. It is in Buffalo, NY probably about half an hour from my boyfriend, Peter's house, anyhow! whatt a place! two words: OH MAN! its an awesome find.

               

   The small home town bar and grill is best known for its CHEESEBURGER SOUP,
yes sounds weird but it was an awesome creamy tasty bowl of goodness,
 and its 12OZ HOMEMADE FRESH HAMBURGERS
which are a mouthfull! to say the least, as you can see above ^
MMMMmmmm DELICIOUS! - oh, and did i mention its cheap?!
it was definitly worth the half hour wait, the service & the light welcoming atmosphere was beyond compare, some of the nicest servers and owners you will ever meet!

YES PLEASE!
just one of the many funny wall decor

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Chilly day outside so Peter and I decided to spend our afternoon playing scrabble.

PETER = LOSING

RACHEE = WINNING! (just like Charlie Sheen ;)

 aaaaaaaaaaaaaandddddd........
CASSIE decided to RUIN our scrabble game.
soooo typical!

BREAK!

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LINKS TO LOOK AT
Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows
Coldstone Creamery Birthday Cake Remix
(I added this at work and watching this girl seems annoying on mute,
so i can only imagine her with sound on, but regardless!)
Diners, Drive Ins & Dives: Grovers Bar & Grill
New Background :)