i love butter

I love cooking lately. I wish I had time/space/money to make all kinds of fun things but I don’t. Sooo I make supper. And sometimes if you are lucky, I make lunch.

Well I always make lunch but it’s usually one of 5 things.  French toast, Pancakes (apple), KD, Grilled Cheese, Leftovers (looove leftovers, my life is SO much easier with leftovers), PB & J (another fave, seriously!). 

However, lately I have been (time allowing) adding more items to my list.  I made pancakes from SCRATCH yesterday. This is a big deal, and they were SO delicious. 

Suppers this week have almost all been from the Pioneer Woman’s cookbook. I love her so much, I want to be her friend.. I am not sure how I am going to accomplish that though. Maybe it’s just her kitchen that I love? No, it’s her sarcasm too. 

Monday: PW’s Breakfast Burritos. Easy and delicious.

Tuesday: Marlboro Man Sammiches.. Which Brandon was still marvelling about today, even though we have had them numerous times before. He is SUCH a man.

Wednesday- A rice pilaf, not from PW. Shocking. But I did make REAL, non-boxed pancakes, so that should count.

Today: PW’s Comfort Meatballs. So delicious, and Cooper cleaned off his plate! What!? Oh, and her perfect mashed potatoes. Cream cheese, butter, and half and half. I feel my waist line expanding.. but SO worth it.

Tomorrow: Beef Pot Pie.. MY recipe.

Saturday: I am attempting pizza dough myself.. Eek! And making calzones. Yum. I hope!

I feel like I am not afraid to cook anymore. I used to always seek Brandon’s approval, but I know now.. He is a man, he likes food he doesn’t have to cook and that tastes well, good.  Getting praise is great, and makes me feel special, but I don’t NEED it. I appreciate a clean plate almost as much. 

Cooking is easier then baking (which I have started doing more of also). Baking you have to be pretty specific or it doesn’t turn out.. Cooking you can kinda wing it, and it feels good.  You can add more or less of what you LIKE, it won’t screw it up if you can figure out what flavours work together.

And the internet. Oh, the internet what a wonderful place. I always ask my mom HOW she cooked, raised kids without google! Impossible feet for sure.  I know I called my dad alot in college.. "Uh, how do you make mashed potatoes?" and even more recently "HOW do I cook a whole chicken?" Poultry is a bit scary, but I just embrace it.. Hug it. Love it.

And PW really helps. Pictures of every step, how can you really go wrong?  Other then the immense amount of butter I have consumed in the last week. Barf.

So, I am trying to be a good housewife. Well, other then the clean house. I dunno how this almost three year old dose it, but he can make one hell of a mess SUPER quick.  Like, a toy monster barfed all over my living room. Sigh.

My name is Krystle, and I can cook. 

You can find PW here.