The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, in Person.

My daughter and I have become obsessed with Ree Drummond, Pioneer woman.  We love her cookbook, blog and her basset hound Charlie.   Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a book signing.  She is just as sweet in person as she is on her blog  http://thepioneerwoman.com    If you haven’t visited, do so … NOW, today, [...]

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Pizza Blobs

Mastered the dough, mastered the sauce,  got the toppings down pat, now if only I could master the transfer onto the hot cooking stone.   Tonight’s dinner… pizza blobs.   When I try to transfer from my board to the stone the dough is sticking, even with flour and/or cornmeal.  The results, a beautiful pizza blob.   [...]

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I was craving Schlotzskys

I have had a craving for a schlotzskys sandwich lately.  The closest one is about 45 minutes away, so I finally broke down and made some fake schlotzskys bread.   It’s very easy, and VERY tasty.    I topped it with ham and cheese, toasted it, added a few onions and other goodies and ta da!  It [...]

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Oatmeal Crisp Cookies, Delic!

An afternoon trip to IKEA turned into an evening of cookies for dinner!    Of all the wonderful things in the store, my hubby was drooling over  their oatmeal crisp cookies.     I broke down and baked some for him this evening.   I chose a random recipe from an online site.   It was a winner.  Ummmm, with a tall [...]

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