Easter dinner

Easter dinner will be held at my place at 4:30ish on Sunday, this will be the last dinner for
a while. Happy Wednesday!

Cause once is never enough..

Early to bed, Early to rise!

So I bought Harry Potter Friday and have watched it three times already!  I believe it is the most beautiful movie shot in the franchise yet.  Me and my people are going to decide tomorrow night if we are going to have a Easter feast or not, only because I have been doing SO much work lately in the kitchen and people think I need to slow down and relax, but I am truly happy when my friends are over laughing and playing games and eating my food and helping me cook "yes I let people help" now; slice this, chop that, mix this, stir that, lol.  That TOTALLY counts as delegating!  Even professional chefs have sous chefs right?  Nod to you Wade!  Alright so I laughed while watching this video, $1.48 for gas, I remember when it .98 cents!  A friend said nothing good really came out of the eighties but then he changed his "tune" when I busted out my case for ALL things 80's and he finally had to admit I was right. 

So storms are on the horizon, so sayeth my my trusty NOAA!  As you know I LOVE some precipitation, so bring it on!  I better get in the shower and get ready for work; which is going SO great by the way.  Have an amazing Tuesday, I plan to make today better than yesterday.  I love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow.

Carol of the Bellls

Sometimes music can just describe your mood or feeling.

Moods

Hurt.

Foodie Pictures from birthday parties yesterday!

Ah the good life is relaxing on a Sunday and thinking about Friday and Saturday night, and looking forward to next weeked and all the fun stuff we have planned!  Alright yesterday we observed Robert and Pam's birthday, and here are the foodie photos I'd like to share as I spent most of the day and night in the kitchen but the parties were well worth it!  Here we go, see my recipes on my older blog posts:

Robert's Menu:
Pork butt roast
Greens
Mashed Potatoes with bell pepper and onion
Cornbread
French bread
Brown Gravy
French Vanilla Kahlua Cupcakes
Double Decker Yellow Cake with 2 pounds of milk chocolate and chocolate covered coffee beans

Shepherds Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 pounds potatoes, such as russet, peeled and cubed
• 2 tablespoons sour cream or softened cream cheese
• 1/2 cup cream, for a lighter version substitute vegetable or chicken broth
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
• 1 3/4 pounds ground beef
• 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup beef stock or broth
• 1/2 cup frozen peas, a couple of handfuls

Directions

Boil potatoes in salted water until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl. Combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream. Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until potatoes are almost smooth.
While potatoes boil, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to hot pan with beef or lamb. Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown and crumble meat for 3 or 4 minutes. If you are using lamb and the pan is fatty, spoon away some of the drippings. Add chopped carrot and onion to the meat. Cook veggies with meat 5 minutes, stirring frequently. In a second small skillet over medium heat cook butter and flour together 2 minutes. Whisk in broth and thicken gravy 1 minute. Add gravy to meat and vegetables. Stir in peas.
Preheat broiler to high. Fill a small rectangular casserole with meat and vegetable mixture. Spoon potatoes over meat evenly and broil 6 to 8 inches from the heat until potatoes are evenly browned.