grilled sandwiches

so i might be addicted to grilled cheese

not kidding!

a friend of mine used to have grilled cheese parties

and then right before i moved out of my favorite apt

i was making them like 3 times a week

i've gotten better though

but GGm and GGp sure love them

i think they may like the tuna fish ones better though

grilled cheese is pretty much self-explainatory

but here are the basics if you have never

heard of them before

butter one side of each piece of bread

i put the butter side up and let it melt

so that as it browns it's already warm inside

and melting the cheese

but that's probably how you do it too though

don't make fun of me

i make tuna fish sandwiches

the same way my mom has made them

although due to my limited supplies i substituted 

i ususally use miracle whip, cause i can't stand mayo but that's all i had

i usually use dill pickles, cut them into quarters from circles

[i don't know to explain it, sorry]

but i do the same thing with the bread

so that it warms to tuna

and for the record i know i made this

way more complicated than it needed to be

chicken alfredo

so i love fettuccine alfredo,

freaking love it!

but i have a hard time with people putting chicken in

because some people screw it up

but bird's eye does it just right

it's got some kick

but not too much

and there are veggies too

although i am trying to get GGm and GGp

away from frozen food

because seriously 99% of it is so bad for you

but this is something i will get cause 

it has a ton of food groups!

if you want to make this,

you can find it in the freezer section of your grocery store

stroganoff

this has always been one of my favorites

i remember begging mom to make it all the time

so i suggest buying a good chunk of ground beef

cook it and then freeze it in pound increments

which by the way

1 pound of ground beef is

2 and 1/2 cups cooked

thank you google!

also something else you might like

springpadit.com

it's freaking amazing!

it's also where i keep recipes my mom gives me

i'll give you the recipe

remember to follow the instructions

stroganoff

• 1/2 c minced onion
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 cup IMO or sour cream
• 2 TBLS flour
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• dash of salt and pepper
• Noodles
• 1 TBLS parsley (optional)

Cook hamburger. When done, part in center and saute onions. Add flour, salt and pepper, and mushroom soup. Cook for 5 minutes. Add chicken soup. Simmer uncovered for 10 mins. Just before serving stir in sour cream and heat thoroughly. Stir in noodles, sprinkle parsley over top. Serve

it's super good!

although IMO makes it taste way funny

i didn't have minced onion or parsley 

but they are not essential so if you don't have them

don't freak out

this does constitute as heaven in your mouth

valentine's day dinner

although i knew i was going to hate valentine's,

since i was continuing my membership in

the lonely hearts club,

i decided to make valentine's special

for GGm and GGp

so after doing something monday

i got home about 10 til 4

i told them that i needed to go grocery shopping

so i got the shopping list

hurried through the store

[which is so out of character for me]

because i was supposed to pick up the pizza at 4:30

i had called it in so i wouldn't have to wait

so i get to the pizza shop and give them my name

can't find the pizza

they ask for my number and look again

can't find the pizza

so they say we'll get your right out

it took them ten minutes, after the ten minutes i stood in line

ugh!

so i rush home

only to find out that GGP had let GGm eat a big lunch

which when GGm eats a big lunch

she doesn't want anything for dinner

they told me they didn't want to eat til 6:45 anyways

so i rode up to my aunt's [SJ's mom] with DQ

to give some valentine's and then

drove back

we decided to get some dinner for me

since the plan was to leave GGp and GGm alone for dinner

we decided on Rumbi Island Grill

we called it in and i crossed my fingers that

this time my food would be ready

it was supposed to be ready at 6:16

it wasn't ready until 6:46

so i was very mad!

i had dinner to finish and i was keeping them waiting!

so i call them and ask them to heat up the oven

[did i mention the pizza is a u-bake pizza?]

i get home throw it in

make a salad

[iceberg lettuce, cause that's what they like,

carrots and celery-don't judge me, i was in a hurry]

i then set the table

pretty fancy, right?

i didn't want them to get up so i had plenty of salad

which they ate all of

and there were extra slices of pizza

i even had desert on the table too

heart shaped chocolate chop cookies

GGp was partially in on it

he knew a heart shaped pizza would be involved

but nothing else

so both of them were blown away

i lit the candles as i left

and they still can't stop talking about it

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

***UPDATE-rumbi has totally made up for my horrendous night. the manager called me on wednesday and apologized after corporate forwarded my email to him. and i have free meal vouchers. i'm still waiting on papa murphy's to call me back [feb. 23, 11]

truth or dare

remember how i told you

that sometimes it's easier to

just make something up

than have to explain it all

well i might have done it again

so i was watching greek 

and they were playing kiss or tell

and i didn't want to explain it

so i told GGp that they were

playing truth or dare

cause everyone knows how to

play truth or dare

or so i thought

because GGp then said

"what? what is that?"

so i had to try and explain it to him

i had seriously thought everyone

knew what truth or dare was

check back later this week for GGp and GGm's

valentine's dinner!

baked seasoned chicken and rice

Last week I bought chicken breasts

and was needing to use them

so last friday i made chicken noodle soup

with three chicken breasts

and with the other four i baked them

super easy baked chicken

salt

pepper

montreal chicken spice/rub

water

**preheat the oven to 350 degrees

i pour salt onto my hand and then rub the chicken

i do the same with pepper

then i sprinkle the montreal chicken stuff just on the top of the chicken

pour just a tiny bit of water into the bottom of the pan you are going to use

for the small pan i used i put in less than a fourth a cup

cover the pan with tin foil

and cook for 20-25 minutes

then 5-10 minutes with the tin foil off for the chicken to brown

now for the rice

i admit i didn't know how to make rice on the stove

so i youtubed it!

if you want to make it in the microwave

i suggest this one

but leave out the salt

if you want to make it on the stove

i suggest this one

just follow that and you'll be fine

it's a little blurry, blame the iPhone

add some veggies and you are good to go!

play on words

yesterday was a very sad day for utah jazz fans

jerry sloan retired, what a great man

but today he was on the cover of the newspaper

his head took up a good third of the page

and the picture was just over half

GGp picks it up and says

"now that's a headline!"

bwahaha!

tithing settlement

[disclaimer this bit has nothing to

do with the blog]

I used to think that I wanted to die old

live as long as I could

forget it! when I can't do stuff I want to

take me out! i'll be okay with it

okay so GGp can't go to church anymore

it's just way too hard for him

and GGm can't go during the winter

cause it's just too cold for her and the ice and snow es no bueno!

so in our church

we pay tithing

[you can click on tithing and it will tell you all about it]

and at the end of the year we have

tithing settlement, like balancing a check book

and then we get a receipt

GGp hadn't got his yet so he asked me to pick it up for him

because we can count it on our taxes

[Jesus for the win!]

so when I brought home he opened it

and this is what happened

"It's not balancing,

[he uses accounting terms, he's an accountant]

I'm going to have to call the bishop.

[then under his breath]

dammit!"

growing up I thought GGm and GGp 

were such good people

never stepped out of line or anything

and their swearing all the time

is HIL-AR-IOUS!

DUP

it's an acronym

for Daughters of the Utah Pioneers

which GGm happens to be a member of

so GGp and I were getting her ready today

for some other club she went to

and a friend called and told her

that if she wanted to have a ride to call

I might have gone back to reading my book

when GGp said something to the effect of

"D U P?

[this is where I came back in]

Yes, I pee everyday!"

OMGosh, I laughed so freaking hard!

and yes I encourage even the some what funny things he says

test day

I took that test wednesday

GGm said to me while watching greek

(side note-my new favorite show)

"did you like your test today?"

really?

who likes taking tests besides the weirdos

who get all a's and mess up getting extra points

After I stifled my chuckles I said

"No, no one really likes taking tests,

we just take them to get them over with"

"Oh really? I didn't know"

sleeping in

I didn't have class tuesday

because it was an hour

for testing

and I wanted the whole day off

so lounging around the house did happen

I slept in to the respectable hour

of 10:40am

DQ came in to check on me

because GGm had said

"[mostly] must either

be sick or dead"

because back in their day

no one ever slept in

and I am a HUGE believer in sleeping in

GGm has also commented

on my almost daily mid-morning horizontal life pauses
(aka naps)

which are my favorite

where do you stand?

cake balls

i had a meeting i had to go to

sunday night and i made cake balls

they are like heaven in your mouth

let me tell you what classifies as heaven in your mouth

it has to taste good

it must be something you don't have often

it must take work, although you may not be the one doing it

[reason being, you have to appreciate 

how much work was put in]

okay but let me briefly 

tell you how to make a cake ball

take a cake, crumble it up

mix in icing

roll into balls

briefly freeze
dip in chocolate and cool

mine don't look great 

so i googled a picture for you

exhibit a

don't they look good?

i made the cake on friday

and finished the process on saturday

so everyone in my family has been a part of the process

so of course GGp and GGm had to have a taste

and it's been all i could do not to devour them

i even had to put them in the garage fridge

so i couldn't eat them

but everyone has fallen in love them

especially GGp!

I told him of my plan to try and bring some home

and then GGp and GGm said that it was

highly unlikely that they would make it back

but in a couple of weeks i am going to make some more

this is what GGp said

"good I have something to live for"

not look forward too, but LIVE FOR

oh gosh!

he's adorable!