shepard's pie

this is one of my favorite meals

my mom made while i was a kid

pound of meat

mixed veggies

and i kinda messed up the next part

what your supposed to do is

mix a can of cream of mushroom and half a can of milk

and then pour it over the first two layers

then mashed potatoes

when it's like half done 

throw some cheese on it and let it be

i could be wrong but if the meat is warm, and the potatoes

then it's 350 degrees for 30 minutes

taco salad and fireworks!

i have been craving a taco salad

for like the past month

and finally i made it for GGm and GGp

i had a problem though

how to make the tortilla bowl

i'd fried tortillas before

but to get them into bowl shape

i was stumped!

and then i saw these rubbermaid bowls i have

so i fried the tortillas and then

gently put them into the bowls

about 20 minutes later they were cooled and retained their shape

unless you tore them apart

but i just took some lettuce from the fridge

and cut some bigger cherry tomatoes

into quarters

take a pound of ground beef

and mix in a packet of taco seasoning 

according to directions

that's where the fireworks come in

as i was doing it i moved it to the back burner

and was just barely moving it back

i hear a crack

and white sparks EVERYWHERE

and a scream coming from somewhere

i have no idea where it came from

[okay, it was me]

yes, i broke the coil

but if it happens to you

grab it, head to your local home depot

or lowe's [what's the difference anyways?]

and you can get them for about $10

or at least that's what my dad says

so here's how i did it

lettuce

tomatoes

meat

and then cheese

although in retrospect

i would do meat and then tomatoes

my bowl

GGp's bowl

GGm's bowl

i don't try to give her smaller portions

but i have this germ thing

and if she doesn't finish her dinner

she puts it back in

pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

i love pumpkin chcolate chip cookies

i beg my mom to make them all the time

well mom got a new recipe for them

awhile ago, and i seriously could make them anytime

three ingredients

spice cake mix

canned pumpkin

chocolate chip cookies

seriously could not be easier

bake at 350 degrees

and for how long changes for how moist you want them

and how big each cookie is

but start at 20 minutes

when you put them on the cookie sheet

you can put them really close together

because they grow up, not out

so push them out to how large you want them