zaggat's picks the top 25 spots to get some grease

so you may know i'm mormon

so I don't swear.

okay i'm not perfect,

and every once and awhile

one may slip out

but i never take the Lord's name in vain.

having critic and scrambler

live with us are not good influences

when it comes to either one of the above.

scrambler was reading the namesake article of this post

"Oh My G[osh]! How in the hell

do they get off charging over $50 for a burger?!?"

now I think that is ridiculous as well,

but then I thought...

what's on it?

what's it made out of?

because i've been known to pay $3.99

for a bacon cheddar burger, uncooked

at my local fresh market

(it's the best burger ever!)

and they kept going on and on

and on and on about it, 

and how in atlanta they charge $20

and how that was ridiculous as well.

I've paid $25 for a nice burger one time,

one of the best burgers I've ever had!

i'm back!!!!

life got busy,

I got a job at the cutest

little ice cream shop ever

and started getting into ysa activites

and then I moved home

and I had nothing productive to write about.

in august I thought about writing again,

after GGp died.

it was his time, but it was hard.

he had gone down hill fast

after I moved home.

then in november critic and scrambler

moved into the house

and just before that mom had broken a leg

and things were crazy.

things have died down a bit

and now i need an outlet

let the hilarity ensue!

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

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!