Cookin' With Mr. Food!

I had like 3 lbs. of shrimp and 5 lbs of chicken in my freezer that I needed to cook. So, I was looking at my Rachel Ray cook books and nothing was really jumping out at me. Which was a disappointment because I really like her cooking ideas. So, I remembered Mr. Food, I used his recipe last week for my cheesecake. I went back to the website and found a bunch that I wanted to try. Then since my dad was here I kinda used him as a guine pig. After we were done with my desk I cooked up basically all my shrimp.

I made Sweet n' Spicy shrimp:

WOW! It was really good! I would definitely make it again.

Then Louisianna Baked Shrimp:

This one was by far the favorite, it was nice and spicy!

After my dad left I kept on cooking with the chicken.

This is Key West Chicken:

Pretty good, I baked it, but it is supossed to be grilled chicken.

Saucy White Chili:

Again this was good too! I actually made this so I can bring it to Potluck tomorrow for Church.

I would definitely make all of there recipes again. They were all VERY easy to make and I'll say it again VERY good. If you want any of there recipes just say so and I'll email them to you. OH! Please ignore the dates on the pictures, I have no idea why it says the wrong date.

The Desk

So, a REALLY long time ago, about a month I think. I went down to Canton, MI and visited my friend Anna and her family. We went to Ikea, a place which I LOVE. I needed a new computer desk, I was using a old cardboard table my mom let me use before I got a dinning table. Anyway, After looking around and blah, blah, blah, Anna found one for me and I bought and took it home. Well, just today I had my dad come over and help me put it together. Yes, after a month! It went together really well and I love it! This is what it looks like:

What I Did On Saturday......

This is what I did today:

My mom asked me to make a cheesecake for Easter Sunday. Here is what it looks like:

It looks kinda burnt on the top along the edge. But I promise that it's just dark brown. Besides if it tastes burnt it can just be cut off.

I was watching Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network channel. She made a veggie soup form left over veggies from the night before. It looked REALLY good and I thought that it was a good idea. So, bought myself a new blender and got some veggies together. See:

I thought that I would be creative and add some minced garlic, alittle EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) and some new dressing that I found, call spicy roasted tomato and poblano. I hope you can see where this is going. Well, after I pureed it and heated. This is what it look like:

Yeah, I actually ate some. It really wasn't THAT bad, but is was definitely uneatable. I think that if I make it again I'll go the the food network website and look up the recipe.

Yup, that's basically what I did today. While I was doing this I was "watching" the NCAA tournament. Yeah, my bracket isn't doing so hot anymore. Dang Duke for losing and Michigan State for winning! Yes, that's right I picked MSU losing in this round. *sigh* Oh well, there is always next year. :-D

Rock On

I like Andy Rooney form 60 Minutes, somehow he puts things in a neat view point with a tweak of humor. I had this e-mailed to me months ago and kept it. So, I thought that I would put it here. :-D


Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes"
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the UnitedCaucasianCollege Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off. When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability. I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry a** if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines. I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations. I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor. I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building. It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries! I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

It's Bracket Time!

It's March Madness time for college basketball and I love it! I don't usually watch sports. But there is something so enjoyable about filling out a bracket and seeing if the teams you picked win or loss. Especially for me, because I don't watch any of the teams in the regular season. Well, maybe the Michigan State Spartans, but even then only a few games. But right now I am doing really good! I join a pool on FaceBook and out of about 52,000 people I'm ranked 484. Not bad, eh?

Sunday Quotes

"Races didn't bother the Americans. They were something a lot better than any race. They were a People. They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world. And their manners were their own business. And so were their politics. And so, but ten times so, were their souls." - Archibald MacLeish

"The purposes of our God are great, His love unfathomable, His wisdom infinite, and His power unlimited; therefore, the Saints have cause to rejoice and be glad." - Joseph Smith Jr.

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." - Mother Theresa