Hasselback Potatoes

I made these to go along with turkey burgers one night. They are a different option when you are wanting potatoes with your meal. Plus look awesome!

*The longer you leave them in the oven, the more they taste like fries.

**I omitted the garlic because I didn't have any at the time, instead I put little bits of butter in between some of the slits.

***And of course instead of salt I used Tony's :)

http://www.seasaltwithfood.com/2009/05/hasselback-potatoes.html

Baked Chicken Legs with Mashed Potatoes

This is a little meal that I made up on my own that is quite simple.

What you need:

• 8 Chicken drumsticks
• 1 cup + Dry white wine of choice (I used Chardonnay, but you can also use Sherry)
• 1/2 cup or so Lemon juice
• 1 Yellow onion
• 1/2 bag Carrots
• Season with rosemary, oregano, and what ever other spices you like

What you do:

• Bake in the oven at 400 for an hour.

Strawberry Cream Puff Cake

Delish. Enough said. Plus the recipe was very easy to follow.

http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/04/strawberry-cream-puff-cake.html

Baked Sweet n Sour Chicken with Fried Rice

I have made this recipe many times, but every time I make it I am so excited to eat it I forget to take a photograph.

Since I moved to Springfield, finding St. Louis style Chinese food had been very difficult. Luckily, Pinterest came into my life and I have discovered many tasty Chinese dishes. This beats any other sweet n sour recipe.  Plus it is baked and not fried giving you a not-so-guilty feeling for eating way too much of it :)

*It's a little on the sweet side, so you can definitely cut back on the sugar a little bit.

**I also did not use all of the oil it called for because I felt it was a little excessive and would then have to be considered a fried dish.

http://life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-with-fried.html

Asian Inspired Flank Steaks with Fried Rice and Parmesan Roasted Green Beans

I clearly decided to just go ahead and repost everything. I hope you all enjoy!

I made this meal for Joey's birthday, that was in June. It was the first Pinterest meal I had ever made and it turned out quite nicely I thought.

*With the fried rice I also added a Tablespoon of minced ginger.

**For the green beans I used Tony Chachere's cajun seasoning instead of salt and pepper, it is my go to when salt is needed.

***Another time I made the green beans I used Feta cheese instead of parmesan, it tasted even better!


http://savorysweetlife.com/2011/04/the-pioneer-womans-black-heels-to-tractor-wheels-and-asian-inspired-flat-iron-steak-recipe/

http://life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-with-fried.html

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/11/roasted-parmesan-green-beans.html

Decision

I still haven't decided if I should just transfer all of my recipes over here or start from scratch. I guess in reality I don't have THAT many recipes to transfer over.

Your thoughts?

Life at the Moment

As many of you know, I just started as a teller at a bank in Springfield. It has 6 branches in Springfield, 1 in St. Louis, and over 300 in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, Florida and etc. I love it so far! The girls who have been training me are super nice and I am understanding everything they throw at me. It was just Monday when I was allowed to start doing transactions, and now on Thursday I already feel like a pro. A slow pro, but a pro nonetheless. Next Thursday I will be done training and all on my own. I am very thankful I have another week of being looked after, but I feel like I would do just fine on my own right now as well.