Mmmm. . . MEAT

Another oh-my-god delicious meal courtesy of the Pioneer Woman. I'm in love with that chick and so is my husband! The kids weren't so keen on it but I had a little home shopping party here today and they snacked a lot.

Just for fun, here's some recent shots of my girls getting maximum use out of Halloween outfits:

No-Chicken Noodle Soup

Company has gone home. I can't believe how fast it went. Of course she was only here for 3 days but still, it felt like it went way faster than that. It's prolly good she had to go today, though, because I'm sick! *cries* I've got some sort of creeping crud in my chest and my throat hurts. The best thing for sickness is chicken soup but since I'm a vegetarian we do the No-Chicken noodle soup! It tastes the same if you make it correctly. Alas, I'm too sick to type the whole recipe here, maybe next time. I'm sure I'll post it again over the winter.

No-Chicken Noodle Soup:

Chicken Spaghetti

Thanks to the Pioneer Woman, I have discovered a recipe that I will be making again. This was oh-my-god so good. Even though my picky ass husband had to pick out all the peppers, the kids and I ate it up. Cate loved it more than Emma I think.

A little tip, turn the broiler on at the very end to brown the cheese a little. I just can't say enough good things about this meal. Very simple. Very affordable (one whole cut up chicken was only $4 and change!) Delicious! There was plenty of chicken remaining to make a nice bowl of chicken salad for lunches over the weekend.

A salad with this would be great, too but I didn't bother.

Sandwich & Pasta Salad

Argh! I forgot to get batteries again! So I guess I'll just have to describe what we had last night.

I made some bacon ranch Suddenly Salad and added in some fresh broccoli, grape tomatoes and red onion. Then on the side I had part of a New Yorker sub that Billy brought home. Their subs are famous around here. It's got bologna and salami with some cole slaw and peppers and cheese I think. I only had a tiny portion of it and gave the bologna to the girls (ick!) They thought it was hot dog.

I've really been inspired recently by this blog. I went to the store again this morning and over the next few days I'll be using her recipes to make her famous Marlboro Man sandwich, chicken spaghetti, and beans and corn bread. Yum! I love how she really dumbs it down for the common cook. I've learned a lot just from reading over the past few days. Check her out! And thanks for the comments by the way. Comments are really the bread and butter (heh heh!) of a blog.