Hello!

Hope everyone had a great weekend:) Our’s has been fun. I love having Momma here.  Yesterday, for her birthday, we took Momma out to lunch then we went to the Painted Penguin:) We lovelovelove the Painted Penguin. When Paul’s parents were here, we took them there as well:)  If you aren’t familiar with it, you go and pick out a piece of ceramic and paint it:)  While our pieces dried, we did a little shopping.  Yesterday, we took Momma to Ikea for her very first Ikea experience:) Can I say how much I love that place?  We even ate lunch at their little cafe and was impressed – good and cheap.  Afterwards was ballet with Sarah and swim with MyMatthew;)  I’m sure Momma is worn out but still have a full week ahead!

The other night, I made fettuccine. Sarah and I about made ourselves sick. It’s not a light dish by any means.  I hope yall will give it a try Enjoy!!

OK, HERE’S What You Need:

12 oz fettuccine

3/4 cups butter (1  1/2 sticks)

1 cup whipping cream

1/4 tsp pepper

2 cups Parmesan (Don’t use the green shake stuff – use as fresh as possible:)

1 tsp cornstarch

2 T. parsley and chives (chopped into small pieces – I use my kitchen shears)

HERE’S What You Do:

Boil your fettuccine noodles in salted water.

For the sauce – melt your butter in a medium sauce pan.  Whisk in your whipping cream and pepper. Stir often until the mixture becomes thickened. It doesn’t take long.  Gradually stir in your parmesan and cook until it’s melted.  Whisk in the cornstarch and stir until slightly thickened – about 3ish minutes.

Drain the pasta and  add it to the cheese sauce. Serve it up with more Parmesan and sprinkle with chives and parsley:)

Are ya ready for some football!?!?:)

Welcome to football season folks:) Nothing like having good eats to go along with the big game. In fact, there is no possible way NOT to have snackies during the big game.  Seeing as yesterday was LSU’s first game of the season (LSU vs UNC —- GEAUX  TIGERS!!), I made several snacks for us.  One of them was my daughter’s favorite, Fried Cheese.  I can only eat a few of these, but the rest were gobbled up… mostly by my Sare-Bear:)  They really are best right out of the pan so it’s not really a make ahead type food.  Give it a try, they are soooo nice and gooey:) Enjoy!!

OK, HERE’S What You Need:

Cheese – I used Cheddar Cheese Curds and Muenster

Eggs

Milk

Flour

Panko Crumbs (Italian)

HERE’S What You Do:

I used cheese curds, so I didn't have to cut any up. I also used Muenster cheese. It came in a block. If you have to cut your cheese, make sure the chunks are pretty nice side (size of the curds). If your cheese chunks is to small, the cheese will disappear. Pour your Panko and flour into separate bags.

Whisk a couple of eggs.

Shake your cheese chunks in the flour bag.

Dip the flour covered cheese into the egg wash and then shake in the Panko crumbs.

Fry in veggie oil until golden brown:) Drain on paper towel. Mmmmmmmmm all that gooooey goodness!!!