Take n' Bake

Let me give you some pointers on Papa Murphy's Take n' Bake Pizza so that you don't end up making the same mistake I did.

First of all, if you live in a tiny apartment with a tiny kitchen and a tiny oven, don't try and cook things that don't fit in it.

We bought a delicious Heart-Shaped pizza to enjoy on Valentine's Day and were so excited!  However, it wouldn't quite fit in the oven...  but it was so close!  So I figured I could bend the sides up a bit and they'd just be touching the edges of the oven and be fine.  Bad. Idea.

Five minutes later, we were watching a movie on the couch and started to smell a terrible smell.  I jumped up and our oven was smoking!!!  My first thought was the fire extinguisher as Brock and I both looked at it at the same time.  I rushed to the oven, turned it off, and pulled out the pizza.  Thank goodness- no fire.  Just a lot of smoke and stinky-ness and burnt edges of the pizza.  And then the smoke alarm went off.  So we freaked out again and opened the doors and turned on the fans and were frantically airing out the room.  Then it turned off, and we both burst into laughter.  That's a Valentine's memory we won't soon forget!  It was so funny!

So we transferred the pizza to a cooking sheet.  Brilliant, right?  Haha and cut off the burnt edges, and the pizza was saved :)  And very delicious!  But take this as a word to the wise.  Don't let what you're cooking touch the edges of your tiny oven....  Especially if it's flammable like the paper pizza holder.  :)

Navajo Tacos

I was sitting at home deciding what to make for dinner, and decided to pull out the cook book Martha (my mom-in-law) gave me for Christmas.  In it, I found Grandma's delicious recipe for scones!!!  I had never made them before, but I do remember their delicious taste.  So I decided I would make them, and then make Navajo Tacos!

I will give you the recipe but I have to warn you.  When you are frying the scones, do NOT use a spatula.  Hello!  If you give a girl a spatula while she is frying made-from-scratch scones...... she will splatter oil ALL over herself and her kitchen.  Tongs, people.  Use tongs.  :)

For the scones:

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. shortening (I used margarine)

1 C. milk

3 C. flour

1 Tbsp. yeast

1/4 C. warm water

Dissolve yeast in water.  Add shortening & salt.  Stir.  Add milk and sift in flour.  Mix well.  Let stand 15 minutes.  Knead & Roll 1/2" thick.  Cut and fry in oil.

I put chili, sour cream, and cheese on them.  They're also delicious with lettuce and tomatoes, but I didn't have any of that on hand and it was too cold to go to the store :)  So I just settled for what I had at home.

 

Brilliantly Delicious.

In the Beginning.

So if any of you knew me at all in my Teenage years, you know that I have a lot of fun in the kitchen. I love to cook, experiment, come up with new recipes, and most of all make lots of messes. Until I fulfilled it in my first year of marriage, I had been working very hard towards my goal to be able to make cookies without spilling all over the floor... Needless to say, it was not my parents' favorite thing when I decided to cook!

But I still did anyway! And I was not good at it at all. Brock will testify to that. He can tell you about my cooking when we first got married :) It was pretty funny. But I have gotten soooooooo much better since then. In fact, I would call myself a fantastic cook! It is one of my joys in life.

As my 2011 New Years Resolution, I set a goal to cook at least 2 good meals every week. Then it would pretty much add up to 4 good meals because there's only two of us at home so we'd have plenty of leftovers!

And I am proud to say that it is now February 1st, and I have kept my resolution so far! Yay! Some of the highlights I've made: Chipotle BBQ Chicken Wings, Ham Fried Rice, Crock Pot Lasagna, White Chicken Chili, and Honey BBQ Ribs. All were brilliant successes and so delicious!

So as I was going about this resolution, I realized that pretty much all of my Facebook Status Posts were about food! First I thought, "How incredibly embarrassing!" But then, I decided it was awesome. And I want to make a blog about food. Oh, and by the way, my name's Aubrey. And here is my blog... about what happens when you give a girl a spatula. ;) Enjoy!