The Biscuit Idea

So the other day I decided to buy a roll of biscuits because I thought it would be cool to make some kind of dinner with them.  I saw a commercial featuring non-Sloppy Joe's, and had bought the biscuits with that in mind.  But today when I was looking at recipes online, I found a stuffed biscuit recipe, which inspired me to make my own stuffed biscuits.

So they may not look restaurant-worthy, but they were easy to make and Brett LOVED them - so much that he asked that I make more.

I didn't really follow a recipe - no exact measurements, or anything.  But this is what I did.
Ingredients:

• ground beef
• onion
• spaghetti sauce
• cream cheese
• cheese
• biscuit dough

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Mix spaghetti sauce and cream cheese together, to taste.
3. Cook the ground beef and onions together.  (We love garlic, too, so we always add some garlic powder to our meat.)
4. Press biscuit dough into muffin pan, and fill them as much as you want with the cooked meat and mixed sauce.
5. Top it all with however much cheese you want
6. Put it in the oven and cook it for 10-ish minutes (until biscuits are golden).

It was easy, not too long, and again, Brett loved it.

And then as we were eating it, I thought, "What else could I put in a stuffed biscuit?"

Honestly, it's easy enough that you could do whatever you want in the middle.  Or you could choose the meat to put in and your family could choose whatever else they want to put in it.  The original recipe for this had bacon, turkey burger, cream cheese, broccoli and Worcestershire sauce.  What can you think up?

Sweetheart Day

First Valentine's Day as a married couple?  Well, Brett was at work most of the day, and I had a job interview.  We didn't get to see each other until about 6.  What did we do?  Well, we tried to go out for dinner, but without reservations, it's impossible to get a table without waiting over an hour.  But then we discovered the genius idea of getting take-out.  We got Carrabba's Carry-Out, and instead of waiting over an hour, we only had to wait about twenty minutes.  Then we got a movie, and ate at home.  Not romantic?  No, I think it is.  It was our own little beginning of a Valentine's Day tradition.  At least, until we have kids.

We decided that waiting over an hour for the ambiance wasn't worth it when we can have a comfortable dinner at home while watching a movie.  It turned out to be a great Valentine's Day, despite the lack of preparation and restaurant.

And seriously, how could Valentine's Day be anything than wonderful with this cute hunk of a husband?

A Colorful New Year

Happy New Year!  (A month and a few days late, I know.)  The pictures are here!  I wish I had all of the families' photos, but I only have my own and then the huge group photos.  The girls in my family worked so hard to make sure all the colors worked together, and they did!  The photographer did an alright job.  There are a few things that we're not too happy about, but nothing a bit of editing and some Photoshop can't fix.  And since I was introduced to Picasa, I thought, "Why not fiddle around with these pictures?  So I did.
(On a side note, counting this photo shoot, Brett and I have had our pictures professionally taken as a couple five times now in the last year.  I don't think we'll have any problems filling our home with photos of us...)

It was such a fun week, seeing all our family.  Since everyone was there, we had a family reunion with games and food and fun.  It started with New Years Eve and a trip to the temple.  New Years day was a kickball game and watching football while eating yummy hors d'oeuvres.  Another day we did a service project.  The last day of the make-shift reunion was these pictures.  It was a long day, and some of us were tired of smiling by the end of it.  But nonetheless, it was fun.

To top it all off, at the end of the week, Clarke got his mission call, and he opened it in front of most of his family and lots of his friends.  The call:  Spain!  Which is awesome.  Maybe I can sneak over in his suitcase.  He doesn't leave for another few months, but that's alright.  That means Brett and I might have the chance to see him off.

It was a great start to the New Year.  Hopefully the goodness keeps coming!