So, I’m sitting here getting fatter by the minute. Yep, just packing on the pounds — if you can get fat reading and drooling over food recipes, that is. The Pioneer Woman has an entire section of her website devoted to her down-home cooking. This woman should be locked up in jail for the pure corruptness of it. Causing people to stumble by posting such heinously delicious looking recipes. To think… they might actually cook some of these recipes that call for inordinate amounts of butter, eggs, cheese, white flour, and milk… oh wait, we have cooked some of her recipes before, and they are just as delectable tasting as they look. And incredibly easy.
I’m contemplating the thought of Biscuits and Gravy; I never gave them much thought before. But now I find myself wondering, after reading her recipe, just how hard it would be to whip together an imitation of biscuits and gravy. Do we have canned biscuits on hand? Nope. Pork sausage? Nope. But we can do without… I have a few ideas as to what to substitute.
And Ribeye Steak with Blue Onion Cheese Sauce sounds like it’s to die for. I think that we may have some ribeye steak lost deep in the recesses of the freezer, and blue cheese, too. Problem is, if my thinking is correct, we only have a total of two ribeye steaks. Sorry kids. 
Dinner tonight was delicious… Thai Curry Chicken with Green Beans and Sweet Potatoes. What a mouthful. Though, after I finished cooking (and eating) it, I was contemplating what I could tweak in the recipe to get it just right. More curry, less sweet potatoes, less brown sugar, more salt, and a little bit of lime. After that tweaking it should be perfected!
Goodness, I’m a little obsessed with food lately. I guess this is what happens when you’re stuck in the house for an entire week with stir-crazy kids. We really don’t eat all that much. Just enough to keep us alive; that’s the purpose of food isn’t it? Nothing more, nothing less. Don’t you be thinking about that creamy, buttery taste of homemade gravy on top of tender biscuits with crispy pork sausage on the side now, you hear?
This particular set of storms has descended on our area like an alien invasion. In times like these I learn what I’m really grateful for… mostly things I take for granted, like our generator that keeps our utilities going, even when all our neighbors have lost their power. A huge library whose rows and rows of books have provided a sizable amount of entertainment for us over the past couple of days. A well-stocked kitchen and pantry that allows me to cook creative and delicious cuisine. Oops, I’m talking about food again. The woodstove that has had a continuous fire burning in it all week long — only privileged people get to sit in the chairs right in front of it. And board games like Risk that teach children how to master the important skill of world domination. Yes, a highly important skill to possess… if you plan to get far in politics, you must make sure to have a grounded education in the rules of Risk. Cheating included.
I think tonight, as the storm howls overhead, and banshees knock on the front door, I’ll just settle cozily in with a blanket, and get back to my reading. Highly important reading, I assure you.