Superbowl, B and we won another dollar!

2-6-15

To all my New England Patriots family and friends, wow, what a game! Love the thrill of a nail biter that is fought to the bitter end. Both teams did a great job and both had a few OMG moments and best of all, we had a hockey worthy brawl moment! Fairly decent selection of commercials with the exception of one insurance company that ruined my day and I'm pretty sure will be feeling the impact of that poor decision for at least a few weeks. Halftime was pretty ho-hum, expected to be wowed and was definitely not oohing and aahing as I expected to be. On the flip side, B loved it, shook his little booty so at least the adults were entertained by something. Wish I had thought to video it!  Don't want to pat my own back (too hard) but food was a success. Cooked Saturday and Sunday. 

Cheese football, rolled in bacon and french fried onions! Did I mention sharp cheddar, green onions and garlic were inside along with the cream cheese and sour cream?

Pork tenderloin, wrapped in prosciutto, served with secret slaw & cheese on rolls.

Super meatballs, stuffed with sausage, cheese and onions. Looked so tasty we ended up buying sub rolls and using them for sandwiches with melted provolone cheese.

In addition, we had some salsa, jerk chicken wings and tons of chips and crackers. Best of all, H made her famous buffalo chicken dip! One of my favorite things and as always, ate way too much of it. Found some great pita chip crackers by Keebler, really enjoyed them! 

Did learn one lesson from the weekend. Cell phones do not like the tomato sauce that you cook meatballs in! Splashed some sauce on my phone and my microphone stopped working. After we got home, started messing with the phone and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work. Turned it off and using a toothpick and a piece of tissue "cleaned" every little spot on the bottom of the phone. One little tiny drop of dried up tomato sauce came out, turned phone back on and ta-da! Stranger things have happened. Will have to be much more careful while cooking, I am very dependent on the microphone, much easier than typing!

B and I spent quite a bit of time together over the last week and a half. Stayed with me a few extra days cause his poor momma had to work more than usual. Enjoyed every second of having him (did feel a bit bad for H so cooked her an extra meal). Have to say though, we wore each other out! My muscles ached from running around playing hide and seek and boo. I am amazed at how smart he is. He constantly amazes me at how quickly he picks up on things. Our first true jigsaw puzzle and he has pretty much mastered it already! Next we will be working on the block puzzle, total of six different pictures.

  










Have to admit that the extra meals I cooked did hit a snag. We had an epic fail on a new slow cooker recipe for chicken and dumplings, hands down, one of the worst recipes I have ever encountered. Joe and I were amazed at how bland it was. Re-purposed it with some leftover noodles and tons of spices into a version of chicken and pastry and then used the last of it in chicken soup. Told H to feel free to do the same or toss, made me sad that I wasted good organic chicken on such a sad recipe. Not even going to bother tweaking to improve, so if anyone has a good chicken and dumpling recipe, I am looking! 

Powerball has a ridiculously high jackpot so decided to do 2 week subscription with my pick 5 numbers. Of course, didn't win a dime but my pick 5 finally won a dollar...