Since it's time for a break from my cleaning and I want get something in my stomach sometime BEFORE dinner, I decided to answer a request from a Facebook friend for my Guinness Roast recipe.
Ingredients:
1 Chuck Roast (I usually get about 2-2.5 lb)
6-7 tbsp. Adam's Reserve Steak Rub (available at HEB)
1 bottle Guinness Stout
1-2 lb Baby Red Potatoes - cubed
1 bag Baby Barrots
8 oz Mushrooms - sliced
10+ whole cloves Garlic (I use minced garlic from a shaker and it's just as good)
1 Onion - slided
Salt - to taste
Oven recipe:
Season roast with steak rub. Place meat in a roasting plan and add Guinness, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms and garlic. Top the roast with onions, cover with a lid or foil.
Roast the meat @ 450 degrees for 3 to 4 hours until fork tender.
Crock Pot recipe:
Season roast with steak rub and place in crock pot. Add Guinness and mix in all other ingredients. (I like to make sure there in enough Guinness to cover everything so, I'll sometimes use a second bottle). Cover and let cook for 7 to 8 hours.
(recipe from the HEB cooking booth thing)
Sooooo good. Could it be featured on this week's Menu Monday too?
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Quite the Host
I was given the honor of helping plan/host a baby shower for some a family friend yesterday...in 2 weeks. But even with the limited time frame, I had sooo much fun doing it.
And this awesome comment from my facebook made the day even better!
"It was a awesome shower..... You need to do that as a living like a party planner." - Yes, I think that's a fabulous idea.
Here are some pictures of different things I made and put together for it:
And here's you a recipe to add to your collection. It's be the dumbest move you made if you didn't.
My bestie, Kasey, THE MOST FABULOUS matron of honor on the planet, made it for my bridal shower back in August and all the ladies went nuts over it! So, I knew I needed it. And yesterday was my chance to use it! And all the ladies went nuts!
Grape Salad
2 lb Seedless Green Grapes
2 lb Seedless Purple Grapes
8 oz Cream Cheese
8 oz Sour Cream
1 - Small Tub of Cool Whip
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Pecan Pieces
Wash and dry the grapes.
Mix cream cheese, sour cream, cool whip, and powdered sugar until mixed well and smooth.
Mix cream cheese mixture with grapes. (I recommend using your hands so you don't puncture the grapes.)
Mix brown sugar and pecans.
Layer grape mixture and pecan mixture, top with pecan mixture.
And this awesome comment from my facebook made the day even better!
"It was a awesome shower..... You need to do that as a living like a party planner." - Yes, I think that's a fabulous idea.
Here are some pictures of different things I made and put together for it:
And here's you a recipe to add to your collection. It's be the dumbest move you made if you didn't.
My bestie, Kasey, THE MOST FABULOUS matron of honor on the planet, made it for my bridal shower back in August and all the ladies went nuts over it! So, I knew I needed it. And yesterday was my chance to use it! And all the ladies went nuts!
Grape Salad
2 lb Seedless Green Grapes
2 lb Seedless Purple Grapes
8 oz Cream Cheese
8 oz Sour Cream
1 - Small Tub of Cool Whip
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Pecan Pieces
Wash and dry the grapes.
Mix cream cheese, sour cream, cool whip, and powdered sugar until mixed well and smooth.
Mix cream cheese mixture with grapes. (I recommend using your hands so you don't puncture the grapes.)
Mix brown sugar and pecans.
Layer grape mixture and pecan mixture, top with pecan mixture.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thankful Thursday
(Yay for more alliterations!)
I decided earlier this week, when I decided to do Menu Monday, that I'd do Thankful Thursday, too.
Thanksgiving is my ALL TIME favorite holiday but really, why do we only have ONE day to show how thankful are. When I decided to start Thankful Thursday for myself, I thought this would be a way for me to look back and realize how great EVERYTHING really was and IS.
I figured for my first Thankful Thursday, I'd do something really cliché but this afternoon, I realized I will get around to that, some time or another. I found something to REALLY be thankful for.
You can't understand why I am SOOO thankful unless I give you some background information. So, here goes...I'm taking a Lesson Planning class for my education degree. And the teacher sucks.
You see, I take night classes because I HAVE A REAL JOB AND NEED A CLASS TO WORK AROUND MY SCHEDULE. And the teacher doesn't get this. So she assigns group work...a group lesson plan...along with another ridiculous teacher I have.
From the very beginning, I was behind with this group. The first assignment we were to do together, I was on my honeymoon. The second time I was still trying to process what we were supposed to do AND find out what my group picked out.
Tonight was our third meeting. And we had to FILM acting out our lesson plan. I thought "Ok. I can play one heck of a student and just go along with what the "teacher" is teaching"...WRONG! The girl we picked out to be the teacher FREAKED! And I was nominated.
I actually did an AWESOME job. And ended the video with a lil "natural-Lynzi" humor. :)
(Once I get the video, I'll post it here...for entertainment purpose only. I'm by no means a certified teacher...YET!)
So, today, I am thankful for an amazing group to work with for my class project. I'm thankful for having the courage to take charge and be the "teacher".
On a side note, while writing this post, I realized that I have so much confidence within my words but it's not too often that I project this confidence in my real life. So, something else I'm thankful for today is letting my confidence shine. I wish it came more naturally. Maybe, one day it will.
I think this ended pretty cliché. :)
I decided earlier this week, when I decided to do Menu Monday, that I'd do Thankful Thursday, too.
Thanksgiving is my ALL TIME favorite holiday but really, why do we only have ONE day to show how thankful are. When I decided to start Thankful Thursday for myself, I thought this would be a way for me to look back and realize how great EVERYTHING really was and IS.
I figured for my first Thankful Thursday, I'd do something really cliché but this afternoon, I realized I will get around to that, some time or another. I found something to REALLY be thankful for.
You can't understand why I am SOOO thankful unless I give you some background information. So, here goes...I'm taking a Lesson Planning class for my education degree. And the teacher sucks.
You see, I take night classes because I HAVE A REAL JOB AND NEED A CLASS TO WORK AROUND MY SCHEDULE. And the teacher doesn't get this. So she assigns group work...a group lesson plan...along with another ridiculous teacher I have.
From the very beginning, I was behind with this group. The first assignment we were to do together, I was on my honeymoon. The second time I was still trying to process what we were supposed to do AND find out what my group picked out.
Tonight was our third meeting. And we had to FILM acting out our lesson plan. I thought "Ok. I can play one heck of a student and just go along with what the "teacher" is teaching"...WRONG! The girl we picked out to be the teacher FREAKED! And I was nominated.
I actually did an AWESOME job. And ended the video with a lil "natural-Lynzi" humor. :)
(Once I get the video, I'll post it here...for entertainment purpose only. I'm by no means a certified teacher...YET!)
So, today, I am thankful for an amazing group to work with for my class project. I'm thankful for having the courage to take charge and be the "teacher".
On a side note, while writing this post, I realized that I have so much confidence within my words but it's not too often that I project this confidence in my real life. So, something else I'm thankful for today is letting my confidence shine. I wish it came more naturally. Maybe, one day it will.
I think this ended pretty cliché. :)
Monday, October 11, 2010
Menu Monday
You will come to find that I loooove alliterations. :) And that this is prolly the first of many.
That being said, I've decided that Menu Monday is the day I will plan our weekly dinner menu and go grocery shopping on my lunch break...on Monday. :)
And since I often times get cooker's block, I think this will help when I want to look back for ideas of what to cook.
So for the week of October 11-16, specials are as follows:
Monday - Chili
Tuesday - Guinness Roast (the ONLY roast I'll eat) or possibly dinner with my parents for my birthday (so Guinness Roast will be postponed till Thursday
Wednesday - Lupe Tortilla with our buddies for my 22nd birthday!!!
Thursday - Guiness Roast
Friday - Mark's Meatloaf
Now, if Tuesday's Special ends up being Guinness Roast, I have no clue what I'll be eating Thursday since I seemed to have forgotten a day this week.
Obviously, I battle with time management...and when it comes between me and eating, that's a declaration of war!
That being said, I've decided that Menu Monday is the day I will plan our weekly dinner menu and go grocery shopping on my lunch break...on Monday. :)
And since I often times get cooker's block, I think this will help when I want to look back for ideas of what to cook.
So for the week of October 11-16, specials are as follows:
Monday - Chili
Tuesday - Guinness Roast (the ONLY roast I'll eat) or possibly dinner with my parents for my birthday (so Guinness Roast will be postponed till Thursday
Wednesday - Lupe Tortilla with our buddies for my 22nd birthday!!!
Thursday - Guiness Roast
Friday - Mark's Meatloaf
Now, if Tuesday's Special ends up being Guinness Roast, I have no clue what I'll be eating Thursday since I seemed to have forgotten a day this week.
Obviously, I battle with time management...and when it comes between me and eating, that's a declaration of war!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
A Weekend Packed
With nothingness. And eating.
I must achieve something before it's over!!!
UPDATE:
So, I made 2 achievements this weekend.
1. Cleaned our room. :)
2. And cut off my fake nails. :D
(Crossing my fingers that they will be grown out and NATURALLY pretty before Thanksgiving...or Christmas)
I must achieve something before it's over!!!
UPDATE:
So, I made 2 achievements this weekend.
1. Cleaned our room. :)
Mission:
Mission Accomplished:
(Crossing my fingers that they will be grown out and NATURALLY pretty before Thanksgiving...or Christmas)
Monday, October 4, 2010
I was consumed...
By the crafting...all weekend long.
The only thing that was ever cleaned were the dishes and my hair! Eek!
But Mark Dean did say while I was at school tonight, he would drill the holes so I can finish my little project.
I'll get that finished that up and move on to what I started...getting my house spick and span for an upcoming party which I am SUPER excited about since it will be the first party I get to host in our new home.
Although, I've neglected a little bit of my duties this weekend, I feel better about jumping back on the horse since I've started this lil experiment of mine. It's like turning in a report to your teacher. I love to write but if I don't have anyone to see what I'm writing then I usually don't. If I have to write a paper, I do the very best I can and turn it in to get that shiny A stamped on the top. I have to clean but it's sooo easy to neglect. If I show the world, I have to make it look shiny and presentable.
Now, that I feel relieved, refreshed, and reenergized, I need to go find the horse to jump back on. :-/
The only thing that was ever cleaned were the dishes and my hair! Eek!
But Mark Dean did say while I was at school tonight, he would drill the holes so I can finish my little project.
I'll get that finished that up and move on to what I started...getting my house spick and span for an upcoming party which I am SUPER excited about since it will be the first party I get to host in our new home.
Although, I've neglected a little bit of my duties this weekend, I feel better about jumping back on the horse since I've started this lil experiment of mine. It's like turning in a report to your teacher. I love to write but if I don't have anyone to see what I'm writing then I usually don't. If I have to write a paper, I do the very best I can and turn it in to get that shiny A stamped on the top. I have to clean but it's sooo easy to neglect. If I show the world, I have to make it look shiny and presentable.
Now, that I feel relieved, refreshed, and reenergized, I need to go find the horse to jump back on. :-/
Saturday, October 2, 2010
TASK ONE - Complete
Update regarding Thursday's mission: I survived one of the first steps in this mission, the living room. One of the only easy rooms in the house.
Once I finished, I was filled with so much pride! And the living room STILL has the FRESH, CLEAN scent...which never happens in a house with 2 dogs and a husband.
Mission Clean-Up:
Mission ACCOMPLISHED:
Let's flip to Friday, October 1! I'm still beaming with excitement from my sparkly living. I postponed the mission for the day BECAUSE there was a very special gathering that took place at Tin Roof BBQ in Atascocita, Texas (the best BBQ around these parts). The Montemayor-Wilkinson clan & friends gathered for the revealing of the next grandbaby of the famiy.
To host such a party, you need many things.
1. The patience and will power NOT to tell anyone.
2. Time to bake a billion cupcakes.
3. An awesome family who accepts this idea!
Since my SIL & her hubby have all those ingredients, they planned the party and started baking their hearts out, filling the center of the cupcake with icing to "match" if the baby is a boy (blue) or girl (pink).
Well, I will have a baby NEPHEW around March 8th! And I'll finally get the Lil Auntie Lynzi hat. Yay!
I do feeling that was reason enough to neglect my household chores...for one day.
Back to the plan today. Let's see what I get accomplished! :)
Once I finished, I was filled with so much pride! And the living room STILL has the FRESH, CLEAN scent...which never happens in a house with 2 dogs and a husband.
Mission Clean-Up:
Mission ACCOMPLISHED:
To host such a party, you need many things.
1. The patience and will power NOT to tell anyone.
2. Time to bake a billion cupcakes.
3. An awesome family who accepts this idea!
Since my SIL & her hubby have all those ingredients, they planned the party and started baking their hearts out, filling the center of the cupcake with icing to "match" if the baby is a boy (blue) or girl (pink).
Well, I will have a baby NEPHEW around March 8th! And I'll finally get the Lil Auntie Lynzi hat. Yay!
I do feeling that was reason enough to neglect my household chores...for one day.
Back to the plan today. Let's see what I get accomplished! :)
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