Picnic at the Park

Saturday morning we woke up to a nice day so we went to Dale Co Lake to walk the dogs and have a picnic. We all had a great time! Here is Adalynn enjoying her apple on our picnic. She loves to be outside!

We brought the dogs and of course they loved it! But were ready for a rest while we had lunch.

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A Yummy Dinner!

Yesterday I was looking for some new recipes to try this week, so I always go to the Food Network website to find new ideas and I came across Garlic Spaghetti. It seemed pretty easy to make with very few ingredients. I made it and it turned out Great!! It was pretty yummy!! It tasted gourmet! I will make spaghetti this way from now on!



Here's the recipe...(I cooked some chicken to eat with it and cooked it in some of the garlic olive oil)


Garlic Spaghetti
Recipe courtesy Melissa d'Arabian
Ingredients
9 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup olive oil
6 tablespoons butter
1 (15-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pound spaghetti, cooked al dente
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
Grated Parmesan, for garnish
Directions
In a small saucepan, cook the garlic in the olive oil for 30 minutes on low heat. Stir occasionally to keep the garlic from drying out. In a medium saucepan, add the butter and tomatoes, and stir until well blended and the butter is melted. Stir in the garlic oil and season with salt and pepper. Allow the flavors to meld for 10 minutes. Toss with the spaghetti and serve garnished with basil and Parmesan





In addition to making this spaghetti I also tried a new dessert recipe that I saw on the Food Network the other day. It was a Chocolate Pecan Pie. I've never made a pecan pie before so I didn't know how hard it was going to be ...but it turned out way simple and so delicious!! You've got to try it!



Here is the Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe....




Tony's Chocolate Pecan Pie
Recipe courtesy The Neelys, 2008

Ingredients
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
3 tablespoons bourbon liquor
1 1/2 cups pecan halves
1/2 cup mini milk chocolate morsels
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
Homemade whipped cream, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Melt butter in a small saucepan. While butter is melting, add beaten eggs to a medium sized bowl. Stir in brown sugar, flour, vanilla extract, corn syrup and bourbon until combined. Add butter when just melted.
Mix in the pecans and chocolate morsels. Mix all together. Pour mixture into pie shell.
Place on a sheet tray and bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
When ready to serve top with a dollop of whipped cream.

Better Late Than Never...

Well I'm going to give this a try again...

My sister talked me into starting back with my blog. I just need to figure out how this works!

An update on our family...

We just recently moved back to Ozark into the cabin next to my in-laws. We love it here and missed it a lot while gone for 6 months! Brad is attending Troy University and hopes to graduate next spring (keep your fingers crossed!). Adalynn is now 16 months going on 3 years! She is a blast to have around but definitely keeps us on our toes...all the time! As for me...I'm busy making another baby...we recently announced that we are expecting in July. We are all very excited to meet the newest member of our family this year! Adalynn loves babies so hopefully she'll keep that up long enough for her little brother or sister to come along! We should find out in about 4 weeks what we will be having. We're kinda hoping for another girl so Adalynn can have a sister close to her age. Plus we already have everything for a girl!

We are all very happy to be back in Ozark, closer to family. We look forward to spending more time with family now that we are closer again.