Food

A while back, I posted about New Years food challenge.  For 2010, my goal is to eat/cook fish 1 time a week and go veggie 2 times a week.  And overall, it's been great.

I really like fish, especially tilapia with a dill sauce, with rice.  And it's super fast to whip up with a baby on my hip and a toddler asking me questions.

And the vegetarian meals haven't been too hard either.  Not to mention their health value and money saving properties.  Now that it's summer, we'll be veggie much more often.

And to top it all off, I bought the Pioneer Woman's cookbook.  That's really what this post is all about.  My love for PW's cookbook.  It is scrumptious.

You can find her recipes on her blog (I have her linked up at the bottom right) for free, but I bought the book because I loved reading it cover to cover.  And it's so much more accessible.

I have a fraction of a kindred spirit with the PW.  She's a ranch mom from Oklahoma.  I'm from Texas.  And to tell you the truth, her recipes remind me of home.  Her chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes.  Taste like Texas to me.  Her beef brisket and enchiladas.  Her Texas sheet cake and oatmeal crisps.  I can close my eyes and see that big Texas sky right now.  Ahh...

In fact, PW's oatmeal crisps are my Granny's recipe.  Seriously, they are the same.  So delicious.  So close to home.

So to wrap this up, I will tell you about the Potato Leek Pizza I made tonight from PW's cookbook.  Oh my.  So good.  First, her pizza crust beats any recipe I've made.  Then you put thinly sliced Golden Yukons on, topped with fresh mozerella, sauted leeks and bacon and goat cheese.  And now I'm sitting here like a lump on the log.  I can't move, I'm so full.

So that's my food update.  2010 has been oh so tasty.