Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend was the big game kids! AFC Championship - Go Pats!!

We did it!! NOPE.

Sadly my fellow Bostonian roomies sulked in a corner with me as our sole Baltimore transplant celebrated on the other side of the room with her fellow Ravens fans. It was a disappointing and unexpected loss...at least hockey's back?

Luckily this weekend was filled with other wonderful treats like movies, lazy puzzle days, family get togethers, bridal party bonding, seeing Pippin (get tickets immediately), and delicious football foods.

Hope you all had a good (long) weekend too!

• Rocking a parachute - as close as I'll ever get to skydiving • Lazy puzzle day • A night at the theater •
• Tapas make the best bridal party bonding meal • Seriously you have to see Pippin • BBQ feast with the extended family •
• Got my game face on (my lucky gear didn't work!) • One of many football treats •

If One Thanksgiving's Good, Two Must Be Better!

Happy Monday after Thanksgiving break all!

After a glorious 5 day weekend full of food, naps, football, family, and friends my body's still in recovery mode. We ate until it hurt and spent lots of time just hanging out in the kitchen. It was holiday perfection.

My family even has the ingenious tradition of "Second Thanksgiving" where more people come over my parent's house the Friday after Turkey Day and we have a giant lasagna dinner with even more desserts. Heavenly!

I highly recommend adopting this second dinner party. A second day to eat till you burst and more leftovers...need I say more?

This weekend was then full of lazy movie marathons interrupted only by the creation of many turkey sammies, the reheating of lasagna, and quick winter-y walks to get hot chocolates and coffees.

I hope you all had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving also! Let the countdown to Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/New Years begin!

• Dining room ready and waiting • Papa Dukes carving up our Tom • Grammy helping herself • My ambitious plate (round 1) • A sampling of treats • Second Thanksgiving Lasagna #2 • Second Thanksgiving Lasagna #1 Post Massacre • Lemon Meringue Pie (no need to share, I'll take care of this one guys) •

*Note: My family's super resistant to letting me photograph them, especially while eating...ergo more food pictures! It's something I'm gonna have to work on or just get better at sneaking pictures...

Super Bowl XLVI – Go Pats!

Super Bowl Sunday's just around the corner and I couldn't be more thrilled that my Patriots are at the top once again! Not only do I get to "coach" the players by yelling at them through my TV but this Sunday also presents the opportunity to indulge in good food and drinks at parties. I've been busy collecting some of my favorite recipes to make for the big day (buffalo chicken dip and pizza roll ups top the list). Here are some of my favorite parts of Super Bowl Sunday:

Save Ferris! Super Bowl commercials are like a sport themselves and

even though it's a car commercial but I still can't get enough of Matthew Broderick back as Ferris.

Nothing like a little team spirit. (If I see Giants

gear anywhere you will be promptly removed from my home.)

Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Chicken Dip. Trust me, this dip will change your life.

I've never tried these before but they seem quick, easy, and

like the perfect football food so that's good enough for me!

Football Goodies

I swear I love writing on this thing. Due to some unforeseen extended hours at my place of business, leaving my friends wondering if I’m still alive, I have had little time to write. Though, thanks to the power of smart phones, I have stored lots of little blogging ideas and pictures for when I reemerged into society. So without further adieu…

Football is one of the few joys I get out of the cold weather seasons but how can I complain when it brings me delicious food, good natured yelling at my TV (I’m looking at you Eli Manning), and the opportunity to plot how beautiful my wedding to Tom Brady would be (come on, you know you do too). Even though I make a mean grilled cheese I’ve recently been trying to get more adventurous with my cooking skills and the Patriots-Giants game sounded like the perfect opportunity to ease into it. This Sunday I regaled my guests with homemade salsa, guacamole (which I sadly can’t find my picture of womp womp), kale chips, and snickerdoodle cookies and it turned out pretty gosh darn good thankyouverymuch. Next conquest? Chili.

Extra spicy salsa yummm

They may not look like your ideal chip but they come out

so light and crunchy you’ll fall in love instantly.

Snickerdoodles! If you don’t love these cookies for

the name alone you’re crazy in my book.