Today’s Goodie-Pugliassi Toast with butter and Matt’s fresh home spun honey
Today’s Cozy Moment-The front corner of The Baked-Beanery Café watching the rain and reading a little “Twilight”
October Book of the Month:
“Twilight” if you choosing to re-read these with me or
“The Host” if you didn’t get it finished or started last month or
You guys pick and send me suggestions.
I am hoping to find a way for us to stay connected by starting this Book/Movie/Recipe/Anything else club.
Please add your input or recipes or book/movie choices.
(for now email them to me and I will add them)
Movie of the Month:“Tristan and Isolde” (with James Franco and Sophia Miles) this is the perfect movie to watch on a stormy afternoon in October.
Recipe of the Month:
Corn Chowder (recipe) #1
2 tbsp. butter or margarine
1/3 cup celery
1/3 cup red bell pepper1
½ tbsp. flour
2 cups milk
3 cups corn cut from the cob
½ cup cream
1 ½ cups French’s Original French Fried onions
1 cup diced chicken
2 tbsp. chopped green chilies
1 cup diced tomatoes
½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium high heat. Sauté vegetables 3 minutes until crisp-tender. Blend in flour; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in milk, cream and corn. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 4 minutes until thickened, stirring often.
Add ½ of the onions, chicken, chilies and tomatoes.
Cook until heated through.
Sprinkle with remaining onions and cheese.
Recipe #2
Or……………………And this is my very quick recipe.
When you go to Kneaders to pick up the good bread to go with the corn chowder,………..
Pick up a quart of corn chowder from them.
Delicious, and easy peasy.
Where do you think Chloe’ got her cooking skills from?
Me, of course.
Genius. I tell ya!
Assignment of the Month:
Make a check list for things to do on a beautiful day in October.
√ Set DVR to record Grey’s Anatomy
√ Change into skinny jeans (bought them, love them)
√ Drive up the canyon for the best of the Fall colors
√ Buy Apple Cider or Cinnamon suckers at Sundance (buy several for future days)
√ Buy Braches Candy Corn
√ Make Corn Chowder with the last of the corn on the cob (or ditch that and go with recipe #2)
√ Buy some really good bread from Kneaders
√ Have a really lovely dinner
√ Take a bath with “The Orchid Experience” “Boyfriend” bath bubbler (I know you are thinking this is something nasty but it’s just a bath bomb with an amazing scent)
Get into really lovely flannel pajamas
√ Make popcorn and eat it out of cute little bowl that says “popcorn” on the side
√ Cuddle with “Empty the Trash”
√ Watch “Tristan and Isolde”
√ Say prayers
So, I am reading “Twilight” again, and, on this blustery day (the first of many I am sure) as I was sitting in my car on my lunch hour, it was a wee bit eerie. I had to move my car to a less secluded setting because honestly, I got a little scared.
It really wasn’t the book people, it was the location but it certainly added to the mood.
Okay, what is it about these books because lets face it, they are a little corny. (Did I say that out loud?)
Well these are the pros and cons.
Pros
Vampires (sexy?) Maybe
Edward (Supposedly too beautiful for words)
Jacob (probably manlier)
Charlie (maybe it’s my age but I love Billy Burke who played him in the movie so, whatever)
Jasper (creepy in the movie but very interesting in the books)
Teen angst
Reluctant guys struggling with their inner demons and trying to be good but, you know, at the end of the day they are killers.
The book does kind of suck you in (did I really say suck?) from the first page and before you know it you involved and there is no turning back.
And then there is all that rain
Makes for a very creepy afternoon of reading.
Cons
Bella (she can be a downer) but I still like her
I really, truly believe that Bella stared into Edward eyes and declared him too beautiful for words maybe 30 or 40 times too many. (Really, we get it, he’s attractive, and she feels inadequate. Been there.)
The name Renesme.
I get that this is the combination of two names but Chloe’ if you and Sean name your daughter Sticki,
Blood might really spill.
And I will cry.
Please don’t do it.
But, seriously, in this real world that can be truly scary, corny is exactly what I need.
What about you?
Can you use a little corny in your life?
Tell me.
PS...Go see ZombieLand. It's strangely good and it will make you laugh.
Tell me.
PS...Go see ZombieLand. It's strangely good and it will make you laugh.
Yay you posted! Haha. I didn't like the name Renesme either! Don't worry, we won't name our kid Sticki. It will be Vaci :) you are the best mom! Here is that Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe!
ReplyDelete1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups milk chocolate chips
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
sometimes I use 1/2 cup of applesauce instead of oil, to make it a little healthier :) or you can half and half it.. they are really yummy! also, i didn't have any baking soda at the time, so i found out that you can use baking powder, you just have to triple the amount, and use a tiny bit less salt. they turned out perfect!
Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg.
In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.
and Zombieland was awesome! Loved it! My movie of the month would have to be....
Hocus Pocus!
zombieland WAS great! and, i need to finally finish the twilight series.. maybe that will be something i can do when it's too cold out to leave the house..
ReplyDeletepopcorn is DEFINITELY on the list, as well as lots of hot coffee and lattes, and movie of the month would have to be NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST. LOVED it last fall.
great post mom!
the baked beanery cafe is the coziest blog on the web!
I love this blog!!
ReplyDeleteI wish it was "fall" in San Antonio!!
Staci you made me cry...Grandma J, Bailey Jane and dogs we love. We are very blessed, we had many who came before us that loved us unconditionally and those that came after us whom we love unconditionally.
ReplyDeleteLife is good, hard and full of lessons we might choose not to learn if we were in charge.
I am going to go watch the movies you mentioned. I'm half way through football season, and getting pretty lonely. I don't think I'm in the mood to read twilight again. I did last month. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood because someone (won't mention HIS name) deleted my DVR of the Office. I have been waiting for that wedding, and he deletes it to watch a thursday night football game. What's up with that? Let me know when you start the next book.
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