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So my birthday is in t minus 8 MINUTES! WOOHOO!


No plans for the big 1-9 though. Oh well. I guess that just further proves that I am growing up :-/

Anyway, today was pretty good. Went to Kent's EVIT graduation and then to Rigatony's with Kent's family. (minus Kent LOL)

There's my update.

-Megan

Pizza!!!!!

So  yesterday me and Kent made homemade pizza- homemade dough, sauce, you know, the whole enchilada. Kent even made his own butter sauce to spread over the crust (which was really good by the way)! It was so fun making it too!
As for how it turned out...hmm...hard to say. It was edible I suppose. Okay more than edible- it was pretty good. We should have cooked it at a higher temperature though because the consistency reminded me a lot of a cookie. Oh well...next time our pizza will be perfected!!

We didn't take any pics of it when it was all done and baked but I did get a pic of it right before it went into the oven...looks pretty dang good if I say so myself...

Right now, as I type this, the leftover cookie dough from my orange chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven. YUM! (by the way, the dough is really good by itself)

Orange chocolate chip cookies :)

So I made the orange chocolate chip cookies last night and they were a success!
I really liked how the orange flavor was very faint, but just enough to give the basic chocolate chip cookie recipe a twist of fun. However, I thought the cookies were a little bit dry after they cooled down but maybe that was just me. I still have extra dough in the refrigerator that I plan on using later today. Here is a pic of how they turned out:

I look stupid in the second pic but hey I had to get a pic that proved I actually made them! Haha

I am going to be making homemade pizza today so I will post the outcome of that later!

Yum!!!

Okay so I found these recipes a few weeks ago and I think they sound really really good. I'm going to try to make them sometime in the next week.  Let me know what you think :)




Creme Brulee French Toast

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 6 French bread
• 5 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon brandy-based orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier®)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Mix in brown sugar and corn syrup, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
2. Remove crusts from bread, and arrange in the baking dish in a single layer. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half, vanilla extract, orange brandy, and salt. Pour over the bread. Cover, and chill at least 8 hours, or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove the dish from the refrigerator, and bring to room temperature.
4. Bake uncovered 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until puffed and lightly browned.

Nutritional Information 

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 524 | Total Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 239mg

Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into and set aside. Cream butter, sugars, orange zest and vanilla extract together in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time beating well after adding each one. Add dry ingredients and stir until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts and mix until well blended.
4. Drop dough by slightly rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten slightly. Bake cookies for 15 or 16 minutes or until golden. Cool on the cookie sheets.

Nutritional Information 

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 197 | Total Fat: 9.4g | Cholesterol: 33mg

May 18, 2010

My new obsession- PRETZEL M&M'S!!!!!!!

They are so amazing! they kinda remind me of the crunchy m&m's that I used to eat when I was little. Then, m&m's got rid of them and I have been so sad. That's probably why I love the pretzel ones though because they taste very similar- they are even in a similar blue bag. Anyway, they are really really good so try them.

In other news, my birthday is in 8 days!

Today I took the kids I babysit to the splash pad at San Tan mall. We saw the puppies at the puppies n' love store and ate Hot Dog on a Stick (gotta love dollar Tuesdays!) Then I took the kids back to my house to meet my mom and my dog. Eventful day. haha

Anyway, even though I don't have anything interesting to blog about, I am going to try to blog more. It's fun and it's kinda like a little journal, and years from now it will be interesting to see how lame my life was. haha

Weekend happenings

Carrie Underwood was AMAZING!!! She is sooo good live! I am so glad that my first concert was to see her :) She has such a powerful voice but she doesn't overdo it so I really like it. She sang an amazing rendition of "How Great Thou Art" (look it up on youtube).

I didn't take any pics myself, but my sister and cousins took a few so I will have to get them from them...til then I got nothing :/ lol

It was such a fun weekend though. We got to Tucson at about 130ish on Saturday and went to go eat at this place called Zinburger. Then, we went to the resort to check in and get ready. The resort was so cute! There were like 3 pools and wait for it....a WATERSLIDE!!! haha. It was so much fun! On Sunday morning we all went to the pools to tan before we left...and man, I need a tan! I am ridiculously white right now. I don't think I have ever been this white before haha. Anyway, me, Jenny and Kayla all decided to go on the slide at one point (I had already been on it a few times haha). Jenny went down before I did, and apparently she got stuck in the slide because the next thing I knew I was turning the corner in the slide and there she was. I screamed and slammed into her back and we both went shooting down the slide. She said it didn't hurt, but I slammed into her pretty hard. It was pretty funny though :)

I really wish I had some pictures to post :(

I went to my friend Briana's wedding reception on Friday night and she looked absolutely beautiful. The reception was really pretty too, and the food was sooooo good!
Congratulations Aaron and Briana!!!

Quick update

Hmmm nothing much happening in my life...

My birthday is in 12 days and I am really excited about that :) 19 this year! (Even though I look like I'm a 12 year old still haha)

Kent is graduating from EVIT on the 25th, and the 27th is his high school graduation so that week will be pretty busy. Til then...nothing much is planned haha

I am, however, going to Tucson tomorrow with my cousins and sister to see Carrie Underwood. It is my first concert ever so I'll probably take a ton of pics. If only I had time to go buy a new outfit...haha

Oh and I really really want to go to Disneyland at the beginning of June for a late birthday trip! Butttttt we shall see if that actually happens haha

So thats pretty much it. There is my random and boring update on life :P

-Megan

Kent's senior project

I already posted this on Facebook but I might as well post it here too. :)

Me and Kent worked on this all weekend and it was so much fun going through all of his childhood pictures as well as all the pictures that we have taken throughout the two years we've dated. I am so proud of him. He has accomplished so much and I am truly blessed to have him in my life. He makes me laugh ever single day about 4567898765 times a day. I love that kid!


Anyway... ENJOY!!!