Angel Food Cake

I am really on a cooking kick right now (and blogging kick)! Not really sure how long this phase will last, but for the time being Barrett is LOVING it (the cooking part)! :) I made a great Angel Food Cake for my mother-in-law's birthday! Everyone seemed to really enjoy it, so I wanted to share the recipe!

These are the items you will need:

• 1 pkg (16oz) angel food cake mix (or you can buy one already made like I did! :) )
• 24 large marshmallows
• 6 milk choc. candy bars with almonds (1.45 oz each) chopped (I used 2 large bars)
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 large carton of frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided

Directions:

Bake cake by directions, use 10" tube pan - cool. I simply bought an already made Angel Food cake as a short cut! In small sauce pan, combine marshmallows, chopped candy bars and milk. Stir over low heat until marshmallows melt. Transfer to small bowl and cool to room temperature. Fold in 1/2 cool whip. Cut Angel Food cake into 3 layers. Spread filling in between layers and use remaining to frost cake. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Frost top and sides with remaining whipped topping.

ENJOY!!!!

Update on the Veggies

Here is an update on the tomatoes and cucumbers! The leaves are starting to look rough, but the veggies are hanging on! I hope to be enjoying home grown tomatoes and cucumbers soon!

Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Around Our House

Here is a glimpse of random things around our house! It is hard to believe we have lived in Tennessee for over a year!

These are kitchen canisters that my Granny had in her kitchen for YEARS! I remember them being in her kitchen when I was little. She passed them on to me when I got married and I LOVE them!

I LOVE Elvis! This is our Elvis calendar in the kitchen!

This is our bedroom. Bindi Lee actually stayed put for the picture!

This is a little "set up" under one of the side tables in our bedroom!

These are Barrett's jerseys from playing football at Alabama. We have them in our Alabama guest room! The crimson jersey is from the Cotton Bowl and the white jersey is from the Music City Bowl.

This is the Alabama clock in the guest room. My brother gave me the "Bama Blvd" sign for Christmas and underneath is a team picture from when I played volleyball at Alabama!

Hope you enjoyed a tiny glimpse of a few random things in our house!

Football Fridays

Tonight was the Panther's first football scrimmage of the Fall 2009 football season! I LOVE football, and I especially LOVE watching one particular assistant coach :)! I was excited to leave work, run by Sonic to get my favorite drink (Diet Coke with Lemon), let Bindi out, and head to the football field! It has been awesome to watch Barrett grow from being a player himself, to now coaching.


I definitely think he has a gift and the high school guys seem to really look up to him. Even though I really enjoy the football games, it is bitter-sweet for football season to start. During the season Barrett's weekends are almost completely consumed except for Sunday. He usually doesn't make it in on Friday nights until 2 or 3 in the morning and he has to go back up to the school on Saturday from 8am until 3pm to watch film for the next weeks opponent. By the time Sunday rolls around I am definitely needing time with my husband! My mom gave me the cutest little wall plaque that we have hanging in our living room. It really sums up being a coaches wife:



Stay tuned to the blog for updates about the Panther's football season! In the mean time, here is a picture of Barrett in action last year! :)

PANTHER PRIDE!!!

Veggie Tales

Here are pictures of the growing veggies!

Tomatoes (Bob)

Cucumbers (Larry)

Promotional Codes Website!

For those of you who know where Barrett and I live in Tennessee, you understand the adjustment I have had to make when it comes to shopping! When I lived in Texas I was spoiled by having a great out door mall 3 minutes (5 minutes if you hit a red light) away. Any type of store you wanted to go to was at most 30 minutes from my house!

Now, in order to get to a "good" mall we have to travel 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours! Due to our location, Barrett and I are constantly shopping online. The thing I hated most about shopping online was feeling like I was throwing away money by paying shipping and handling. Last week I made an AWESOME discovery and I wanted to make sure I shared it on my blog! So, for those of you who are online shoppers, this post is for YOU!

My major discovery is a website where you can look up promotional codes to use for online shopping. It has promotional codes for thousands of stores! I questioned whether or not it would work but I have ordered items from two different stores and used two different promotional codes for each order...and it worked!!!! I was able to get free shipping with one order and 15% off with another order simply by entering in the promotional code from the website!

So now that you are all dying to know the website go here!

Check it out and let me know what you think! I hope it changes your online shopping experience! I know it did mine!

This Weekend and a New Recipe

We had a busy week and it is hard to believe the weekend is already coming to a close!

Barrett had a football scrimmage Friday night, so I traveled to Loretto to spend time with my in laws and niece. We went shopping and then ate at Demo's! It was yummy! Here is a picture of me and Miss Aubrey Grace!


Saturday we had a girls day of shopping! We went to Kirklands, Robbie's, and the mall in Florence. Saturday night we celebrated Barrett's dad's birthday with a wonderful dinner of: chicken and dumplins, fried okra, hominy, deviled eggs, grape pie, and chess squares! It was delicious!!!

Today we have picked up around and outside the house. Barrett mowed and I went for our weekly grocery run. Tonight we had dinner with one of Barrett's coaching buddies. It was excellent! We had pork tenderloin, baked potatoes, and corn. I made a salad and rolls.

This is the recipe for the Parmesan knots I made! They are really good and simple to make!

Here is what you will need:

• 1 tube (12 oz) buttermilk biscuits
  
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 3 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried parsley flakes

Roll each piece into a 3" rope, tie into knots and tuck ends under. Bake at 400 degrees for

8-10 minutes. In a large bowl combine remaining ingredients. Add the knots and gently toss.

Finally, the other exciting news is that our tomato/cucumber plant finally has baby cucumbers and tomatoes! I will have to keep you all up to date on the growth process, but here is what I found today!

Baby Tomatoes

One Baby Cucumber