So proud of myself....

This might sound silly but I am so proud of myself right now. :) I have been craving hot wings for the past week. And last night I finally did something about it... and I actually cooked them myself! :) It was definitely not a healthy meal, but it was so tasty. I fried up the chicken wings myself and then created my own hot sauce. :) Just in case my hot wing sauce didn't turn out I bought some back up buffalo wing sauce. Dave and I both preferred the homemade hot wing sauce to the premade stuff.

Anyway, I am just a little pleased with myself.

Reading

I'm one of those people who cannot put a book down once they have started it. Right now I am reading a book that I am not finding particularly interesting and it doesn't look like it will get much better. But I feel committed to finishing it because I have started it. Oh well.

Tonight Dave and I are going to a Halloween party at my friend April's. It is going to be a lot of fun. I would be more excited but I'm pretty tired.

Oh and Dave did the most wonderful thing ever last night. I had these brownie treats that I needed to make for the party today. I wasn't going to be home until late last night (working) and Dave knew that I was tired after a long week and not looking forward to more cooking. Anyway, Dave (my knight in shining armor) made the whole treat with the topping and everything! It was the best surprise and such a relief.

Pumpkin

Okay, so I just discovered the joy of pumpkin... I had a big can of it and home and knew I wanted to attempt to bake something with them... especially pumpkin bread and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. And now I am a fan! And the bonus is that Dave loves pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. :)

Anyway, so the only size can that the store had was this super massive 29 oz can of pumpkin. Most recipes call for about 1/2 that much at most. Anway, with this one can of pumpkin I made 3 (!) loaves of pumpkin bread and about 4.5 dozen pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. The good news- the cookies are so awesome! I'm not much of a cookie eater these days, but I've been averaging about 8 cookies a day. And everyone at Dave's work has been benefitting as well.

I love cooking for people- it's just so much better when there are people to enjoy my cooking as well.

Recipes

Hey! I am looking for some good recipes. I need a little variety in my cooking and I always love a challenge. Please send me your favorite recipes or leave them in a comment (or leave the URL in a comment).

Thank you!