Recipe review

I found a recipe for Crockpot Ranch Pork Chops on pinterest.  It had me at "three ingredients" and "crockpot".  I'm all about easy meals, so only three ingredients (well, actually four if you include the water) and being able to dump it in the crockpot, turn it on, and four hours later- BAM! Done.  Sign me up. 

Sadly, the hubs and I weren't fans of it.  The pork chops were very dry.  The flavor was good but once you started chewing, the pork chop turned to saw dust.  I added a can of water, instead of doing the second can of Cream of Chicken soup.  So the sauce was very runny.  I should have just done two cans of the Cream of Chicken.  But I don't think that modification would save this recipe.  The pork chops were just too dry.  I will not be making it again.  Bummer.

My new color.

A few weeks ago, I posted about how I was going to color my hair.  Well, I did it.  It's red.  Very red.  I'm not sure if I like it.  I think it's too dark.  I didn't get blonde highlights because my stylist didn't want to add any bleach to my hair (my hair is somewhat damaged from hair loss due to my weight loss).  So it's all one color and it's dark.  But I figure, red fades very quickly and maybe it will grow on me.  So here's a before and after picture.  What do you think? Too dark? 

Recipe Rave!

Goodness, it's been a while since I last posted.  So here's a recipe rave for you.  I found a recipe for Penne Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Cream Sauce on pinterest.com.  I made it last night and added shrimp.  It was delicious.  My girls loved it.  They both had seconds and thirds.  My husband and I both really liked it.  In fact, we are looking forward to the leftovers tonight.  I tweaked the recipe just a bit because I used a full pound of pasta, instead of the 8 oz. that the recipe called for (I like to have leftovers, less nights that I have to cook, the better- ha!).  I also added a little more garlic powder and dried basil to account for more pasta.  It was easy to make, not a whole lot of clean up, and tasted delicious.  I sauteed the shrimp with a little olive oil and Italian Seasoning, then added it to the pasta/cream sauce.  I will definitely make this again.  Maybe next time, I'll add chicken instead.  Big fan, over here. 

* Recipe and picture from www.verybestbaking.com

I'm old.

Want to know how I know I'm old? Because I can no longer drink alcohol like I could when I was 23.  I went out for drinks on Friday night.  I met some of my former co-workers for happy hour.  I was the first one to get there at 4:50.  The next person to show did not get there until 6:15.  So looking like a total loser, sitting at a table for six by myself, I decided to just drink.  I was on my third beer when my friends showed up.  I then proceeded to drink another three beers, a Malibu and diet Coke, and a shot (some fruity concoction) through the course of the night.  I had a great time.  I really did.  But then I woke up Saturday morning....totally hungover.  And I stayed hungover all day.  I was miserable.  Every time I stood up, I was dizzy and nauseous.  Basically, I was in a horizontal position either in my bed or on my couch all day.  The hubs was so sweet.  He took the girls out for a few hours and told me to go back to bed. 

At 3 o'clock, I was able to stand up long enough to get dressed for our date night (dinner and going to see The Hunger Games with another couple).  Normally, the text I received from my friend would have been awesome.  She texted me a couple hours before the movie to let me know that she was bringing water bottles full of Diet Coke and Malibu rum (for us to enjoy during the movie).  I felt nauseous just thinking about drinking it.  Needless to say, I passed on the offer.  The good news was that by the time the movie started at 4:45, I was feeling better.  Thank goodness.  But I have learned that I am no longer 23 and my body is not a fan of drinking that much anymore.  It's official, I am old.  Ha!