Showing posts with label The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Show all posts

February 24, 2011

You have to make these MUSHROOMS!

Tomorrow I am hosting my Cowgirl Dinner Party , for all my Cowgals! Actually, none of my gals have cows. We have cows on our property....but they are not ours, so I don't really qualify as a Cowgirl either. I threw the party last year when I was cooking and blogging through The Pioneer Woman Cooks.

The ladies gave me invites for my next party....WOW they were putting the pressure on, assuming the parTAY would be fabulous enough to want me to do another one. Well, it was. And I am. I just wish I could have invited everyone. But my house isn't quite that accommodating. Here's the invitation...know that if I coulda I woulda invited ya'll!

A party is always a good way to break the winter blues don't ya think? Mix it up a bit. Give everybody something to look forward to. Good food, lots of laughs, and girls ONLY! No kids, NO boys!





It's also an excuse to buy flowers. Lots and Lots of fresh flowers. I love fresh flowers.



Initially I thought that I would change it up this year. Make it my own. But then my Cowgirls kept asking what I was going to serve. When I mentioned that I was going to change it up the response was always "well you're gonna make those mushrooms still aren't you?". So then I tried to figure out how I could make them fit into my meal plan......and it wasn't quite meshing. So I figured, "What the HEY!", why mess with a good menu!!! So I am doing the Cowgirl Dinner Party from The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook again, with a few extra's!



You need to make these mushrooms. Just once in your life you need to make them.

I could actually bath in them that's just how amazing and comforting Burgundy Mushrooms are! I ate the leftovers for breakfast last year. It's not my recipe, it's P-dubs. So you will have to get it from her. It's in her cookbook.

WHAT you don't have the cookbook?

Too bad so sad for you.

Would you buy the dam cookbook already people.....OK sorry. She's not paying me to push her cookbook, I promise. I guess if you're going to be stubborn and not buy the cookbook then you could go here for the recipe. Burgundy Mushrooms are TRULY life changing.

I am hoping mine turn out as fabulously as they did last year. I put them on the stove this morning....they take a minimum of 7 hours to cook. Yeh, I know that's why I haven't made them since last year. I was talking to my dad on the phone while trying to read the recipe and get them cookin'. My dad needs responses. There is to be no dead space while on the phone with my father. If I am not saying "uh-huh", or "oh really", or "ya don't say" after everything he says he yells, "ARE YA THERE?". So I didn't read the part about not adding the salt till the end of the cooking time.

Gol~darnIT! I added it. I'm saying a prayer that it won't matter. That they will still be FAB-U-losSO!

Well I hope you have a great day, I need to go call my insurance company before I go pick up the beef tenderloin. Heaven for bid I get in a car wreck and that piece-O-meat is not insured!

Luv Ya!

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December 23, 2010

WINNERS of The Pioneer Woman Cooks and CUTE aprons are.....


WoooHOOOO! Are you ready? Drum roll...pleeeezee. Thank you drummer boy! The winners of the Pioneer Woman Cooks signed cookbooks and aprons are:



#1 Cookbook & Cowgirl Apron

the Segard Family said...

We will be snowboarding in Colorado!!

SarahinSC said...

Awesome giveaway! I'll be spending Christmas with family!


#3 Cookbook

Diane said...

Adorable Apron... Sheila, your Mom did a fantastic job!! (perhaps she could sell a few for the 'tour' next year??). I will be sitting back, eating, drinking egg nog, and fellowshipping with family. Oh, I'll also be keeping my eye on Marlin as he keeps his eye/nose on the food :). Love you.

Please shoot me an email leaving your full name and contact information, and we will get your winnings off to you quicker than you can say Frohliche Weihnachten! or Feliz Navidad!

Thanks for sharing what you are all up to over Christmas I loved reading all your comments!
Many blessings!

Hugs to you all!

Luv Ya,

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Winners were chosen randomly by random.org



December 19, 2010

The Pioneer Woman COOKS- GIVEAWAY!!!

Because Christmas is less than a week away..



Because I fed lots of people today....



Because I used this cookbook to feed the crowd.....



Because Elvis stopped by and sang "Hound Dawg" real loud......




Because I love this lady, and her Hound Dawggy........




And it's almost my Birthday...... and my Mom made these cute Frocks! (OK the rhyme ends here....I'm not Dr. Seuss.)

Christmas themed, with snow flakes, candy canes and holly. Adorable!


You can also wear this apron with the bib down.




Cowgirl Apron! Yeehaw!



Look at the detail. I bought this fabric months ago, if you remember I actually asked you what I should do with it and someone suggested I make an apron and give it away. Well, I could have never come up with anything this cute....I knew this. So when my mom was visiting us this Fall, from Florida, I snuck it in her suitcase with the pattern and and a note that said, "Make cute, apron. For blog. Purdy pleeeze."

The pockets are just big enough for a cell phone! I always have my cell phone in my apron pocket...no foolin'.


Aren't these little Ladies Sweet?!



This is not my backside! In my dreams, look at the bow, not the hind quarter. How'd my mama do that? There's a cowgirl on each tie!


Do you realize how hard it's going to be for me to give this away?

Do ya? Do ya?

Not hard, because I think the world of you all, and wanted something really fun and special to giveaway for Christmas. I don't know what I'd do with out you. (Eat less, and read more books...not that I'm keeping track or anything.)

And the SUPER added BONUS....... Ree Drummond, a.k.a. The Pioneer Woman, gave me three signed copies of her cookbook The Pioneer Woman Cooks to GIVEAWAY!!!!!!




My kiddos are home from school, so I'm gonna kick off my boots and my tennis shoes, and be a lazy blogger this week....


We have lots of fun stuff planned. Cookie decorating, friends for dinner, movies, pajama days, games, three birthdays to celebrate, and hopefully lots of sledding and skiing!

Here's the SCOOP! There will be THREE winners, chosen randomly.

WINNER #1 will win a signed copy of The Pioneer Woman Cooks and the Cowgirl Apron.

WINNER #2 will win a signed copy of The Pioneer Woman Cooks and the Christmas Apron.

WINNER #3 will win a signed copy of The Pioneer Woman Cooks.


TO ENTER:
Answer the following question in the comments section of this post:

"What are your plans over the Christmas holiday?"

Movies, baking, sleeping in, visiting Aunt Thelma....let me know in the comments and you will be entered to win.

RULES:

One entry per person.

No entries after noon on Thursday, December 23.

WINNERS will be announced on Christmas Eve.

Good Luck!

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Thank you, Thank you, thank you very much!

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