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Chicken In A Basket, Egg In The Hole, Pig In A Blanket, WHATEVER

Pioneer Woman Cooks

Me with Ree Drummond (look at her purty shiny boots…oh and I bet that is her camera on the table!)

I was so looking forward to meeting Ree (The Pioneer Woman) at her book signing at Davis-Kidd here in Nashville last night. So much so that when it was my turn to have my book signed I had NO idea what to say and… I’m sure you can’t imagine this…started rambling nervously.

“My husband is so excited that I’m cooking from your cookbook (hey that’s an original statement if I ever heard one right there, isn’t it?)... I made the chicken in a basket the other morning for breakfast and he loved it. And it’s just basically toast and an egg…ha ha ha…he loved it!”

Ree was so sweet. She laughed and said, “oh the Egg-in-the-Hole? I know…it’s sooooo good!”

GAH I got the name of her recipe wrong!

In my defense, however, this tasty bit of breakfast goodness goes by more names than Prince or the artist known as…whatever.

Ree is gracious and lovely in person. I also heart the beautiful t-shirts she gave away. I swear mine makes my boobs look bigger. I’m wearing it today. And I may not take it off until Christmas.

Ree Drummond

What is up with my hand on my hip and my funky let me tell you something girl hand motion (oh LORD I do this ALL THE TIME DON’T I?)

Pioneer Woman Christmas

Ree and I in our annual Christmas card…you know…if we were real life BFFs.

I had great fun meeting up for dinner with Amy from Milkbreath and Margaritas, Kaye from Grandmother’s House, Brigid at Brigid Day, and Shab from No TodoYago before the book signing. At Davis-Kidd we saw Jessica from Vanderbilt Wife, Kelly from Faithful Provisions and Leisa A. Hammett who is signing her beautiful new book this Saturday at the Highway 100 Starbucks in Bellevue.

I meant to tell Ree to try The Loveless for breakfast and that Nashville is NOT normally the Windy City of the South.

p.s. Because Ree is an absolute sweetheart of a person she will sign her beautiful cookbook even if she doesn’t make it to your fair city for one of her book signings! Just mail her your copy…details at the end of this post.

Channeling My Inner Pioneer Woman, Minus the Calf Nuts

I thought I’d share a couple of favorite recipes from this holiday season.

I turned my mother on to the Pioneer Woman Cooks blog, which is, in a word, fabulous, and I don’t even really enjoy cooking. She made Ree’s bread pudding with whiskey sauce Christmas weekend and we were all practically licking our plates. OK, so we did lick our plates. This stuff is so good it’s not funny and I’m not even a fan of bread pudding. I am now a convert. I have seen the light! Ree used good ole Tennessee Jack Daniels. Everything goes better with Jack.

I made this artichoke feta dip Christmas day and my family devoured it. The pimientos make it nice and festive, too. I clipped the recipe years ago from the Sunday newspaper coupons.

Artichoke Feta Dip

1 14 oz. can artichoke hearts, drained, chopped

1 8 oz. pkg. Feta cheese, crumbled

1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese

1 cup regular or light mayo (I use light)

1 clove garlic, minced

1 2 oz. jar diced pimientos, drained

Mix all ingredients

Spoon into 9-inch pie plate or 3-cup shallow baking dish

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until slightly browned.

Serve with assorted crackers, veggies, or pita triangles.

Makes 2 cups.

I also made this chocolate pie Christmas Day because I had to redeem myself for totally screwing it up last Saturday. I doubled the ingredients and forgot to double one key ingredient and the pie was liquid. One of my co-workers at my last job brought it to a holiday potluck and I had to have the recipe. I think those end up being the “keepers” from year to year.

Chocolate Silk Pie

1 1/2 cups sugar (my mother suggested I cut back on the sugar…I’ll let you be the judge)

3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

3 eggs, beaten

2/3 cup evaporated milk

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted (I use fully leaded buttah)

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 deep dish pie crust, frozen

Combine sugar and cocoa powder. Whisk in remaining ingredients. Pour chocolate mixture into frozen pie crust. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven on preheated baking sheet for 30 to 35 minutes or until center puffs. Cool completely. Garnish with whipped topping, if desired.

My sister-in-law made Southern Living cheese grits last weekend and they were awesome.

Hubby and I are going to have a nice New Year’s Eve dinner date and I’m really looking forward to it. What about you? Any big plans?

See you in 2008!

Chicken In A Basket, Egg In The Hole, Pig In A Blanket, WHATEVER

Channeling My Inner Pioneer Woman, Minus the Calf Nuts

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