Welcome to my review!

For my birthday this year I received a very special gift from my husband, Cody. He gave me a cookbook written by the most wonderful woman whom I have come to adore for a couple of years now. My boss got me started on reading this woman's blog and I have become more and more obsessed with each passing entry she makes. Sounds kinds of stalking like, but hey, its a public blog she writes! This woman is the Pioneer Woman. Her cookbook, Pioneer Woman Cooks. PW (Pioneer Woman) lives my life at a more extreme level. I can relate to her, cows, horses, kids, and especially the handsome husband. My Cody is quite dashing!


I am cooking up her cookbook. I will write reviews of the recipes she has created. The reviews will also include my family's thoughts of the recipes. This will be one way I can feel like I am friends with PW, we can cook together!



Friday, May 18, 2012

Definitely perfect potatoes!

Perfect Potatoes Au Gratin. I was in heaven just creating this magnificent cheesy concoction!

I have only ever purchased the box version of this at the store and I can NEVER get it right! It always took longer than it said to cook and it was always runny! I liked the taste on but it just never made me happy. But folks hang on to your shorts cause this will be better than a roller coaster ride!

This was easier than the box version! Although I did have to cut up my potatoes, I didn't mind one bit! As I added the whole milk and the heavy cream, the garlic and the cheese, I was getting giddy inside!

While the dish cooked and bubbled inside my cowboy comes in from his long day of branding and asks "what's that smell"? He could smell it all the way down the driveway! I said we are having Spicy Dr. Pepper pulled pork and Perfect Au Gratin Potatoes. He says "it smell like cheese" with a big grin on his face! My family are cheese Coinsurers.

When the timer went off to signal its doneness, low and behold, it was done! Perfect!

It was a great dinner a a great combination! No more boxes au gratin spuds for us!

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