The 7 Layer Bean Dip That’s Better Than Hers – RECIPE

Posted on June 13, 2011 by admin

Soooo… my boyfriend is a huge sports fan. Loves to play, loves to watch, loves to talk SPORTS. Sports, sports, sports, sports!

Hip hip hooray!

I’ve never dated a guy who is super duper into sports and none of my 3 brothers or dad are into sports. So the past 8 months have been quite the sports cultural experience! I’m learning all sorts of things. Like who the ~~sexiest~~ hottest players in the NBA are and oh wait *blush* I meant hot as in “on fire” and have a great shooting average!! ;) and the difference between a flagrant and a team foul. :) YAY!

I’ve also learned that girls like to try and use sports as a way to request time with my boy. HAHA! That’s cool with me. :) The more the merrier! I love playing hostess!! :) YAY! And what’s better than making new friends? Double yay!

HAHAHAHA! I guess I misunderstood. Apparently, watching a sports game with a single attractive male is secret girl code for “I have a crush on you” and watching a sports game with a boy and making him BEAN DIP is secret girl code for “I want you to fall madly in love with me”. Who knew?

Anyway – you can imagine my surprise when the BF introduced me to a fellow “sports fan” who couldn’t bring herself to make eye contact with me and then – wait what? Oh no you didn’t. Bean dip? Did you seriously just invite my boyfriend to come over and watch an NBA playoffs game at your house – alone – so that he could have your amazing bean dip? And you did this IN FRONT OF ME??

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh sweetheart – first off, my boyfriend doesn’t play that way and *happy sigh* how great was it when he said, “Well, you could for sure come down and watch the game with us sometime. That’d be fun!” to your invitation? It was pretty great. Secondly, although I AM impressed by your wikipedia memorization skills when it comes to the NBA – my boyfriend loves teaching me about sports and thought it was cute that it took me 10 tries before I remembered the correct way to pronounce Niwitski, and lastly, by mentioning your AMAZING bean dip all you did was encourage me to learn to make a better, yummier, and better looking bean dip than yours. ;)

So – I guess thanks are in order.

Thanks for the idea!!! The BF LOOOOOOOVVVVEEEEDD it!!!

But for real – he did. :) YAY!!!! I love being his girlfriend. <3<3<3 It’s my favorite!!

7 layer Bean Dip

2/3 can of black refried beans
Salsa
Chunked, grilled chicken (about 2 cups)
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
Guacamole
Chopped Tomato
Sliced Olives (1 can)
8×8 or there about container.

Microwave the beans and then add an equal part of Salsa, stir it up, cover and set aside.
Heat up the chicken.
Smooth the bean/salsa mixture on the bottom of your container (it should still be warm)
Distribute the chicken evenly over the beans
Cover with shredded cheese
Smooth over a thin layer of sour cream
Smooth over a thin layer of guacamole
Sprinkle diced/chopped tomato on guacamole
Sprinkle sliced olives over tomatoes

Serve right away with chips! YUM!!!

Cornbread Recipe

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

When I tell people not from the U.S. that I’m going to make or eat cornbread they look at me like “WHAAAT? You eat bread that’s made from corn?” Haha! No not exactly. Cornbread is umm.. idunno – how do you describe it? It’s more like a muffin than bread. And it’s yummy – especially when served with butter and honey!!!

This picture doesn’t really do cornbread justice but it IS what cornbread looks like. Oh the yumminess. Oh the American goodness. Oh the sugar in the honey prolly isn’t that good for me. But SO WHAT? I’m still a rockstar!

RECIPE – AMERICAN CORNBREAD

Ingredients:

1 c. cornmeal
1 c. flour (or orgran’s gluten free self-rising flour)
1 tsp salt
1/4 c. sugar
3 tsp. b. powder
1 c. milk
1/4 c. oil
1 egg

Instructions:

preheat the oven to 425F or 218C
mix the first 5 ingredients in a bowl
mix the last 3 ingredients in a separate bowl
mix both sets of ingredients together (omgosh really?)
put/pour/spoon/whatever the batter into a 9×9 pan
Bake for 20-25 minutes
Eat and enjoy.

Experience Australia – The Little Things #1 – Tim Tams and The Tim Tam Slam Video

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

Experience Australia – The Little Things

This Week’s “Experience Australia – The Little Things” (oh btw – did I mention this is going to be a new weekend segment on my blog? ) is probably the reason why Australia is a more obese than the U.S. [gasp! Daisy - you didn't just say that!!! Oh yes I did. Snap!] What am I talking about? The Tim Tam.

Tim Tams, an Australian iconic “biscuit” (aka cookie) is a little fattening devil which is absolutely delightful. And I believe it’s safe to say you absolutely cannot have an TRUE Australian Experience unless you learn about and TASTE a Tim Tam. Mmmm. They even have their own aisle in the supermarket. No seriously – they do. But they have to! There are like a bazillion different flavors and each flavor is in high demand. Who wouldn’t want a Tim Tam?

tim-tam-crush

My favorite flavor is the Tim Tam Crush Toffee Nut flavor. I Heart 2 them the best. And as you can see in the picture above, the Tim Tam Crush biscuits are a little different. Instead of having creamy goodness sandwiched between two chocolate biscuits, the crush only has its indulgent taste of heaven on top of ONE biscuit. Darn my gluten intolerance! I could have set a world record for gaining the most weight due to a Tim Tam Crush addiction.

NOW ONTO THE SLAM!!! It’s like WHAT YOU DO with Tim Tams if you’re cool.

Australians feel it is their duty to tell all foreigners about the Tim Tam Slam. From the clerk in the grocery store, to the attendant at the airport who sees you’re taking home Tim Tam souvenirs – EVERYONE stops to tell you about the Tim Tam Slam. Which is why I posted a HOW TO DO THE TIM TAM SLAM video. And lol on the video – can you tell this was taken REALLY seriously?? And no he wasn’t trying to sound Australian – that’s his “This is dumb and I can’t believe you’re making me do this” voice.

*Archived from March 2009*