A Clash of Kings

This book was better than the first one! There were so many twists and turns! The people you thought were good people in the first book are bad and the people you thought bad maybe arent so bad. The characters have to reach deep inside them and find the strength to keep going even through horible hardships. I really enjoyed getting to dive deeper into the stories of Jon and Arya who are my favorite characters right now. I havent decided if Tyrion Lannister is a good guy or a bad guy, he shows qualities of both. Im excited to see where he goes in the next book. Im really enjoying the Bran and Rickon Stark and the direwolves story combining more and more. The magic of the beastlings is pretty neat. Everyone is fighting against each other and the realm is pretty much being torn apart so Im excited to see where this next book will take all the fighting "kings". Sansa showed more depth in this book so I liked her better. I feel like she will play a major role in bringing down Joffrey but Im not sure how yet. Cant wait until Dany makes it over to join the fighting with her dragons. A fantastic book, I was totally entertained!

Thanksgiving Day Feast

This year was my very first year making my own Thanksgiving Day food. I realized I had never really made any of the typical dishes you have on Thanksgiving! It was just Chris and I this year so we decided to make our very own feast! I started out by making a menu of the things I wanted to make and then went to the grocery store and made sure I had all the ingredients for everything. My menu included turkey, green bean casserole, stuffing, candied yams, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls and a pumpkin pie!

I was sort of nervous about the turkey since I have never in my life cooked a turkey but I bought a Jennie-o pre-packaged turkey that didnt need to be defrosted. It came in its own cooking bag so all I had to was take the outer bag off and stick it in the oven! I bought one of those crappy tin pans to cook the turkey in so I could just throw it away when it was done. The turkey also came with one of those pop up timer things in it but I didnt trust it and bought a meat thermometer. The turkey baked on 450 for only 4 hours! Not bad!

I have a small oven as you can see with only one rack in it so I knew I was going to have to be creative with getting everything cooked. While we waited we goofed off a little.

And the cat lounged

When the turkey was in its last hour of cooking I started to get the other dishes ready to just stick in the oven. I got my green bean casserole all mixed together.

And my candied yams.

I have to mention that my entire apartment smelled heavenly while the turkey was cooking! When I had finshed all of that the turkey was all done so I pulled it out and had Chris carve it. He did an awesome job and this was his first time carving a turkey!

Once the turkey had vacated my oven I stuck in the green bean casserole and the candied yams. While they were cooking in the oven I had the stuffing and potatoes cooking on the stove.

Chris got me some gorgeous Sunflowers for Thanksgiving that made our table very festive

And we had a yummy toast with Sparkling Cider!

Finally around 4pm everything was done and it was time to chow down!!! We put all the dishes on the table and served up!

We ate until we were about to burst. Everything turned out so great. I was so proud of my very first turkey! We had so many leftovers!! I was so excited to eat Thanksgiving food all weekend!

After dinner I made my very first pumpkin pie. It turned out perfect and yummy and we had some as soon as it cooled.

We decided we needed whipped cream. Chris decided he needed A LOT of whipped cream!

Our very first Thanksgiving Day feast and first Thanksgiving Day together was perfect and relaxing and the food was fantastic. Nothing could have made it any better.....except maybe more pumpkin pie!

Easy Chicken Strips

This recipe is SO easy!!! And So quick!!! And SO yummy!!! No really though...it is! My boyfriend and I both loved it!

First, heat your oven to 450 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with tin foil and spray it with cooking spray. In a 1 gallon freezer bag mix Bisquick mix, cheese, and salt. I used garlic salt and it was yummy!

Next cut your chicken breasts into strips. The recipe says 1/2 inch strips but I kind of just eye balled it and made them whatever size I wanted.

Next take the egg and in a large bowl slightly beat it.

Take your chicken strips and dip them in the egg and then place them in the bag of mix. Seal the bag and shake to coat.

Place chicken on cookie sheet and drizzle the butter over the strips.

Bake 12 to 14 minutes turning halfway through bake time. I chose to bake for 14 minutes just to make sure the chicken was cooked all the way through.

The finished product was fabulous and we used Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce to dip it in. YUM! See below for recipe.


3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips

2/3 cup Bisquick Mix

1/2 grated Parmesan Cheese

1/2 tsp garlic salt or salt

1/2 tsp paprika

1 egg, slightly beaten

3 tbsp butter, melted


Heat oven to 450 degrees. Line cookie sheet with foil, spray with cooking spray. In 1 gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag, mix Bisquick mix, cheese, salt and paprika. Dip half the chicken strips into egg; place in bag. Seal bag; shake to coat. Place chicken on cookie sheet. Repeat to use up remaining chicken. Drizzle butter over chicken. Bake 12-14 minutes, turning halfway through bake time with pancake turner, until no longer pink in center.