We Get a Little Crazy ;)

Sometimes you just gotta wait until midnight so you can say it's Friday and indulge in the delicious cookies you saved from the movie night on campus :)

What About Dinner?

Today's title is a quote from Flushed Away and The Emperor's New Groove :) Love them both! Haha anyways!! Dudes. I'm so back in college!! I love my new house and having Kiersten as a roommate is awesome (she just got engaged! Eek!). All the girls that live in my house are so sweet and fun and my Homechop is just downstairs in my basement! XD Can't get much better than this :) So since I'm off on my own again, obviously I have to start cooking for myself again. Yay! :D Except I don't like buying food. So much money. I need a new job! Ahem, anyways. Tonight I decided  to make an easy, yet delicious (as my friend Danny revealed while he was scarfing down a plate of this goodness. Glad to know boys like my cooking!) meal. Tuna Noodle Casserole! Stop right there. I know what you're thinking. Ew. A casserole first off is always sketchy, but add tuna in there (which I absolutely love)? No one will want to eat it. But I'm serious!! This stuff is fantastic! But don't just take my word for it, try it out yourself :)

First day of school!

Peanut Butter Cookies

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness. It's my last day at work!!! Oh such mixed emotions! I'm way glad to not have to be waking up at 4:20 a.m. anymore (way, way too early, folks), but I am going to miss my co-workers and good friends I've made this summer. So, since this is my last day, I brought cookies to work!! I brought Peanut Butter cookies (I just didn't put on the kisses) and Volcano cookies :) But guess what? So I get to work and it's a normal, hot, sweaty day, up until around lunch time. I noticed no one was going on break. Weird, usually people are pretty dang good at not forgetting their break ha ;) I just so happened to notice a present on my manager's desk and I knew what was going on!! They were throwing me a surprise party XD I totally knew it. But I pretended like I didn't! Eventually, everyone left, leaving just me and 2 other people working. They are so totally throwing me a party. Finally, we got to go up there and I was so right :) Awwww!!! They brought pizza, soda, and 2 DELICIOUS cakes. Flan and Tres Leches. So, so, so yummy. I even got presents! Diana gave me this really pretty bag that her mom made and my good friend Miguel (who was basically in love with me this summer bahaha) gave me gorgeous flowers :) Awww tender. I love the people I work with!! Shout out to you guys!! But I must say. I'm freaking excited to go back to SUU!! :D Go T-Birds!

Where Did the Summer Go?

So it's been flipping forever since I've posted on here and I'm terribly sorry for that. The summer has been cRaZy busy these past couple months! I still had time to bake and such though, of course ;) Wanna see what I've been up to?

To celebrate the 4th of July, my biggest bro, Dave, and I created our own rubs for some kabobs :) (Don't ask what we put in there, we kinda just threw stuff in) They were one of the tastiest kabobs I've ever had!

And since it was a patriotic celebration, I had to do something festive :)

Now this entire summer, my boss at work has been an absolutely FANTASTIC being and has brought us snacks and treats everyday :) So I decided to give back as well and bring some delicious treats! I sadly didn't get to take any pics :P But I made the scrumptious Mint Brownies and Dulce de Leche Brownies :) (The Dulce de Leche brownies were a HUGE hit among my Latino co-workers :) )

Being freaked out by an Emu at an awesome FHE is always fun :)

 Family reunions in a freaking nice cabin are always essential.

Trip to Lagoon with friends old and new :)

Many, many, many a temple trips :) (With future sister-in-law I bet on the far right!)

Cousin Alex had a beautiful wedding in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple :)

This is normal for my family :)

So. Many. Fires.

Spending all the time I can with my bestest best friend, Bayley :)

Somewhere along here I made some freaking good Hello Dolly's, but again didn't get the chance to snag a pic :P

 Almond Joys are one of my favorite candy bars EVER, so why not make my own?

K and it's flipping hot in my work place, so I'm always craving ice-cream. But sometimes store bought ice-cream isn't sounding like enough. No? Well hows about some homemade ice-cream :) Coconut-y, Oreo-y goodness. I got this recipe from this book. Here's the recipe.

1 fourteen oz can coconut milk
1/3 c sugar
2 TBS cocoa
10 crushed Oreos

Combine the coconut milk, sugar, and cocoa powder in a blender and blend for 20 seconds. Pour the liquid into the bowl of an ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer's directions. In the last 5 minutes of churning, add the crushed Oreos. Transfer the ice cream to a plastic container, cover, and store in freezer until ready to eat.

And finally, one of my very best friends, Arissa Moore (now Rowley) got married to a guy that I completely approve of. They will live a very, very happy and exciting life together :) Love you guys!

Man. See? I told you I've been busy! But summer's almost over and school starts next week. Gotta live up what time I have left! Oh, and this school year's gonna be big. I can feel it. 

Keep it real, homies :)

Lasagna

So the parents are gone for a while. I want to live. So I make dinner! This is my first attempt at making my Mom's delicious Vegetarian Lasagna. And it actually turned out pretty good! Ahem, yes you're won't look as cheesy up top, but that would be because you didn't make any mistakes :P I on the other hand, forgot to add in the layer of cheese :P So I just added it all on top haha XD Still was great!

Perfect Pasta Salad

 Delicious food+hot summers day+memories=One fantastic meal :)

Here's the recipe:

1 box multi colored spiral noodles

however the heck much you want of Mozzarella cheese

however the heck much you want of green bell pepper

however the heck much you want of pepperoni

however the heck much you want of Italian dressing

however the heck much you want of black olives

Pretty simple, eh? ;)

Caramel Brownies

There once was a girl named Kristen. After a hard days work, Kristen came to her beloved home. For the past few days, Kristen had been trying to explain what a caramel was to her Hispanic co-worker. After no success, she finally just brought one to work. Having talked so much about this delicious candy, Kristen wanted to make the fantastic, ooey, gooey Caramel Brownies. So she did! (But she chooses not to have crunchy brownies, so she left out the nuts)

 

However! Kristen did not get to eat her yummy food, because she went to go spend the Friday evening with her good friend, Kylee, Bayley, and Austin, where they happily spent a couple dollars on some of the best chocolate they've had in a long time :)

 She even met up with her good Cedar bud, Tyson! (This picture was actually confused for a wedding picture. Love it)

 After a night in down town Salt Lake, some more good friends from Cedar came to visit!! XD Brad (the one on the right) was actually my co-host for the year long show, The Stupid Cupids, I had on Power 91 down at school :) Drew (the one on the left) was also part of the school's radio program for a while, so he was a frequent guest on mine and Brad's show :) Finally, at 12:30 in the morning (which technically is Saturday, so it's not my treat day anymore, but we'll forget that little detail ;) ), Kristen was able to indulge in her dessert with great company :) All in all, it was a delicious and nostalgic day :)