Ward Chili Cook Off

Our ward was having a talent show/chili cook off last night and there were 24 people who brought their chili. Adam and I brought White Chicken Chili (Adam made it all... I just did the dishes for it which I thought was a pretty good deal. He worked on it for a long time to make it perfect). Adam and I got this recipe originally from my sister Amber. (Thanks Amber for sharing!!) It's been one of our favorites and Adam expands on it each time we make it. There were five awards that they were giving out: the spiciest, the most appealing looking, the chunkiest, the most original, and the best overall. We were awarded the most original, and all the five that they picked had to taste really good too for them to be awarded the prizes. Each chili was given a number so that it could be anonymous and we heard several people comment on how good our white chili was of chili #17. We even heard the judges talk about it, so this is seriously a keeper recipe! It was a fun night and we were pretty happy to win that wooden spoon! I'm so proud of Adam and his cooking skills!

For the recipe click on the link below

White Chicken Chili

 

Adam making the finishing touches to the chili

 

The 24 contestants in the Chili Cook Off. Ours is in the red crock pot.

 

Adam holding his prize for THE MOST ORIGINAL CHILI!

Our First Valentine's Day

Adam and I just had a quiet evening last night. We made a nice dinner of Chicken, Cheese, and Spinach Manicotti, Olive Garden Breadsticks, a salad, cherry jello with whipping cream, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and of course Martinellis. We ate it by candlelight and it was really romantic. We then played our new game Blink that Adam got for me for Valentine's Day and then we watched the movie Couple's Retreat that I got him. It was really nice and low key of an evening. And we both can agree that it was our best Valentines Day ever!

Bountiful Basket Experience #2!

We got the Bountiful Basket on Saturday and it had lots of yummy goodness in it. We took this picture after we had given a bag full of stuff from it to our neighbor. We also got the tortilla chip and guacamole packages that you can purchase on top of the original basket. This week we got:

2 Bunches of Bananas
2 Bunches of brocoli
Lemons
Clemintines
Lettuce
Strawberries
Mushrooms
Cantalope
Orange Bell Peppers
Spinach
Carrots
Green onions
White onions
Avacados
Limes
Jalapinos
Homemade tortilla chips

Valentines Day Roses

Adam came home Friday with this beautiful arrangement of a dozen roses. They are even more beautiful now because they are opening up. They are some of the prettiest roses I've ever recieved.

Outback's Bushman Bread

If you've ever been to Outback Stakehouse, you probably know what bread this is. It's the scrumptious bread that they bring out and give to everyone when they sit down. We've been looking for it's recipe for a while because it's so yummy and we finally found one with Top Secret Restaurant Recipes. This is a sweet, moist bread that goes great with any stake or Outback style meal. When Adam and I had it, we had it with mashed sweet potatoes and tri tip. It was way easy and I had all of the ingredients in my cupboard already. The only thing that was hard was letting it rise! That was it! And that wasn't necessarily hard, I just didn't like waiting because the dough tasted excellent. To see recipe, visit link:

Outback's Bushman Bread Recipe

Kitchen Sink Blog

Adam and I both love to cook and try new recipes. I just created a blog where I can post the recipes that we make so we can have a back up and share them with others. It will just be our favorites so you can check out our new blog if you are looking for something yummy to eat. Like I said, only the best are going on there.

www.sinkfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com

Fun Buys

I have a friend in my ward who likes to crochet and she has her own little business on etsy.com. I just recently bought a headband (which I'm wearing right now) from her and an adorable owl hat for a one year old that I'm going to send to my nephew. She is so talented and you should check out her work. I'm way excited about my purchases.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/curlytopcorner