Bread Bowls from Great Harvest
Taco Soup in Pumpkin Bread Bowls
(crockpot style)
recipie
ground beef (however much meet you want)
1 can of corn
1 large red onion
1 white onion
1 package of taco seasoning
1/2 package of ranch seasoning
2 Tbls. of cumin
6 cups of liquid, either water or beef broth
1 can of green chilies
1 can of pinto beans
1 can of kidney beans
pinch of salt and pepper
Cooking in the crockpot is easy as 1 2 3
first thing. chop the onions and brown the meat. as you are browning the meat, add the onions, sprinkle salt and pepper. after the meat is brown, add 6 cups of liquid and seasoning (cumin, ranch, taco seasoning) simmer the meet for 4 hours, so meat becomes tender. for the last 3 hours pour in all cans of vegetables. that's it!
American Heritage Center
this place was the best. they have a haunted forest, corn maze, BB gun shooting and my favorite, swing dancing! you better believe we did everything. oh and we tried on pinoneer hats and took pictures. don't we look good?
friday night was our halloween themed date night.. (girls asked) and i knooow, the guy should be the one to ask the girl out. most all my friends live by this rule, but i am impatient and sometimes a girl just can't wait for a cute boy to ask her out. it might never happen! since i have the funnest friends and roommates, it is easy for me to pitch an idea and everyone join in. so of course when i told a few people about my date idea they told a few people who told a few more people and before you knew it there were 15 couples that wanted in. haha fine with me. the more the merrier. it felt like a high school dance. we had dinner, then an activity, then an after activity.
i thought the easiest and cheapest way to do dinner for that many people would be to make soup and cook it in a crockpot. i love my crockpot. i love the concept of just throwin a bunch of things into a bowl and having it cook all day long. not much effort required. the hardest part was grocery shopping for the food. i never know how much to buy. i always buy more than i think i will need. but better more than less.i can't have my guests feeling like they can't eat as much as they want! also cutting the onions was the worst. my eays were burning and i had to cut like 4 large ones. after the onions were cut and the meat was brown eveything else was a cake walk.
this was probably one of the funnest "first" dates i have ever been on. sometimes first dates are awkward. i mean naturally.... especially if it is your first time meeting the person. but my date was fun! and so easy to get a long with. we had a great time together. i know now how guys feel. it is hard trying to read your date. you want them to have fun and sometimes you can't tell if they are being nice or geniuely having a good time. this was a first time date for most of the people in our group but i think most everyone hit it off with their date. i will pat myself on the back and be so proud of myself if someone starts dating because of our date night!
