Updates and Cooking

Hello bloggersphere readers!  I haven't updated in a while so I thought I would inform you of whats been happening around the Karhoff casa.  After a somewhat disappointing Halloween (refer to last blog post), we got to look forward to my parent's visiting the following weekend!! So our week was spent preparing the little abode to be ready for visitors.  Friday FINALLY came and my parents were here!! We really enjoyed just spending time with them, showing off Lincoln and cooking yummy food!!  We didn't do anything major, and I don't even have pictures to post of the weekend (Gasp!)

I've also kinda of gotten into cooking lately.  Maybe I'm becoming more confident in this wifey skill but I really am kinda proud of a few of my creations.  So I thought I would share my little tiny tid bit of success in the kitchen. 

1. Chili
I'm pretty proud of my chili.  Granted, chili isn't something that is too hard to mess up, but your talking to the girl who made the most disgusting batch of mashed taters in the first few weeks of cooking.  It all started on the first cold day, Geoff and I were freezing and decided to make chili.  It turned into throwing in a bit of this and a bit of that and voula, CHILI! I made a pot while my parents were here, and they were pretty impressed. 

2. Baked Potato Bacon Soup
This was a recipe that I added to from a cookbook I got at non other than Silver Dollar City! Its super simple and sooo tasty.  It reminds me of the baked potato soup from Chili's.  Here's the recipe:
1 can cream of potato
1 can cheddar cheese soup
2 cups milk
salt and pepper
2 cans of diced potatoes or peeled and cut up baking potatos
4-5 strips of bacon fried up and crumbled up into the soup

Throw all of the ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil, then simmer until the soup thickens.  I add in bacon once the soup is simmering. 
It is sooo yummy and good that we have had it twice in the past two weeks.  I think you could even crock pot it but I haven't tried yet. 

3. Calzones
Tonight I made homemade calzones that turnded out way better than I thought.  I'm still perfecting it, but I think it might be a new favorite.  I found this really awesome dough recipe from my new favorite blog, The Small Things blog. 

You should really check The Small Things blog out.  She is awesome with hair, makes cute jewelry and crafty things, attempts to cook like I do, and loves the Lord.  I'm pretty sure she is supposed to be my best friend.  Lol.  Here is the link: The Small Things Blog

Well thats all for now.  Our tummies are full of yummy calzones and we are watching Jericho, a show we have recently become addicted to on Netflix.  Until next time...