Super Bowl Canadian Style

On Sunday, we were supposed to be in Austin to visit our friends the Morrison's and their new baby Henry, but unfortunately were were snowed in. Because we had nothing else to do, we decided to go ahead and watch the Super Bowl.

Ryan and I aren't really big football fans, but we did go to my parent's house to watch the game. Now if you know my parents, you won't be surprised by the next picture, because they are just awesomely fun people. But, how many of you have had your parents make Jello Shots before?

Yup! Those are Strawberry Daiquiri Jello Shots. Yum! This was only the beginning though, to a night filled with artery clogging food.

Poutine. For those of you who have had this Canadian delicacy you know how terrible it is for you. My only guess is that Canadians need to put on mass amounts of fat to stay warm up north. Poutine consists of french fries, topped with cheese curds, topped with brown gravy...as you can see below.

The cheese curds were absolutely amazing! Sherry, Ryan's boss at ClubCorp, brought them back for us from her trip to Wisconsin.

Overall, it was a fun night of food, family and football.

(Me + my parent's cat Izzy = love)

Iced-In Pizza and Pie Night

Since I have been snowed in for five days now, count them FIVE, baking has taken over my life. The snow was really coming down yesterday, to the point we had to cancel our trip to Austin. Dang it!

Anyway, even though the office was closed, Ryan decided to go into work. I figured that since he was already out, he could pick me up a few things at the store. So last night Ryan made homemade wheat pizza crusts. My pizza was BBQ Chicken and Ryan had just regular chicken with tomato sauce.

For desert, I made a banana cream pie. I kinda cheated and had Ryan buy a pre-made graham cracker crust. As much as I like baking I hate making my own crusts, graham or regular pie. Anyway, I layered bananas on the bottom, pudding type custard in the middle and whipped cream and bananas on top. It was pretty darn good! I even used skim milk and had Ryan get a reduced fat crust. Anything to still be able to bake but not gain any more iced in the house and can't get out to run weight!

Snow, Or Should I Say Ice, Day

So it is the first official snow day of the year. One in which both mine and Ryan's offices both actually closed for the entire day. Unfortunately with a day like this it is bitterly cold outside and everything outside is ice, not snow so much. This makes it so dangerous out there. I am just hoping that everyone that can stays home and stays safe today. I'm not sure how long this stint of snow/ice will last either. It isn't supposed to be above freezing until Friday and they are saying the sun might not come out any time soon. This snow day may turn into a snow week.