Week in Review

This week went by quickly. My mom arrived tuesday afternoon and stayed until Friday morning. We LOVE it when she comes. She and I went and saw 27 dresses and I liked it so much that I would love to go see it again. Everyone I'd talked to said it was okay but I thought it was hilarious and really liked James Marsden in a romantic comedy. The bar scene was my favorite part.

Jody and I were able to go out one night. We went to dinner and then I got a pedicure while Jody sat in a chair and read a magazine. My kind of date.

On Thursday we picked Alex and her boyfriend Jeff up at the SF airport. We went to lunch and then stayed inside the rest of the day because it was pouring. Jeff is a super nice guy. He and Alex seem to really like each other, they were constantly holding hands, touching, etc. Ammon really, really liked Jeff. He thought Jeff came to play with him. The minute we got back from the airport Ammon got him a pirate hat and they played "pirates" together. Ammon also asked Jeff some pretty personal questions and at one point told he and Alex not to kiss. He said, "I can't kiss until I get back from my mission." He was pretty hilarious the whole time. When they left to drive to McKinleyville on Friday he said, "I'm really going to miss Jeff."

Tomorrow is the Super Bowl and we are going to a party after church. I am making buffalo wings and blue cheese dressing. I got the recipes from All Recipes. In case you need something to make tomorrow here's the recipes. They were both rated 5 out 5 stars by a few hundred people. I am planning on baking the wings. I read numerous reviews that said they were just as good baked.

Restaurant-Style Buffalo Chicken Wings
Rated: 5 out of 5 by 676 members
Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 2 Hours Yields: 5 servings

INGREDIENTS:
oil for deep frying
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup hot sauce
1 dash ground black pepper
1 dash garlic powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
10 chicken wings

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). The oil should be just enough to cover wings entirely, an inch or so deep. Combine the butter, hot sauce, pepper and garlic powder in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir together and heat until butter is melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from heat and reserve for serving.

2. In a small bowl mix together the flour, paprika, cayenne pepper and salt. Place chicken wings in a large nonporous glass dish or bowl and sprinkle flour mixture over them until they are evenly coated. Cover dish or bowl and refrigerate for 60 to 90 minutes.

3. Fry coated wings in hot oil for 10 to 15 minutes, or until parts of wings begin to turn brown. Remove from heat, place wings in serving bowl, add hot sauce mixture and stir together. Serve.


Bill's Blue Cheese Dressing
Rated: 5 out of 5 by 275 members
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 15 MinutesYields: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup sour cream
1 1/3 cups mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black
pepper
4 ounces blue cheese,
crumbled

DIRECTIONS:
1.In a large bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise and Worcestershire sauce. Season with mustard, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir in blue cheese. Cover, and refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.