It's the day before Christmas eve and all through the kitchen not a thing was finished not even the bitchen.
I had promised mom that I would make a bunch of finger foods to take over to her house for Christmas eve so she didn't have to cook a big meal. Especially since I can't eat very much.
So the menu that I was planning was: lemon bars, ham and pineapple cream cheese wraps, mahogany chicken, mini pizzas, bacon cheese burger bites, potato skins, baked cinnamon apples, and taco cups. Now out of all of these, I can only eat the bacon cheese burger bites, apples, chicken, taco cups, and.....lemon bars.....ok well I'm not supposed to eat those....but......yep it's going to my butt....I can't let them go to waste or should I say...waist. LOL Sorry I think I'm a little punch drunk from....well I'm not sure but it's got me goofy!!
I make the lemon bars first since they are a breeze to make. Oh the smell was fantastic!!!! *drools uncontrollably!!* They turn out pretty good. But that is where the fun ends.
AAARRRGGGG!!!!! Next I went to make my bacon cheese burger bites. Now these are super easy to make, they are hamburger, cheese, crumbled bacon, and Egg Beaters. Mix them all together and scoop them into mini muffin pans. Well this is all well and good but with everything going on, I forgot to spray the pan with Pam!!!! Yep, you guessed it!!! They stuck like there was no tomorrow. I didn't want to scratch my non stick pan so I, for what seemed like forever, gently, pleaded and wiggled them out. I have to admit there were a few choice words in there off and on....but no need to go into detail...lol.
Next on the list was the taco cups. These too are very easy to make....or so I thought they were going to be. I mixed up the hamburger with the taco seasoning, pressed it into the muffin pans, mixed the sour cream, cheese, and olives together and dolloped it on top. Just pop them in the oven and cook for about 10 minutes. WRONG!!!! I apparently used 80/20 hamburger rather than the 10% I thought I grabbed. Well the muffin pans filled up with grease that I had to dump out. While dumping it out....I almost lost the sour cream mixture. I was able to save them, and they tasted fantastic.....but they didn't look so fantastic.
By this time, I am almost ready to give up. I don't like it when my cooking goes array. But I charged forward. Thankfully everything else went fairly well. But what is there to screw up with the rest of the menu!
My cooking finally evened out and I was fairly pleased but I just have to be thankful that it was a family affair and not company. LOL.
I guess now it's time for me to put on my cap for a long winters nap. Until then....
