In a PICKLE

pickled red onions

I love everything to do with pickles. so does Simone. So I thought I would try pickling some red onions, and of course, they were fantastic. Go great on anything, especially tacos and sandwiches, maybe salads or soups as well.

1 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup lime juice (freshly squeezed tasted miles better than from the bottle)
3 tbs sugar
1 tbs salt

Bring these ingredients to a boil while you are thinly slicing your medium- sized red onion. Pop the sliced onion in a bowl and pour the boiling liquid over them. Cover this concoction with some plastic wrapped and pop those suckers into the fridge for a couple hours. They will become a lovely redish pink (begin to look like candy) and cool completely, and thats when you know they are ready to eat.

Domesticated Laday

What can I say? The cold makes me want to cook, and now, with my new sewing machine, there is no reason to leave the house. All I want to do is cook, sew, and homemake. I'm just your everyday natural domesticated lady.

Holiday Card (e-holidaze)

Happy Holidaze from Justin and Teal

Oatmeal Cookies That Will Explode your Taste Buds

With all this holiday nonsense going on, I thought it fitting to add a cookie recipe to my blog. These are a quick easy and they are great as presents for the ones you originally forgot about but-oops- they've given you a present and now you look like the jerk.

Preheat yo oven to 350

in a bowl, stir up these dry ingredients
1 3/4 cup flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamin
3/4 tsp nutmeg

in a separate bowl, beat until CREAMY
2 sticks butter (softened NOT melted)
1 1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Now slowly add your DRY mixture to your CREAMY mixture. After they are all getting along in a single bowl, add
1 cup raisins
3 cup dry oatmeal

now bake-a-boo for 6-7 minutes (really not long at all but BELIEVE me you don't want to over coook these. keep 'em soft.) YUM!

Blind Contours of a Boyfriend

Hey, Boyfriend. May I draw you?

Sickness in the family

Sylvia, Simone's sister, has pneumonia. Poor baby. If you pray for rats, pray for Sylvia's health.

Heyy boyfriend.