Funfetti What??

Earlier this week, my friend Jelly's little girl, celebrated her 2nd birthday. There was no big party or anything. Not until this weekend. Because the guys were in Texas working, last week. But on Tuesday night, Mems and Chiquitita (Baby Jelly's godparents) had a little "celebration dinner."

Of course, the usual suspects were there. All of us, delicious Mexican food, a delish birthday cake and cupcakes, and tons of ninitos. It was so much fun!! Completely colorful. Which is totally Jose and Jelly's style. :) And I love it!!

One of the "treats" that they had, was this "Funfetti Dip." OK, let's back up a bit here. Months ago, I pinned a bunch of funfetti pins. They just sounded good at the time. Maybe because, I just wanted some cake. :) Now I'll be real here, I never went back to look at them. Ever!! But Chiquitita saw them.

I'm not 100% sure who made this dip. If it was Chiquitita or Jelly, but darn, it was delicious!! And it has me wondering, why in the heck, have I not looked into this? They told me, that it was a pin, that I had pinned. Now I want to go search out my boards again. :)

Oh, there was quite a bit of this yumminess. And I'm not even embarrassed to say it, but I ate 2 bowls!! With animal crackers, graham crackers, and some fruit. I might have skipped out on the delish tacos, just to eat this goodness. ;)

I got the recipe, and I'm 100% positive, I'm probably going to gain 20lbs in the next month!! I better only buy enough ingredients, to make this once. Because this can be a serious problem for me. Oh, and silently, I'm hoping that there's some more of this, at Baby Jelly's birthday party. :)

What a Sweet Treat!!

Months and months ago, I saw this recipe. On Scarlett's blog. It sounded so delicious. But I definitely didn't have the skills, or confidence to make cinnamon rolls. Heck no!! Well, unless you count the ones from the tube. Yeah, me and them are BBFs!!

I happened to mention this to a friend of mine. Who just so happens to be an amazing baker and cook. Chiquitita offered to help me out. We headed to another friend's house. Who has a HUGE kitchen. And we got our bake on!!

We started them one night, after our regular "after church dinner." Left the rolls to rise. And set a time, to meet the next morning. The next morning, we were baking up the most amazing rolls ever!! They were so yummy. :)

That was a few weeks ago. On Friday, Ignacio and I were trying to recover. You know, from Thanksgiving. And lots of holiday shopping. We were also packing for our trip to Texas. That meant Friday was a nice and lazy day. Ignacio didn't have to work. We didn't want to fight the crowds, at the stores. We just wanted to be lazy.

And well, guess what I had done on Thursday night. After stuffing our bellies all day!! Made up a batch of these babies. While Ignacio was looking for something to watch on TV. Honestly, I think he was in a food coma!! :)

On Friday morning, I put a pan in the oven. And crossed my fingers. The entire house smelled amazing!! Ignacio was in shock. You know, since I all of a sudden whipped up a batch of homemade cinnamon rolls. To be honest, I shocked myself too!! Don't tell anyone, we spent the day in our pjs. Then ate an entire pan of cinnamon rolls. It was a good Friday!!

Tastes Like Fall :)

I've said this a million times, I'm not a cook. Not a good one anyways. I try. And try hard. But I think this is going to be a long process. But I'm trying. And if you've noticed lately, in my "Favorite Blog List," I've added a ton of cooking blogs. I need some help. And a little inspiration.

While searching through Cooking Classy, I noticed this simple little dip. And it sounded delish!! Did I mention, easy peasy. Yes, it's something that I could definitely handle. :) Now just look at how yummy this picture is!!

I've also mentioned a few hundred times, that we meet our "Mariachi Family," every Tuesday and Thursday. There are only a handful of us, that live here. In the "big city." Everyone else, lives about 45 minutes away. And our church, is actually about an hour from our home. But it's a nice little deal, that we have going on. Church, great friends, and a yummy dinner. :)

Mems always, and I mean ALWAYS, cooks dinner for us. And it's always so yummy! We leave with bellies full. And hearts overflowing. :) And while Mems does all the cooking, all the time, others bring treats too. Chiquitita is well known for her cupcakes. They are little bites of Heaven!! Oh my!!

I've decided to try and contribute something this week. I'm going to make a double batch of this pumpkin pie dip. For tomorrow. I might even make some on Wednesday. We're having a family dinner at my abuelitos' house. Yay, this is the first time, that I feel really confident about something I've made. Even if it's a simple recipe.

Inspired to Cook

I'm sure by now, you know I don't know how to cook. Well, not well. And not many things. I'm sure Ignacio is sick of enchiladas. It's my one good, go-to dish. Yum! But having it 3 or 4 times a week, not the best.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are all handled. We go to church with our friends. And have dinner with them. :) Usually, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights Ignacio is on his own. He's working. And being a musician, has a really good "kick back." They get free food all the time! Yes, they go play for a wedding or party. Then they eat. Me? I have cereal. :)

Did you catch on there? Pretty much, 5 days a week I don't have to worry about dinner. But those other 2 days.....we eat enchiladas. I need to branch out. I need to learn how to cook something. It just hit me Saturday. Because my other "speciality" is spaghetti. I boil the noodles, and warm up a jar of sauce. If I'm feeling really fancy, I'll add in some hamburger meat to the sauce.

Um, Ignacio is not a big fan of my spaghetti. But he is a big fan of pasta. I need to step up my game. Because eventually, I'm going to have to be a good wife. And you know, cook. :) I headed over to Scarlett's blog. And I found this recipe. She must have been reading my mind!!

Any kind of pasta carbonara, is Ignacio's favorite!! One, I never thought I could make something like this. Two, I shocked myself. Three, it really was easy to make. Four, Ignacio loved it!! Bonus, that's not my picture. It's Scarlett's. Because I was so excited about my cooking success, finding a phone to take a picture, didn't even cross my mind!! :)

Why yes, I made this for dinner. Last night. Ignacio had a gig. Actually he had a bunch of gigs. But between them, I convinced him to come home. We had this, and a salad. From a bag. :) But it was delicious!! Who knows, I might just start making dinner more often.