The Rice Cereal Diaries

It's official! My baby has started "solids". We did our first go round with rice cereal yesterday! She didn't do so great the first time, after a couple of bites she was completely annoyed and over it. Later on in the evening I decided to try again. This time was much different! She was slurping it down like a pro! She still didn't make it through the entire bowl, but she made progress.



The weekend was full of fun events...

Friday we finished pictures. Unfortunately, again she wasn't exactly cooperative. We got most of what we needed, so I was pleased. I'm a little concerned with how this "baby modeling" is going to fly with her. I fully intend on taking her to an agency as soon as she's old enough. Can't hurt to try!

Saturday was the first "Chili Cook Off" I've ever been to. It was ummm, ok. The cost was $10 per person which was for charity, so I was ok with it. Half of the stands were empty because they "didn't expect so many people" and had run out of chili. The booth's that did still have chili, I wasn't impressed with. I definitely expected to be wowed by the variety of flavors, but instead was let down. I think I'll start working on my on my own chili recipe now and enter myself next year...

Sunday was a do absolutely nothing and enjoy every second of it day. Did make a yummy dinner inspired by my Step-Mom-In-Law Pat! Here's the recipe for the taking. You could do this with any meat, I chose ground sirloin.

BBQ Beef Croissants
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

1 can of your favorite croissants
1 lb ground sirloin
2 T garlic
1 medium chopped onion
1 C favorite BBQ sauce
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
dash of salt
dash of pepper
1 T hot sauce
1 C shredded cheddar cheese
non-stick spray/butter

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to temperature listed on the croissant can (typically 375*-400*). Spray/grease 12ct muffin tin and set aside.

In a medium pan brown ground beef with the chopped onion, garlic, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes. Strain off excess grease once the meat is done browning. Return to pan and turn heat to low. Add bbq sauce and let simmer for 10 minutes.

While the meat is browning and simmering in bbq sauce, you will line your muffin tins with the croissants. There's no art to it, just try to fold, stretch and mold until the cup is covered and there is a little "crust" coming out of the top. Once your croissants are in place, evenly distribute 1/2 C of the shredded cheese in the bottom of each one. When the meat is done simmering in the bbq sauce, fill up each of the croissants. Top with remaining cheese and bake for 15 minutes or until croissant crust is a golden brown. Enjoy!