just drinkin some Blue Sky Ginger Ale and watchin Paula Deen

Man, Paula Deen was on fire this episode! She was really making me laugh! It featured Mama Rose and they made chicken and biscuits and some gooey looking dessert. I don't normally appreciate her unnecessary fattening recipes, but I DO appreciate her sweet southern attitude. I've been watching hours of Food Network this week. Mostly Chopped and I got sucked into TWO hours of Cupcake Wars. Wasn't planning on it, but then the secret ingredients got me hooked. Tonight I plan on making Ina Garten's Spring Green Risotto. I've never watched Barefoot Contessa before yesterday. Mostly her show really relaxes me.

Here is the risotto that I did not make last night but today. Someone only had a bowl of cereal for dinner. It took 3 out of the 5 grocery stores nearby to collect all the ingredients! This is due mainly to each place being either a big, non-natural type, ahem, ShopRite, or a teeny mom & pop filled-to-the-brim with good stuff but not everything. That was a Saturday morning type of activity. Plus a coffee and scone gathering moment.

I would definitely make this again when non-frozen, local asparagus rears it's rising spear and rolls around. (Sorry for the semi-non-poetic visual imagery). Nothing was wrong with the frozen, just another appropriate time. Here's the recipe if you'd like to try it.