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Bandwagons, Eating, recipes

From the family cookbook: Oreo dessert

My Aunt Judy brought her layered Oreo dessert to every family Christmas gathering, because she knew how much my stepsister and I loved it. The two of us would swarm her as soon as she came through the door, and the Oreo dessert was the first thing we piled onto our plates.

There’s nothing the least bit organic or farm-to-table in this recipe. That’s probably what makes it so tasty. I haven’t tried to make it since Aunt Judy passed away — I just don’t think it’ll be the same — but one of these days I will.

Aunt Judy’s Oreo Dessert

1/2 cup butter
large container Cool Whip
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 package Oreos
8 ounces cream cheese
large package instant chocolate pudding

Layer 1: Crush cookies and mix with butter. Press into 9×13 pan and reserve a few crumbs for the top.

Layer 2: Mix 8oz cream cheese and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Put in 1/2 of cool whip. Mix and spread over Layer 1.

Layer 3: Mix pudding according to box directions and spread over dessert. Let set for a few minutes.

Layer 4: Spread the rest of the cool whip on top and sprinkle with remaining Oreo crumbs. Refrigerate.

Bandwagons, Flotsam / Jetsam

A few of Oprah’s favorite things that Nichole definitely won’t be purchasing

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The Golden Beats by Dre probably would make me want to “get my dance on” right there with you, Oprah, but I have neither $700 for headphones & a little speaker nor do I have the opportunity to use headphones all that often anyway.

The Deluxe Vine and Bloom Box. What is that, Oprah? Just a box of flowers? For $189? That’s a lot crazy, Oprah.

A $250 eyeglass box. It’s just a box, Oprah!

$60 candles. No, Oprah. No.

a $400 dog bed. And that’s the cheap one. Let them eat cake, am I right Oprah?

I couldn’t take any more, so I stopped after the dog bed. I think Oprah might be slightly disconnected from the proletariat.

(I do like the idea of having a fancy robe, though.)

Bandwagons, menu plan Monday

Coming back from vacation is never easy

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We rented a cabin in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, for the weekend — although “cabin” really doesn’t seem to be the appropriate word for a place that can comfortably house 16 people. We rode go-carts and played mini-golf and went to Dollywood and ate and ate and ate. And then we ate some more.

It was an utterly delightful weekend.

Today we are back to reality, which means that instead of having my sister-in-law’s homemade salsas and guacamole with a Mexican fiesta, we’ll be having omelets and the like. Ah, well. We’ll always have the NASCAR SpeedPark.

Monday: Omelets

Tuesday: Chicken sausages and mac & cheese

Wednesday: Spaghetti

Thursday: Cracker Barrel chicken

Friday: Cheeseburgers

I’m linking this up with OrgJunkie.com’s weekly Menu Plan Monday thing.