The Pioneer Womans's Cookbook

I love The Pioneer Women. What's not to love? Ree Drummond lives out west on a cattle ranch, she has cute bunch of kids, a handsome husband, and a sweet dog, She also cooks, blogs, home schools and finds time to document it with her Nikon. She does it all with a sense of humor and a beautiful smile. I don't have time to read about all she does, it makes me wonder how she has the time to do it. She just published her beautiful cookbook, The Pioneer Women Cooks.
The pictures are beautiful (of course, she's perfect!) and look yummy.
My son decided he wanted to have Marlboro Man's Favorite Sandwich and of course the Onion Strings. They were easy to prepare, in fact I set up everything, went to work and left it all for Emmett to cook. He did a terrific job. The meal was delicious and the recipes worked, and that the best thing you can say about a book.
So if you want to live in Ree's skin for a few hours, love cowboy food, or just like the sound of it, pick up Ree's new cookbook. It will knock your cowboy boots off!
The Pioneer Women Cooks

This is the closest I get to the country.......
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Vegetable Root Wraps for a Couple of Not So Old Salts

I had sent out a request asking for everyone's favorite lunch time recipes. My friend Myra, from Michigan, was an avid cook and responded quickly sending me one of her favorites, Veggie Root Wraps. Made with Humus, shredded root vegetables, such as carrots, beets, scallions and radishes. I was eager to try it, with a friend's garden was bursting with red and yellow beets, carrots and radishes I set to work. We had a sailing class at the Port Sailing School on Saturday and a veggie wrapped sounded like the perfect lunch.
With the recipe, Myra had a suggestion, shredding all the vegetables to ensure they remain on the wrap and not in your lap. I took her advice and she was right. When you bit into the wrap you tasted every flavor and the grated veg remained in the sandwich, as opposed to all over the tables and in our laps.
I had an abundance of chives and parsley growing in pots and thought they would make a tasty addition. Being health conscience, we were looking for a low carb option so I opted for I Boston Lettuce instead of a flour wrap.
Like a Vietnamese Lettuce Wrap, we built these tasty morsels as we ate them. I packed all the components separately, wrapped the lettuce and herbs in paper towels and placed them in the cooler. Well chilled they were delicious and healthy alternative to the fried food available on the dock.
For dessert we enjoyed sweet and juicy, fresh mission figs.
It was a refreshing lunch for a hot day on the dock.
As a note, yesterday we made them again. This time with chipolte tortillas, spicy humus, grilled red and yellow bell peppers, grilled red onion, cilantro, and leftover smoked brisket. It was a memorable meal! With a tall glass of iced tea and it was Tex Mex at it's best!
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