For the recipe, go here.
It was very simple to make. And even more simple to eat! My dad and I ate it up. I am most definitely making this on Thanksgiving. Be jealous!
I asked my dad to make a cocktail to go with it and we came up with the "Grateful Jack" 2 parts Jack Daniels, 1 part Amareto, splash of Agave. Shake and pour over ice. then fill the tall glass with soda water. SO GOOD! It's my new favorite drink.
Then for dinner I made a pork loin with tomato rice from the Food Network Magazine (my favorite thing ever). I followed the recipe and it was fine... I had to take off some of the herbs because I was also cooking for my grandmother who can't eat a lot of those kinds of things. It was ok. Not my favorite. I would've seared the pork loin in a cast iron pan (another of my favorite things) and then baked it. But it turned out fine and my dad and I enjoyed it.
Then there was dessert. On my way home from Church yesterday, I had a stroke of genius. Last year when I was living in Denver, many people sent me boxes of the Candy Cane Joe Joe's from Trader Joe's. Now, if you have not had these yet, go now.... no, NOW and pick up a box. They are oreos with a peppermint filling. They're the best cookie in the world. Well I still had a box left over from last year (unopened) and because Southern California was hit with the Santa Ana winds yesterday, it felt like a good day for ice cream. So I made cookies and cream ice cream but with the Candy Cane Joe Joe's and so it was my two favorite ice creams in one! Peppermint ice cream and Cookies and Cream.AND dang.... it was scrumptious! Seriously!
So not everything was perfect, but the two important ones were. And the drink too! That was good!
