On the Cow Walk

Welcome, Welcome! The ladies are all here for the Cow Walk to show off their new winter hairdo's! We have some old classics and some new updo's and the girls are just chomping at their cud to get the show started!

We start the show off with Melda who is sporting a great set of highlights. Melda also loves to wear her silage lipstick when she's going out on a hot date!

Quinn rocks the swoop. She pulls her inspiration from her favorite celebs like Rhianna  and Alfalfa.

Next we have the "just in from the pasture" look that Claire wears on a daily basis.  She calls herself low maintenance, the other girls call her lazy.

Patsy is a little stuck in the 50's when her favorite stooge, Moe was hot on the screens.  She swears she doesn't use a bowl to maintain this Hair do but the birds say otherwise.

Ahem... at home perm anyone? I think we'll move on, Candice.

At last we have the real Mohawk worn proudly by Sam.  She's a live on the edge of the ridge type gal. Likes snowboarding, competitive hay eating and can scare away a pack of coyotes with the toss of her head.

And lastly we have Gertrude.  Ollld Gertrude... She's a unique lookin' gal and we love her all the more for that.  Good ol Gerty.  That's about all I have to say about that

Join us next time!!

Good Ol Fashioned Meat Loaf.. with a twist!

HELLO!!!!! I know, I know, its been a really long time! There's been a whole lot of doing the exact same thing every day here on the ranch and on top of that, the Holidays! But, I'm back. And I promise I'll do my best to never leave you that long again... Pinkie Swear.

So, are we friends again? Good, because I really want to tell you about my Meatloaf!

Meatloaf can be tricky. We all remember the hard as a rock, flavorless, cardboardy meatloaf our friend's moms make ( not my mom of course, she is a master meatloaf maker!) so I made it my personal goal to find a traditional meatloaf that is tasty and nutritious.

Here's all the usual suspects.  Half a red pepper, half a red onion, 2 garlic cloves minced, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, 1 egg and 1 cup mushrooms and 1 cup of breadcrumbs. (Usual for me, maybe not for you, my usual is everyone else's weird.)

To 2 lbs of ground beef add a little S&P, the egg and the breadcrumbs. I like to get this rockin and rollin first before the veggies go in.  Once its pretty melded add the rest of your ingredients and keep folding. 

  Its tempting to work this meatloaf to death but that's where the brick like texture comes in to play so get it just mixed.  Add a big ol squirt of Ketchup and a couple little dollops of Dijon mustard, mix one more time. 

Place in a loaf man, top with a little more Ketchup and a little more cheese
Bake covered for 45 minutes at 350 degrees, uncover and bake for 15 more minutes.

Of course you serve this with mac and cheese... what else do you eat with meatloaf?