Beans, Beans the Musical Fruit...

I haven't posted a recipe in a long time! I know many of you probably have BBQ's to go to this Memorial Day weekend so I thought i'd post a BBQ recipe! It's not mine...it was my mom's & she would make it for her friends when she had a BBQ or dinner to go to & i've only heard good things about it so I thought I share it w/you. It does have meat in it but I have made simple modifications to make it Veggie friendly.

Baked Beans

1 53 oz. can Pork & Beans
2/3 C. Brown Sugar
10 oz. Crushed Pineapple
8 strips of Bacon
1 Tbsp. Dry Mustard
1 Onion, Chopped
2/3 C. Ketchup
1 lb. Hamburger

Brown onion, bacon & hamburger in a skillet. Mix all ingredients together in a casserole dish. Bake for 1 hour @ 350 degrees.

*Modifications: I cook mine in a slow-cooker just cuz it's easier, however, it does take a couple hours to heat all the way through, so keep that in mind. I also use the Vegetarian Baked Beans instead of Pork & Beans. No Bacon & Quorn Grounds w/a little bit of Olive Oil instead of Hamburger. Everything else I do the same.

I don't know how many servings it is but it feeds a pretty good sized group. You could always half it & make a smaller batch. I would only take this size if it was a pretty good sized group of people.

Hope you guys try it out! I like it a lot & hope you will too!

Ready to go?

My brother & I were just laughing at our family because you never know when you're going to get a random question like..."Do you want to go to Kentucky?" Out of nowhere. He was saying that my mom called him once & started the conversation with "Hi, do you want to go to Russia?". That's how it's always been in my family! You know we LOVE to travel & will hardly ever turn down the opportunity when it arises. It really only gets turned down when we have something "important" already planned or someone will be in town or something like that. I'm trying to talk my bro into coming to Scarefest with me, but then he's like well, if we're going to be there I haven't been to South Carolina or Georgia yet & those are my only 2 states left. So, then I said "Well, why don't we fly into Columbia, SC, drive to Atlanta, GA & then up to Lexington, KY? It's only about 9 1/2 hours total & if we go the day before then we'd have plenty of time to drive around & see things." Right? He's going to see...which probably means he just doesn't want to flat out tell me no. But we'll see. If not, I totes don't mind going alone. In fact, i'd probably prefer it in some ways. Then I can just do my own thing...like I like to do. But it'd be nice for some company too & i'm always down for a mini-roadie.

Back in the day I was all over the country doing road trips to LA, Frisco, Seattle, Vegas, Denver...wherevs. I should've kept count as to how many concerts we went to on those but I didn't. I was just a kid, I didn't think of stuff like that back then. All I knew was that I was having a good time & didn't have a care in the world! That was good times! Wish I could go back! Remember when we ALL went to Pocatello, ID in my 'burban? That was random.

So, if you're so inclined...you should come to Lexington w/me. We always have fun!

Song Of The Day

So this is my #SongOfTheDay on Twitter today...and I wondered how people thought I picked them. It's not just random songs. I listen to either Dev Radio, Deadmau5 Radio or Today Top Hits Radio on Pandora all day at work & home so when I start it usually i'll hear a song that jumps out at me & that's how I choose. Or sometimes i'm feeling a certain way & i'll be thinking of a certain song so i'll then choose that one. You can usually tell my general mood by the songs I post throughout the day. Sometimes I just do the one in the morning & sometimes i'll do probably up to 5 a day. You can also tell how bored I am by the amount of Tweets I post. I check it all day. Somebody the other day posted you know you're addicted to Twitter when you wake up in the morning, immediately check your Twitter timeline like it's the morning news. It kinda is. I don't just follow people, I also follow all the big news groups (ex. MSNBC, CNN, Breaking News, Huffington Post, etc.). And my local news (ex. Fox 13, SL Trib, City Weekly, etc.). Plus, I just like to see what people are up to. I like the inspirational quotes, the music & pics others post & I guess just general things people do. It's kinda like people watching without actually having to watch the people. Weird.