Congratulations to Mandy, BreAnn, Grace, Amber, and Tammy, the winners of this competition!
If I had just checked the mailbox earlier on Lent Eve I would have seen Ree’s new book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
It was well past dinner when I gathered the mail and spied Ree’s book. Thankfully the dishes were done because once I started paging through the book that was it for the night.
The first picture that caught my eye was an incredibly well behaved bejeweled cat:
How did she get her so poised? Our Chloe would never stand for being decked out like that.
But it was her four-page Homemade Glazed Donut tutorial that made me stop. Why hadn’t I checked the mail sooner? Instead of pancakes I could have made doughnuts for dinner! It had all the same ingredients as pancakes– sugar, milk, eggs, butter, flour. Plus they’re fried, making them even more decadent for the day!
There’s another reason I should have fried up a batch of doughnuts last Tuesday night. As I later confessed on twitter, I have three weakness: potato chips, doughnuts, and a good stiff gin and tonic, and I believe we’re meant to enjoy our vices that night.
Gail of One Tough Cookie tweeted back asking if I planned to give up all three for Lent. At the time I didn’t commit, but I’m ready. Yes, I’ll give up potato chips. A reluctant yes to gin and tonics. But since I missed my shot at making doughnuts last Tuesday, I’ve allowed myself–at least today–a couple of Ree’s.
And having experienced Ree’s Homemade Glazed Doughnuts first hand, I think they’re pretty much the ultimate–pure featherlight delights, like warm Krispy Kremes rolling off the conveyer freshly showered with glaze.
Besides the perfect doughnut recipe, Ree’s new book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
There’s another reason to celebrate. Ree has generously offered Three Many Cooks five copies of her new book for a giveaway. And here’s the added incentive. Since the book isn’t officially available until March 12, five lucky winners will receive their copies a wee bit early.
To win one of the five copies of Ree’s new book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
Enough! I’ve bared my soul now let’s hear from you.
A good, medium rare steak – with some seasoned butter melted right on top – oh, and gotta have a loaded baked potato right next to it. Guess I’m just a Meat and Potato kind of girl – LOL
My grandmother made the best homemade noodles and cooked them in the broth from roast beef over mashed potatoes these were unbeatable. I still miss her and her cooking
Chocolate and caffeine and I’m a contented woman…mind you I said contented not satisfied! But to be honest one look at me and you’ll see its all my weakness!
Potatoes please and thank you, in any form or fashion!!
Thank you
PS I love Ree!!!
I love oatmeal cranberry cookies! I could eat the whole batch:) Plus Ree’s pineapple upside down cake from her first cookbook is also yum-o! Well I love anything out of that cookbook!!
Sweets and baked goods of any kind!!
Cheese! And Ree’s perfect iced coffee!!!
My huge weakness is wheat. I can’t have too much due to an intolerance but seem to have problems drawing the line between OK and too much. LOL
Mashed potatoes with butter, pepper, worchestershire and corn. It is glorious!
Pasta!!!!!
Chocolate.
Pastry!! I could forget good for you food and just eat pastry…Love the stuff.
I love ice cream any flavor but chocolate.
the “turtle” combination. Chocolate, pecans and caramel. MMMMM!
My weakness is dips, I love dips sampling all that I can and when I have them in the house they don’t last very long
scallops and clams, fresh from the NH seacoast. perferably fried with french fries and tartar. I know, I know, they’re a treat. Oh yeah, and tartar sauce on the side for dipping of course. Just found you via Pdubs facebook page. Now following!
Im convinced cheese comes directly from Heaven. Wether it’s a grilled cheese sandwich, cheesy corn chowder or shrimp quesadillas, if there’s cheese involved I’m in. So keep the cheese recipes coming Ree!
My ultimate weakness is mashed potatoes with brown gravy. Now, I’m not talking about the stuff restaurants want to call brown gravy that comes from a dry mix, but my mother’s home made gravy made from the roast drippings and a little kitchen bouquet. You then whip ups some garlic mashed potatoes to smother with it. If I had to only eat one food for the rest of my life, this would be it!
I love cereal. Pretty much any cereal. I will eat it until there’s no more milk in the bowl; which sometimes I add more milk as I go…it’s a vicious circle.
S W E E T S– cakes, cookies, pies and more.
Mine is anything chocolate, mostly dark, but I don’t discriminate! I also love frostingless cake in a bowl of milk. Yum. Thanks for the giveaway!
Bacon 🙂
Bread – specifically sourdough but any crusty on the outside soft and/or chewy on the inside bread will do!
I love sugar and bread and butter and salty and cheese and….I think nothing is safe around me. Wait organ meats and beets are very safe around me but that is about it.
Coffee… with the powdered, highly artificial, probably toxic, ‘creamer’. Why oh why does partially hydrogenated oil make it so delicious?
Gravy is my weakness! Cream gravy…brown gravy…it doesn’t matter to me….Gravy is good on EVERYTHING except for ice cream……Ice Cream…..my other weakness. My truck has some magnet that makes it pull toward every Cold Stone Creamery that I try to pass.
Food weaknesses: chocolate bars; guacamole and chips; fritos.
Oh my where do i start? I adore pasta with lots of cheese, any cheese. Recipes with chocolate, lots of chocolate. Roasted vegetables to counteract all the others. Lemon bars, shortbread cookies. My, i could go on and on but i think you get the idea. I would be very very happy to have Ree’s new book!
Bread and chocolate…preferably together as in chocolate croissants!
Just love goooood food! Italian, yummy desserts, glazed doughnuts with chocolate frosting, smooth Bechemel sauces, biscuits and gravy…the list goes on. I just can’t narrow it down. Oh, and my homemade salsa!
Sweets, sweets, sweets!! I love chocolate, cake, brownies, homemade cookies!!
I love good ol homemade Chicken & Dumplings 🙂
I don’t really have a sweet tooth except for Cadbury Creme Eggs. This time of the year is dangerous for me! I love fish and chips too.!
My weakness is homemade pizza!!
My weakness is fried chicken. Although after I look at Ree’s new cookbook, I may have some new ones!
My food weakness = sugar cookies (no frosting necessary). The ones my mom makes every Christmas–I can’t resist having at least one. They have been known to show up around other holidays as well!
Of note, I am powerless over cheese and have a fondness for dark chocolate.
anything that’s a chocolate dessert.
Everything goes better with bread! Yum!
My food weakness is anything fried.
Fat and salt. A healthy combination.
One of my biggest weaknesses are Nilla Wafers. You know you have a problem when you find yourself in line at the grocery at 10:00 p.m. with only one item – Nilla Wafers. As of this moment, I can say I will never have another. I haven’t had one in years and hope I can forever resist them.
My current addiction is to Sabra hummus in any flavor. I have some every evening after work. And when i say “some”, i mean a lot. Low Fat Triscuits are my favorite dippers. It just makes me feel better.
It would definitely have to be cheesecake and ice cream! My favorite is white chocolate huckleberry cheesecake! Yum!
Definitely chocolate, nutella and sweets in general!
Bread!
Pizza pizza and more pizza!!!
Loves Seafood. I can eat it all the ways “bubba Gump” mentions in the movie.
My weakness is ice cream … specifically Ben And Jerry’s Bonaroo Buzz!
I know this sounds crazy but my current weakness is Gummy Bears! not sure what it is about them but I absolutely crave them. I’ll get over it but it’ll take a while!
I love so many foods but maple iced donuts are really hard to resist.
One word: CHOCOLATE!!