Vegetable Lasagna and Cookie Bowls

So as part of my New Year's resolutions, I made a new recipe last night!  On fact, I made TWO!  I found a recipe for vegetable lasagna and decided to give it a try.  For one, Shane and I can both eat it (yay!) and two, it could be made in the new crock pot I got for Christmas!

Here is the recipe I used:

I left out the olives because neither of us like those, but I kept everything else.  I just put the cheese on one half for me!  Here is how it turned out

I think we were both impressed with how good it tasted!  Definitely will try this again!

Ok, so now for my next recipe.  I have a confession, I cheated a little bit.  Well, a lot.  I saw these cookie cups on Pinterest and thought they looked easy!

                                   

So, I made the dough, ok, here is where I cheated, I just used a mix but I had just made dinner and was really tired of cooking.  And then I only half read the instructions.  Usually I just take recipes as an outline and do my own thing.  This is probably why things don't always work out for me.  Anyways, so I just kinda stuck the dough onto the muffin pan instead of rolling out the dough and cutting out circles to place on the pan.  And this is how they turned out:

Yikes.  I was laughing forever.  I did manage to save 2 of them, but the rest just got cut up and placed in a baggie for eating later.  

So anyways, those are my 2 recipes this month.  January has gone by so fast!  Probably because I have been out of town a lot.  I probably won't be getting any kind of sewing done this month.  Fail.  How bout I sew two things next month to make up for it?  Sounds good to me.

New Year, New Resolutions

I can't believe I haven't been on here since October! Yikes! Anyways, here I am again with a new list of resolutions for 2012! 1) Make a new peice of clothing once a month. Usually when I am crafting, I make little things for around the house, but I want to get back into making clothes like I did when I first learned to sew! 2) Try out a new recipe at least twice a month. I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but I really don't cook. At all. So, I figure twice a month is good to start with anyway. 3) Explore Columbus more. I really only know the campus area but I want to take the time to see what else the city has to offer! I would like to go to more concerts, festivals, different restraunts, etc. to add some excitement to life! 4) Stop comparing myself to others. I do this all the time! I am always comparing myself to other people and thinking how everyone else seems to have everything together in life and I have nothing together. I know this is not true and I need to stop thinking this way! 5) Get in better shape. I am not setting a goal weight or anything I just need to be more active, wheher thats running, biking, or playing Just Dance on the Kinect! Ok so I think that's it. I am excied to see what this year will bring! Happy 2012!