BBQ Meatballs and Bus Rides

Last night I made the most delicious meatballs from scratch following the recipe of one Ree Drummond also known as the Pioneer Woman. My boyfriend says I'm obsessed with her, and I think he's right. If you haven't seen her blog yet be sure to check it out! She also has her own cookbook, and her recipes look scrumptious and are really simple.

Anyway, these meatballs were to die for! I must admit that I cheated a little bit on the sauce (instead of making mine from scratch, I used half ketchup and half BBQ sauce), but they turned out just marvelous, even if they had to bake for 45 minutes. Here's the recipe- I urge you to try it, you probably have all these ingredients in your pantry.

Ingredients
FOR MEATBALLS
1-1/2 pound Ground Beef
3/4 cups Oats
1 cup Milk
3 Tablespoons Very Finely Minced Onion
1-1/2 teaspoon Salt
Plenty Of Ground Black Pepper, to taste
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FOR COOKING MEATBALLS
1 cup All-Purpose Flour (coating For Frozen Meatballs)
Canola Oil
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FOR SAUCE
1 cup Ketchup
2 Tablespoons Sugar
3 Tablespoons Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire
4 Tablespoons (to 6 Tablespoons) Onion
1 dash Tabasco
Preparation Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine all meatball ingredients. Roll into medium-small balls and place on a cookie sheet. Place sheet in freezer for five minutes.
After 5 minutes, remove meatballs from freezer and immediately dredge in unseasoned flour.
Brown meatballs in canola oil until just brown. Place into a baking dish.
Combine all sauce ingredients. Pour over meatballs and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Serve with egg noodles, mashed potatoes, or crusty French bread.

Delicious!

On a completely unrelated note, my boyfriend and I have also been using the bus quite a bit lately because the car is in the shop. Luckily the Corvallis Transit System is really nice and user friendly and there are plenty of stops in our area. We went to the bank, the library (which is the busiest library I've seen in a while), and the bookstore to drop of my application (sadly they aren't hiring) and it all became such a nice little outing rather than a bunch of errands.

I Feel Free! Almost...

So on Wednesday (which if you're like me and have a hard time keeping track of the days from time to time was yesterday), I quit my job. I would urge you not to sign up as a replacement for the spot I left open you see Company X (I won't say the name but if you're thinking about a large craft store you're on the right track) was not a very good place to work... especially at 3 or 5 in the morning restocking shelves. I'd come home from work and cry because I was so unhappy. Then I decided enough is enough!

And I went to the store and handed in my resignation, effectively washing my hands of the place forever.

So what now? Well, I quite fancy working at a bookstore where I can breathe literature in. I got an application to this great place called the Book Bin in Corvallis (even though these other places didn't give me an application, I still urge you to visit the Grassroots bookstore or the Browser's Bookstore if you're ever here for a Beaver game...). Fingers crossed that they discover they desperately need me to work there!!

But now that I don't have much to do... what is there to do? Well whatever I come up with I can't drive there. That's right. My lovely blue PT Cruiser (it's getting on in years but it's such a reliable car) decided it was going to die. So far it's going to cost over 1200 dollars to fix and I just hope and pray that it won't go up any higher.

So instead I cleaned the apartment today. From top to bottom. Except I didn't do the dishes. That's my boyfriend's job. If anyone else is out there cleaning today- my sympathies are with you. I hate cleaning.

Now I think I'm going to watch my movie. I highly recommend it, it's cute and silly and based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. That's right- it's "Bride and Prejudice" the Indian almost Bollywood version- how ever did you guess?

May your day be filled with gladness and something to hold on to (besides cleaning products of course).

Hello New World

I never really thought that I would be the blogging type.

But then I thought- why not? After all, I have opinions! I have things to say! I have a passion for life that must be shared! And so here I am.

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