Hollie Frampton » Food & Beverage

Lunch to Go

Hollie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:31:34 +0000

Its been ages since I met a friend for lunch someplace nice. Most of my lunches are something I either heat up in the microwave and eat at my desk, or I run out to take care of errands and grab something fast from the drive through. I’m going to have to make an effort to set some lunch dates and stop neglecting my social life. There is more to the middle of the day then just lunch to go.

Lemon Meringue

Hollie — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:36:52 +0000

Tonight I had a craving for a lemon meringue pie. My mom used to bake them from scratch – piecrust and everything. But I bought a nice ready made pie crust from the freezer section of the Food Lion and used a pack of Jello pudding mix for the lemon filling. The meringue is just egg whites and sugar – so that was easy. It turned out fantastic.

Best Drive Through Breakfast

Hollie — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:51:48 +0000

Starbucks breakfast. A big old cup of coffee and a bowl of oatmeal. Under five bucks. Fast and filling.

Bored with Cooking

Hollie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:46:10 +0000

My cooking is in a rut. I’m sick of the same old stuff, week after week. i wish the economy was better so we could eat out at a nice restaurant once in a while. But we are pinching pennies just like everyone else, so it means eating dinner at home and that, in turn, means that I have to cook. *Sigh*

Shoneys for Turkey

Hollie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:48:46 +0000

I simply cannot cook a big Thanksgiving dinner after working a double shift. We are going to have to try Shoneys and hope that they do a good job with the turkey and the traditional fixings. I don’t even know what their stuffing is like. But I don’t care – I’m tired and hungry. So we are going to Shoney’s.

New Burgers at the Golden Arches

Hollie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:23:36 +0000

After a very long time of nothing really new, McDonalds has brought out new burgers. Their angus burgers come in three different “flavors” and are not cheap. But they promise that the new burgers taste better. I haven’t tried them yet – anyone have experience with the new burgers yet?

No Bread

Hollie — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:54:55 +0000

The loaf of italian bread that I bought from the Publix bakery on Sunday has already got little green dots of mold growing on it. So I had to toss it out and I just hate to waste food. That also left me with no bread to go with my pasta dinner. Luckily, I had a couple of hamburger buns left over in the bottom of the bread drawer. So I took out the hamburger buns and dropped each half into my toaster. With a little butter on the toasted buns I had a nice italian dinner, with fresh bread.

Hoppy Easter!

Hollie — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:33:41 +0000

May the Easter Bunny bring you lots of candies and goodies! Please save me some of your jellybeans! I love the yellow ones best.

The Big Dummy

Hollie — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:53:28 +0000

OK – we’ve been a couple for a long time and friends for a long time before we ruined the friendship and landed in bed together. But you would think that the guy would know that I love only certain kinds of chocolates. I take chocolates very seriously. I only like the really good chocolates and he never sees me buying cheap chocolates. So why would he all of a sudden decide to buy me a big box of cheap chocolate truffles for Valentine’s Day? I hate cheap chocolates and especially don’t like truffles. ARRRRGGH!

I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but here was the best opportunity to impress me with a thoughtful gift and he blew it. I wonder of screwing up Valentine’s Day with cheap chocolates is grounds for divorce? I think it might be.

Super Bowl Winners

Hollie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:31:56 +0000

The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl game, but there were commercials that won, too. Everyone knows that the Super Bowl is the championship for TV commercials, with only 50 spots available that command the highest price for air time.

There was the cutest commercial featuring a Budweiser Clydesdale horse, Romeo, and a beautiful white circus horse. They fell in love but the circus left town and Romeo chased the circus across country to find his true love again. It was so cute! Thank you, Budweiser!