Cooking through The Pioneer Woman's Cookbook

Ever since May started and I got into major party planning mode cooking has taken a back seat to staying sane.  I've focused on cooking tried and true, easy recipes that I could basically make with my eyes closed.  Now that June has rolled around I'm not any less busy but my mind isn't going 100 different places at once and I'm able to get back to my goals for this year -- namely cooking through The Pioneer Woman's cookbook.  I'm sure my slacker-ness has probably lost the few people that were doing this for me but since I love to share recipes with others I'm going to keep blogging about it occasionally.  If you find yourself cooking recipes from Ree's cookbook please chime in with your opinions in the comments!  With that, here are the few recipes that I've made recently!

Peach Crisp with Maple Cream Sauce

I don't like to over embellish things and say that they're "the best I've ever tasted" so this time Jason did it for me by saying, "This is the best non-chocolate dessert I've ever had!"  It really was that good.  Other than the time it took to peel the peaches (and go get more because it turned out I actually didn't have enough) it was a pretty easy recipe that was soooo good.  I would HIGHLY recommend this to you if you want to impress someone or if you just want to enjoy dessert.  One of the best parts for me was that it does have peaches in it so I could kind of try to tell myself that it was healthy because I was eating fruit!  Delusional? Maybe.  So worth it? Absolutely!

Olive Cheese Bread

I made this for the first gathering of our Living Proof Ministries Bible Study that some friends and I got together.  Even before Bible Study Charlotte enjoyed some of the topping for lunch so in additon to being adult friendly it's kid friendly too!  This was really yummy and really easy to put together -- just chop some things up, mix them up and spread it on bread! My only complaint of sorts is that Ree's serving sizes are just waaaaaay too big!  I guess she calculates servings for ranch hands but about half of one recipe fed 7 women last night!