About a month ago, my sister spent the weekend with me. We made an itinerary and everything. Luckily, that meant we planned ahead about what we were going to eat, so we started the weekend by getting groceries. Apparently my mom told my sister that she would've loved to be able to follow us around to laugh at us trying to find all the stuff we needed. We managed rather well, though!
Saturday morning began with a Cinnamon Roll Cake. We used the optional "begin the night before" directions. That was a good idea because it still took a long time to finish on Saturday. Definitely not a "wake up and have breakfast right away" kind of breakfast.
It was a little bit dry, but it still turned out super delicious, and we both agreed that we would make it again, but we would probably make extra icing!
After going to a movie and introducing her to Cherry Berry frozen yogurt for the first time (which I'm happy to say she loved!), we made Jalapeno Popper Cheesy Stuffed Pretzel Bombs. I'm glad that we were both working on it. It went much smoother when we started working in an assembly line style.
We both really liked them, but we ended up freezing a lot! They're better after being microwaved anyway because otherwise the cream cheese was a bit overpowering.
By the time we were finished with the Jalapeno Pretzels, we were ready for a real supper. We made Spicy Chicken Poblano Risotto, which my sister was glad to find out was rice, not pasta. We couldn't find some of the ingredients, so we improvised. My sister used gloves to cut up the hot peppers (and jalapenos from the previous recipe)- I would highly recommend this! Instead of cooking wine, we used a Barefoot brand Pinot Noir. That meant that we had a wine to accompany dinner that perfectly complemented the meal! The arborio rice that the recipe suggested was a little expensive, but I've used it since then to make other basic risotto meals.
This meal definitely passed our taste test, but we decided it was a lot more effort than it was probably worth. Nonetheless, I ended up with leftovers so that I didn't have to cook the next night!
It was a great weekend. We were both surprised at how well we got along, and she seemed surprised that she didn't die from my driving (I'm a great driver! She just doesn't trust her baby sister).
What kind of things do you do to spend time with your siblings? Let me know in the comments!
