Caramelized Onions..and VERY EXCITING news

MMMM...Caramelized onions, sweet like candy. Ok, so maybe not candy, cause I know I don't crave caramelized onions when I am P.M.S 'ing. But they are sweet as far as onions go. I used to have an aversion to cooking them. I suppose I burned them one too many times. They require pot stalking. Its kind hard to stalk a pot with 2 young kids. You know moms, while cooking we are pulled in every direction. You get the, "Mom, I need help", "Mom, shes looking at me", Mom, I spilled my juice", Mom, come wipe my butt"(ya, I still have young kids that need my help in the bathroom..oh the joys of parenthood!!!) Ok, so you get the point. They need constant attention.

So just stick them in the oven, trust me, they require much less stalking!

I soooo swear this is not a pile of earth worms I dug up from the back yard!!!


CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Preheat oven to 425

Thinly slice your desired amount of onions( I always use Vidalia Onions)

Coat lightly with vegetable oil

Season with salt and pepper

In a dutch oven fitted with a lid, bake for around 1 hour, or until desired color is reached

Make sure you stir them every 15 minutes so they don't burn( yes you still have to attend to the pot, but not as much)

Now a little toot tooting of my own horn!!

About a month ago I was asked to be a food contributor for Creative Loafing. They are a very cool urban magazine printed in Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Charlotte, Sarasota, Chicago and Washington D.C and also have a great website. Fun Fun Fun. They did a little article on me as well. Click here.

Also another BIG thing. I was chosen by the St Petersburg Times(the largest newspaper in Florida) as Someone to watch in 2009. You can see the article here. You have to scroll to the 3rd photo( yes, thats me doing my best James Bond 007 pose) and click on caption if you would like to read about it. Too cool huh?

I possibly have 2 more neat things in the works, so stay tuned.

I never in a MILLION years thought that my blog would bring me new ventures, but I am so very excited to see where it takes me!!!!!

Last but not least..a Huge Shout out to the Ladies of Where's My Damn Answer, they passed along the "I love Your Blog Award" to me a few weeks back. And I thank them all so very much.

Have you seen there blog? No? Please Please Please check it out. They are funny, raw and real!!

I am sorry to spew about my self..but all the excitement was killing me!