life changing...

this is not another blog about relationships or men, this will be a fun blog (at least for me). about one of my most favorite things in the world. FOOD! today for lunch i decided to try something new. i went to my favorite places - panera bread (thanks fantasy eyes for getting me hooked on that place, lol). anyway, my co-worker said she was having the broccoli cheddar soup and a sandwich. so i decided to forgo my normal salad and try the soup and sandwich as well. did i already mention it was life changing? lol, yeah it's that serious. my sandwich was the bomb, i just wasn't expecting the soup to be so good. 'cause after all, it's just soup right? wrong! it really is more than that. so now, i'm trying to figure out if i want to experience the soup again tomorrow or if i'll lay low and maybe get it on friday or this weekend. so here's to panera...




next up is waffle house. i.love.this.place! sure, they're not the neatest places in the world but where else can you get waffles that are made while you wait and melt in your mouth? i love this place so much that three or four years ago, i searched and searched for a waffle maker so i could make waffle-house like waffles at home. where else can you get full off a meal for $6 or maybe less? love it, love it, love it.



ok, let's talk about chain style restaurants? i have two favorites...well probably more but i like the bread from these two places so i'll include them. that would be red lobster, for their cheddar biscuits (which i have the recipe for and will be making at home soon) and their all you can eat seafood event. and let's not forget olive garden. i have two favorites at olive garden...the chicken caesar salad and their chicken fettuccine.

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next up, a place that i can only go to once in a while but it is definitely worth it. i'm talking about the cheesecake factory. it's a little on the pricey side but the cajun jambalaya shrimp/pasta is to die for. i love shrimp and i get this dish every time i go this is what i order. this along with a slice of blackout cake or any one of the many varieties of cheesecake will make you wanna slap yo' momma. i can't go here often, but when i do...man oh man.




and finally...the dessert that i love the most! cupcakes!! every now and then i will buy a box of betty crock white cake mix, get out my muffin pans and bake a batch of cupcakes. to me, these are the ultimate dessert. add a little cream cheese frosting (has to be home made and not store bought) and wow. they just melt in your mouth. i have a recipe to bake cupcakes from scratch and i think i will try it over the holidays. even though i say i don't cook, i love cooking deserts (from the easiest to the hardest). found two more recipes for cupcakes, but essentially the same but i think i'll make homemade, from scratch cupcakes for a holiday pot luck my team is having at work.