July 31, 2007
Are you practicing "Flexitarianism"?
Sounds like something from a science fiction novel/movie doesn't it? As I'm reading an article on that very topic (in the August 2007 issue of Cooking Light magazine) I had to chuckle out loud. Flexitarianism, is that even a word? The new made up word is in reference to having a diet that is largely made up of plant based foods rather than centering your diet around meat. Interesting enough but to make up a word for it? Come on, LOL! I've always based my eating habits on items other than just meat, chocolate as you know should be a food group...ask any woman, I'm sure that she'd agree! Now if you're interested in knowing more about this...it's on page 20.
July 23, 2007
What are you eating this summer?
Summertime to me is one of those seasons when I love to make use of every fresh fruits and vegetable I can get my hands on. I prefer to use those that are grown locally but that isn't always possible. Some items such as bananas and pineapples have to be imported from far off places.
I want to encourage everyone to go out and buy themselves a new recipe book and make something from that book at least 3 nights a week for the remainder of the summer! I have some cookbooks that I got with my latest Calphalon pan purchase, the one I'm using right now is the "Food Network Kitchens Cookbook" and let me tell you that these recipes are to die for! Yesterday I made Lobster Rolls for lunch...all I have to say is YUM! I had to keep the kids from trying to take mine when I wasn't looking, LOL! Just picture me trying to guard my little sandwich with a wooden spoon and my kids giggling like fiend's trying to take it from me. Now of course when I make this recipe again I'll add more celery as I felt it needed a little more crunch, other than that it was perfect! As for the bread, I used buns that are for bratwurst- they've got a meatier bite to them and will not get soggy.
I need to make a trip into town to shop for specialty items such as chipotles in adobo sauce and some fancier types of cheeses as our commissary doesn't carry those kinds of items.
Enjoy your summertime vegetables and fruits and make something new and exciting for your friends and family this week!
I want to encourage everyone to go out and buy themselves a new recipe book and make something from that book at least 3 nights a week for the remainder of the summer! I have some cookbooks that I got with my latest Calphalon pan purchase, the one I'm using right now is the "Food Network Kitchens Cookbook" and let me tell you that these recipes are to die for! Yesterday I made Lobster Rolls for lunch...all I have to say is YUM! I had to keep the kids from trying to take mine when I wasn't looking, LOL! Just picture me trying to guard my little sandwich with a wooden spoon and my kids giggling like fiend's trying to take it from me. Now of course when I make this recipe again I'll add more celery as I felt it needed a little more crunch, other than that it was perfect! As for the bread, I used buns that are for bratwurst- they've got a meatier bite to them and will not get soggy.
I need to make a trip into town to shop for specialty items such as chipotles in adobo sauce and some fancier types of cheeses as our commissary doesn't carry those kinds of items.
Enjoy your summertime vegetables and fruits and make something new and exciting for your friends and family this week!
Fruit Smoothies
Just about everyone loves a good fruit smoothie and I’m no exception. I fell head over heels in love with smoothies during our summer vacation in 2003. Well I finally decided to break down and make them from scratch instead of buying those over priced bottles of smoothies from the grocery store. So here is what I did…in my blender I put;
2 cups plain yogurt
3 ripe bananas
2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
¼ to ½ cup turbinado sugar (you can also use plain granulated white sugar)
1 cup of ice
And puree the heck out of it! Oh my word it’s soooooo yummy!!!! Apparently my bananas weren’t all that sweet and neither were the strawberries so I HAD to add the sugar (it was just too darn tart).
July 22, 2007
Coffee and Coffee Makers
Last week I had the funniest conversation with my mother in law about coffee and coffee pots. We talked about brands of coffee and how the ground stuff in a can has changed over the years. Sizes for one this...they keep putting less and less in the cans of coffee. I mentioned how I like to grind my own beans (coffee beans that is) from time to time. But I also grind them there at the grocery store/commissary. When we spoke of brands she didn't have a favorite one per say- just what ever was the least expensive in a can. Myself I prefer to buy and use Millstone, my flavor "Swiss Chocolate Almond". Another favorite (it's a seasonal flavor) is Pumpkin Spice- there's something about cinnamon and nutmeg and just a hint of pumpkin, m'm it's so yummy! Since I'm the only coffee drinker in the house I can pretty much make what ever flavor of coffee that what I want.
Our conversation turns to coffee pots, and this is where it gets funny. We both are saying the same thing...it costs more to replace a broken carafe than it does to replace the entire coffee making system. Why is that? I never really understood that concept. I've had a handful of coffee makers over the years and to be honest the best ones were the cheapest ones. The most expensive coffee maker that I ever bought was made by Cuisinart and it was also my biggest disappointment. I was going on reputation for Cuisinart being extremely reliable and have a sterling reputation for quality. Well apparently that didn't apply to their coffee makers- or at least to the 2 that I had, UGH! The first thing to go was the stop and pour system. then the lid to the coffee pot broke...all within 3 weeks of me owning the darn thing! So I take it back to the store and they give me another one...this one makes it a little longer (3 months) then it too does the exact same thing. I deal with the defective coffee pot for nearly a year. We moved here (Ellsworth AFB, SD) in the fall of 2003 and that's when I said "adios" to the coffee pot and I went out in search of a new one. Not being impressed by the last brand of coffee maker that I had owned, I look at discount stores like Wal-Mart, Target, ShopKo and K-Mart for something that will suit my needs. I found one at Target- it's by Phillips. I've had it almost 4 years now and it has by far out preformed that Cuisinart that I had owned while we lived in Virginia. Before that...I would get those free ones from Gevalia Coffee (you've seen the ads in magazines). Those free coffee pots are the best! They are awesome appliances, I know that my little 4 cup coffee pot was made by Krups and it was an awesome appliance!
My mother in laws story is pretty much the same, it would be one name brand appliance after another that would just crap out on her. Her biggest complaints being that 1- the heating element would burn out and 2- the price of replacing the carafe. She's buy a $35 coffee maker and have it cost her $25 for the new carafe. So one day after yet another carafe breaks she starts using her Pyrex measuring cup as a stand in replacement, LOL! Then of course the heating element gives out. My father in law who by the way is not ever in tune with his wife's needs actually does something nice for her...he's at the grocery store and there's this in store sales promotion on of all things...coffee makers and they were $4.99. My father in law remembering something about my m-i-l and her coffee maker issues buys one and brings it home to his wife. My m-i-l looks at this coffee maker and says what the heck lets give it a try. It's some no name off the wall brand...she now SWEARS BY THIS THING! She says that it brews the best pot of coffee, no more high priced name brand coffee makers for her, she too is going for what ever works.
Our conversation turns to coffee pots, and this is where it gets funny. We both are saying the same thing...it costs more to replace a broken carafe than it does to replace the entire coffee making system. Why is that? I never really understood that concept. I've had a handful of coffee makers over the years and to be honest the best ones were the cheapest ones. The most expensive coffee maker that I ever bought was made by Cuisinart and it was also my biggest disappointment. I was going on reputation for Cuisinart being extremely reliable and have a sterling reputation for quality. Well apparently that didn't apply to their coffee makers- or at least to the 2 that I had, UGH! The first thing to go was the stop and pour system. then the lid to the coffee pot broke...all within 3 weeks of me owning the darn thing! So I take it back to the store and they give me another one...this one makes it a little longer (3 months) then it too does the exact same thing. I deal with the defective coffee pot for nearly a year. We moved here (Ellsworth AFB, SD) in the fall of 2003 and that's when I said "adios" to the coffee pot and I went out in search of a new one. Not being impressed by the last brand of coffee maker that I had owned, I look at discount stores like Wal-Mart, Target, ShopKo and K-Mart for something that will suit my needs. I found one at Target- it's by Phillips. I've had it almost 4 years now and it has by far out preformed that Cuisinart that I had owned while we lived in Virginia. Before that...I would get those free ones from Gevalia Coffee (you've seen the ads in magazines). Those free coffee pots are the best! They are awesome appliances, I know that my little 4 cup coffee pot was made by Krups and it was an awesome appliance!
My mother in laws story is pretty much the same, it would be one name brand appliance after another that would just crap out on her. Her biggest complaints being that 1- the heating element would burn out and 2- the price of replacing the carafe. She's buy a $35 coffee maker and have it cost her $25 for the new carafe. So one day after yet another carafe breaks she starts using her Pyrex measuring cup as a stand in replacement, LOL! Then of course the heating element gives out. My father in law who by the way is not ever in tune with his wife's needs actually does something nice for her...he's at the grocery store and there's this in store sales promotion on of all things...coffee makers and they were $4.99. My father in law remembering something about my m-i-l and her coffee maker issues buys one and brings it home to his wife. My m-i-l looks at this coffee maker and says what the heck lets give it a try. It's some no name off the wall brand...she now SWEARS BY THIS THING! She says that it brews the best pot of coffee, no more high priced name brand coffee makers for her, she too is going for what ever works.
July 19, 2007
bye bye Cilantro
It's official...I've killed my Cilantro plants. The other herbs are doing fairly well but the Cilantro is no more and for that I am sad. I'll have to go to a plant nursery and buy a couple more plants...this time I'll baby them a bit more.
July 11, 2007
Organizing your kitchen work space
How is your kitchen organized? Can you find things easily and quickly? Or are you "hunting" for them? How about your dinnerware (plates, soup bowls and the like)? Is it in areas that makes retrieving and putting away easy? How about your serve-ware (serving bowls, platters etc.)? Where are they located?
I have a girlfriend who just kills me (makes me laugh my head off) when she enters my kitchen. She's under the misguided idea that everything needs to be located around the dishwasher. Sorry but I don't believe that one for a second! Locating your dishes, glasses and serving pieces is just as important as assigning work or task station areas in the kitchen. Where do you like to chop your vegetables? When using a mixer, where in your kitchen do you like to do that? Those things are just as important as to where in your kitchen your utensils and dinnerware are located.
My last kitchen was a shoebox- it had 3 upper and 3 lower cabinets where I could store things along with a whopping 3 drawers. Yes it is what you would call a Galley Kitchen (and no, we didn't live on a boat).
This kitchen is larger than my last but I find that at times I could use more storage space- only because I have more cake pans, roasting pans, cookware and spring form pans than anyone else I know, LOL! Okay so maybe having 16 place settings isn't such a good things after all, LOL! Ü Let me ask you this...do you have other items crowed around your plates and bowls? I'll use my Mom's kitchen as an example...she would have all sorts of other little things crowded around in the cabinet where she kept the plates and serving bowls, medicine bottles, a cutting board, miscellaneous papers and a jar with nails (I have no idea what was up with the nails). My point is that you should have only your dishes in the cabinet...no medications, no papers and definitely no jar with nails in it, LOL! You need to have clear access to your dinnerware and serving pieces. From the pictures here you can clearly see that I have loads of plates and bowls but there is nothing hindering the access to them. Nothing that I have to move out of the way or worry about falling out of the cabinet when retrieving anything from it.
My serving bowls are located near my gas range. It's easy to take hot items and put them into bowls or onto platters. Also my ceramic 9x13 and 8x8 bake-ware and casserole dishes are located in the same area for ease of access.
Now you may have noticed that neither of these areas is located "near" the dishwasher. The area near my dishwasher is a bit troublesome to get to really, so I prefer to have my glassware and coffee mugs located there. On the far cabinet side (the one really difficult to get to) I store lesser used items such as pitchers, sauce boats, wine glasses and pilsners (beer glasses).
I have a girlfriend who just kills me (makes me laugh my head off) when she enters my kitchen. She's under the misguided idea that everything needs to be located around the dishwasher. Sorry but I don't believe that one for a second! Locating your dishes, glasses and serving pieces is just as important as assigning work or task station areas in the kitchen. Where do you like to chop your vegetables? When using a mixer, where in your kitchen do you like to do that? Those things are just as important as to where in your kitchen your utensils and dinnerware are located.
My last kitchen was a shoebox- it had 3 upper and 3 lower cabinets where I could store things along with a whopping 3 drawers. Yes it is what you would call a Galley Kitchen (and no, we didn't live on a boat).
This kitchen is larger than my last but I find that at times I could use more storage space- only because I have more cake pans, roasting pans, cookware and spring form pans than anyone else I know, LOL! Okay so maybe having 16 place settings isn't such a good things after all, LOL! Ü Let me ask you this...do you have other items crowed around your plates and bowls? I'll use my Mom's kitchen as an example...she would have all sorts of other little things crowded around in the cabinet where she kept the plates and serving bowls, medicine bottles, a cutting board, miscellaneous papers and a jar with nails (I have no idea what was up with the nails). My point is that you should have only your dishes in the cabinet...no medications, no papers and definitely no jar with nails in it, LOL! You need to have clear access to your dinnerware and serving pieces. From the pictures here you can clearly see that I have loads of plates and bowls but there is nothing hindering the access to them. Nothing that I have to move out of the way or worry about falling out of the cabinet when retrieving anything from it.
My serving bowls are located near my gas range. It's easy to take hot items and put them into bowls or onto platters. Also my ceramic 9x13 and 8x8 bake-ware and casserole dishes are located in the same area for ease of access.
Now you may have noticed that neither of these areas is located "near" the dishwasher. The area near my dishwasher is a bit troublesome to get to really, so I prefer to have my glassware and coffee mugs located there. On the far cabinet side (the one really difficult to get to) I store lesser used items such as pitchers, sauce boats, wine glasses and pilsners (beer glasses).
July 10, 2007
Task Lighting
Do you see the 3 silver little round things under the cabinet? That's task lighting. My husband who is so attentive to my needs installed a touch pad for me to tap to get the lights to come on. It's a cool thing to have to give me extra light when working in that area of my kitchen. The space between the stove and the sink also has under cabinet task lighting.My Kitchen
So here I am posting a link to my kitchen blog and I look and realize that I don't have any pictures of my kitchen...what is the world coming to?, LOL! So here is an over view of my kitchen.
The modern kitchen is all about "work stations", having a place assigned to certain areas of your kitchen to preform certain tasks. I remember working with an interior designer with the building and construction our first house back in 1994 that persons ideas were all about the work triangle...while I was wanting work stations, who knew that I was only a few years ahead of the industry with my thinking and my kitchen design ideas. In the end I got what I wanted and I was very happy.
So here we are in our 3rd house and there are the things that work for me....
The stove I picked out and bought is a Frigidaire Professional series 5 burner gas range with convection plus it's got a warming drawer that also bakes up to 450 degrees. I adore the 5 burner cook top as the entire surface is covered in a 3 piece grate. It's so easy to clean too! When some friends recently asked me about how it was to clean...I joked with them about the kind of cleaner that I had to use on it. I was asked if it was costly (everyone always assumes that things are costly) so I rolled my eyes and said "Oh you wouldn't believe what I have to pay for the kind of cleaner that I have to use on this stove" so everyone is waiting on baited breath to get the scoop and then I surprise them and tell them that I use Windex, LOL! The look on their faces was priceless! Yes I got a good laugh out of it.
a close up view of the 5 burner cook top
full view of range and microwave oven- bottom drawer on oven is the warming drawer that can cook items up to 450 degrees.
Here you see the convection fan inside of the oven- it's the round thing on the back of the oven wall.
This is the first time for me to have an over the range microwave oven...and I'd do it again in a heart beat! Again with the Frigidaire professional series. The ease of clean up is amazing! Would I do stainless steel appliances again? You better believe it! These are so much easier to clean than the white appliances I've put in our past two kitchens. And the black granite sink, I LOVE that sink! The dishwasher is silent and the control panel is hidden giving it a sleek look.
I have a wide open work area which can be used for many things
My groovy dishwasher- I love the hidden control panel
It's a vaulted ceiling in my kitchen...another feature that I'm growing to love.
Here you see my pantry door, it's set at an is huge on storage space!July 9, 2007
Fruit Salad, Fajitas and other good things...
I just had to make a fruit salad yesterday. Ever since the 4th of July I've been wanting to make one, weird right? Nothing says summer time and hot weather to me like fresh fruit in a bowl! I made the classic fruit dip and my daughter thought that it was out of this world. What was it? Here's the recipe, don't blink...1 8ounce package cream cheese and 1 jar of marshmallow cream, mix them together and there it is!
My husband and I went to a surprise 40th birthday party for a good friend recently and the food was out of this world! Who knew that you had to go to the Holiday Inn in downtown Rapid City to get good Mexican food? LOL! We've been searching for really good Mexican food since moving to this area almost 4 years ago. Some friends told us of a Mexican restaurant in Spearfish but when we went, well lets day that we were NOT the least bit impressed with the place. Granted it was done up in Mexican decor but that was the only thing authentic about the place. From the ultra bad service and a more than a normal amount of flies buzzing around inside of the restaurant to the so-so quality food. Needless to say this family won't be going back to dine there. We had a very nice Mexican restaurant here in Rapid City but the health department closed the place...no not about the food but the type of mold that had grown in the fountain in the front lobby (Legionnaires disease) :-( Now there's a Walgreen's in it's place, go figure!So with those factors in place I'm left to do one thing...make my own Mexican food.
I feel very at home when making and creating meals in a few different ways Italian, what is called California Fresh, good ole barbecue and some New England type items. I deem myself as a gourmet cook and can make some excellent meals. But as for Mexican cuisine or Tex-Mex well I need to brush up on some things. Now the chicken Fajitas we had the other night were out of this world! If there's one thing I have developed is my knack for tasting something and being able to pick out what was used to create the dish. I asked my kids if they thought that was creepy and they said "no" actually they said that they think that it's it's "rather cool". So yesterday I recreated Chicken Fajitas with a spin of my own on it. I had it waiting for the kids when they got back from the pool...my daughter (who is going to have the same kind of taste buds as her mother, I can just tell) sits down at the table and tells me that the house smells wonderful! My son tells me that they're starved and the house smells great! Okay that's a good sign...they ask what for dinner and I have them look in the fish and they say okay I serve them each up a fajita and Hannah exclaims (with a full mouth) "Mom this is excellent" and what does Andrew have to say? "Mom, where's the cheese?" LOL! Typical man! At the end of the meal Andrew gave me a hug and kiss and said that it was a very good dinner and that I could make it again...what a crack up! So what did I use to make this fabulous meal? Don't roll your eyes but you know those packets of seasoning mixes that you can buy at the grocery store? Yup I used that stuff! So here is what I did...I grilled my chicken breasts But I used McCormick's chicken rub on those chicken breasts. Grill on a medium heat 7 minutes each side (lid closed and only turning after 7 minutes). Trust me your chicken is done cooking! Take out the chicken and let it rest on a cutting board (it keeps the chicken moist). I followed the directions on the packet...sort of, LOL! I added 2 medium to large sized red onions and 2 medium green bell pepper, 1 medium yellow bell pepper and 1 large red bell pepper and 3 packages of grilled chicken breasts (about 4 pounds) and last but not least 4 packages of the McCormick's Fajitas seasoning mix. Oh my word, it was like a little slice of Tex-Mex right in my own kitchen! The chicken rub added some extra spices to the fajita mix and gave it that extra kick! The chicken rub is not bland by any means (especially when you use as much of it as I did). I plan on making this the next time we entertain! When my husband got home from work yesterday (yes he had to work on a Sunday...the Air Force never rests) he was in Tex-Mex heaven!
Now back to the fruit salad I knew that something was missing but couldn't put my finger on it until Hannah speaks up and says that it needed pineapple. You know what, my girl was right! A word of advice for cooks out there...listen to your children you would be surprised with the kinds of things that they like. I never did have the pb&j thing going on at our house- with one of my children having a peanut allergy I never really could. So I got creative with other things and I see that it's really paid off for me, especially now in my children's teenage years.
My husband and I went to a surprise 40th birthday party for a good friend recently and the food was out of this world! Who knew that you had to go to the Holiday Inn in downtown Rapid City to get good Mexican food? LOL! We've been searching for really good Mexican food since moving to this area almost 4 years ago. Some friends told us of a Mexican restaurant in Spearfish but when we went, well lets day that we were NOT the least bit impressed with the place. Granted it was done up in Mexican decor but that was the only thing authentic about the place. From the ultra bad service and a more than a normal amount of flies buzzing around inside of the restaurant to the so-so quality food. Needless to say this family won't be going back to dine there. We had a very nice Mexican restaurant here in Rapid City but the health department closed the place...no not about the food but the type of mold that had grown in the fountain in the front lobby (Legionnaires disease) :-( Now there's a Walgreen's in it's place, go figure!So with those factors in place I'm left to do one thing...make my own Mexican food.
I feel very at home when making and creating meals in a few different ways Italian, what is called California Fresh, good ole barbecue and some New England type items. I deem myself as a gourmet cook and can make some excellent meals. But as for Mexican cuisine or Tex-Mex well I need to brush up on some things. Now the chicken Fajitas we had the other night were out of this world! If there's one thing I have developed is my knack for tasting something and being able to pick out what was used to create the dish. I asked my kids if they thought that was creepy and they said "no" actually they said that they think that it's it's "rather cool". So yesterday I recreated Chicken Fajitas with a spin of my own on it. I had it waiting for the kids when they got back from the pool...my daughter (who is going to have the same kind of taste buds as her mother, I can just tell) sits down at the table and tells me that the house smells wonderful! My son tells me that they're starved and the house smells great! Okay that's a good sign...they ask what for dinner and I have them look in the fish and they say okay I serve them each up a fajita and Hannah exclaims (with a full mouth) "Mom this is excellent" and what does Andrew have to say? "Mom, where's the cheese?" LOL! Typical man! At the end of the meal Andrew gave me a hug and kiss and said that it was a very good dinner and that I could make it again...what a crack up! So what did I use to make this fabulous meal? Don't roll your eyes but you know those packets of seasoning mixes that you can buy at the grocery store? Yup I used that stuff! So here is what I did...I grilled my chicken breasts But I used McCormick's chicken rub on those chicken breasts. Grill on a medium heat 7 minutes each side (lid closed and only turning after 7 minutes). Trust me your chicken is done cooking! Take out the chicken and let it rest on a cutting board (it keeps the chicken moist). I followed the directions on the packet...sort of, LOL! I added 2 medium to large sized red onions and 2 medium green bell pepper, 1 medium yellow bell pepper and 1 large red bell pepper and 3 packages of grilled chicken breasts (about 4 pounds) and last but not least 4 packages of the McCormick's Fajitas seasoning mix. Oh my word, it was like a little slice of Tex-Mex right in my own kitchen! The chicken rub added some extra spices to the fajita mix and gave it that extra kick! The chicken rub is not bland by any means (especially when you use as much of it as I did). I plan on making this the next time we entertain! When my husband got home from work yesterday (yes he had to work on a Sunday...the Air Force never rests) he was in Tex-Mex heaven!
Now back to the fruit salad I knew that something was missing but couldn't put my finger on it until Hannah speaks up and says that it needed pineapple. You know what, my girl was right! A word of advice for cooks out there...listen to your children you would be surprised with the kinds of things that they like. I never did have the pb&j thing going on at our house- with one of my children having a peanut allergy I never really could. So I got creative with other things and I see that it's really paid off for me, especially now in my children's teenage years.
July 1, 2007
My new sink has been installed!
It's the little things that get me excited...take the fact that my darling husband installed my new granite sink (in volcano black) and my new faucet! This new sink is awesome! It's much nicer than the stainless steel one that was originally in this house when we bought it. I hated my old sink because the corners are rounded and so is the base of the bowl. You could never set glasses down inside of the sink as they would always fall over. This new sink has has a flat base and is 10 inches deep on one side and 8 inches deep on the other. No one really likes to do the dish but with a sink like this it will make the process go much more smoothly!
I'm on a cooking binge... again
So there I was doing some grocery shopping and suddenly these ideas and recipes start flooding my brain. I bought 1 lovely pink pork roast, 4 or 5 packages on boneless skinless chicken breasts, 2 packages of beef tip steaks a boat load of fresh veggies not to mention enough cream cheese to make 2 cheesecakes and the ingredients to make a chocolate fudge cake.
I get to the check out and the woman bagging my groceries tells me that they are always so surprised when I come through because I'm always so happy when I'm buying groceries and how I never complain about the prices. She said that it was very obvious that I enjoy cooking because just about everyone complains about the prices when their groceries are being rang up then there's me...I point out how good the veggies are looking in the produce department or the great buy on whatever meat I'm getting, LOL! Mental not to self...make commissary baggers a big ol cheesecake for their break room once it gets closer to Thanksgiving.
So yes I've got plans for all this meat...the pork is marinating, and I'm going to grill up the steaks and some of the chicken in another hour or so. I have a new issue of Cooking Light magazine and Every Day Food and let me tell you there are some killer recipes in them! The kids are home all day long because of summer break and I don't want them pigging out on what I consider junk food. I buy 1 bag of potato chips and one 2 liter bottle of Pepsi and when they're gone they are gone and that's the end of it until the next week. I've got a ton of fresh fruit, bell peppers, carrots and other yummy things to nibble upon.
Cooking makes me sooooo happy! I can hardly wait to get the seasoning on the meat and grill it!
I get to the check out and the woman bagging my groceries tells me that they are always so surprised when I come through because I'm always so happy when I'm buying groceries and how I never complain about the prices. She said that it was very obvious that I enjoy cooking because just about everyone complains about the prices when their groceries are being rang up then there's me...I point out how good the veggies are looking in the produce department or the great buy on whatever meat I'm getting, LOL! Mental not to self...make commissary baggers a big ol cheesecake for their break room once it gets closer to Thanksgiving.
So yes I've got plans for all this meat...the pork is marinating, and I'm going to grill up the steaks and some of the chicken in another hour or so. I have a new issue of Cooking Light magazine and Every Day Food and let me tell you there are some killer recipes in them! The kids are home all day long because of summer break and I don't want them pigging out on what I consider junk food. I buy 1 bag of potato chips and one 2 liter bottle of Pepsi and when they're gone they are gone and that's the end of it until the next week. I've got a ton of fresh fruit, bell peppers, carrots and other yummy things to nibble upon.
Cooking makes me sooooo happy! I can hardly wait to get the seasoning on the meat and grill it!
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