So evidently I like to start my blog posts with "So". Don't worry, I do it in real-speak too. So anyhow ... last weekend I made lemon bars, which were delish. We ate a couple each over the weekend, and I brought the rest of them to work where they were quickly devoured by the crowd. It took me awhile to find the recipe because I have a bunch of foodie websites that I browse regularly but only a couple on my blog roll. So I had to go through all of them and finally came upon them. This weekend I copped out and made cupcakes with boxed cake mix and pillsbury icing, but I bought a cake decorator a few weeks ago and I was itching to try it out. I had one of those ones with the bags and it never worked well for me, so this is a pump. I decided to make mini cupcakes, and I make 6 dozen!! I packed up a couple dozen for work, and a couple dozen for Christen to take to work, and I figure the rest we'll just graze on for the next few days until they're no longer good.
Last week I made a pesto lasagna which turned out terribly. It tasted okay, but it was so heavy and oily and the spinach was so strong that I just felt ill after eating a piece. I'm going to have to tweak that recipe before the next time I attempt it. My chicken tacos were freaking awesome on Wednesday, and we had the leftovers for lunch yesterday and they were still awesome. Freaking awesome. I've given up on beef tacos, for real. Why bother?
On the menu this week is salmon tonight with broccolini (Christen hates salmon, but we're going to try it again and see if he can put his anti-salmon ways aside if he grills it himself), mojo pork kebabs, dirty rice, spaghetti with homemade sauce (I messed around with homemade sauce a few weeks ago when I was sick at home and bored, and Christen has decided we can't have it any other way now ...) and Pad Thai. I picked up Pad Thai sauce at an oriental market awhile back and haven't used it yet, so I bought bean sprouts, a turnip and rice sticks and I'm trying my hand at Thai food. Wish me luck!
Lola got groomed this weekend, so she's half her former self. I love when she's shorn and clean. Tomorrow I put Advantage on her, and maybe her skin problems will clear up a bit.
But anywho, work is going okay, I'm healthy for once, Spencer's healthy for once, Christen's always freaking healthy. Do I use "freaking" too much too? Spencer's been trying to crawl but can only go backwards everywhere, and trying to inhale everything he comes in contact with. He's such a happy baby, especially when he's not sick. He's gotten a little clingy during the week when I pick him up from daycare he won't let me go about my business, and only wants me to play with him. He does thankfully let me cook, but only if he's in the kitchen with me. Otherwise he gets whiny the moment I put him down. So nothing is getting done during the week, but whatever. Keeping the boy happy is more important, right?
1 comment:
Mmm.. those dinners sound awesome.
I found a bakery nearby that has the most awesome pie crust. I'm going to have to find out how they make it, or at least find a good recipe.
I start half of my sentences with "So anyway". In fact, I find myself removing them when I blog, both words still end up liberally sprinkled throughout posts.
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