This is a 2 week post. We have been very busy. I was on a mini vacation with my mom and sister, Jonathan went to Louisiana on a business trip, we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary (some more), made schnitzel with sweet potatoes, made bacon asparagus pasta, and went to Laurel's birthday party and other things that I didn't take pictures of!
Last week:
-We had shish kabobs, fajitas, avocado pasta, and homemade pizza.
-Momma came up to shop and visit.
-We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary with a trip to the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.
-Documentation follows!
Last week, I/we:
-Went to visit Grandma and Grandpa. I enjoyed time with them, my mom, and my aunt and uncle!
-Spent the afternoon with Lindsay, Laurel, and Holden.
-Made lemony squash galette. I don't really know what a galette is, but we enjoyed it!
-Met Jonathan at Hickory Tavern for the USMNT soccer match. :(
-Worked with Jonathan Thursday, Friday, and Saturday on our screen porch. We are so close to being done! Thanks to Doug and Melanie for coming down to help.
-Made pepper jack and avocado chicken.
-Ate at Tupelo Honey Cafe with Doug and Melanie.
-Watched the fireworks behind Carowinds.
I already forgot to take pictures of our meals. We had chicken and noodles, spaghetti, hotdogs with corn on the cob, and some other less memorable things.
A strategy that might help you in meal planning is to look at the meal (in your mind) and try to add more color. The more color on your plate, the more variety of nutrients. So, if you have chicken, corn, and bread, its pretty bland-all white/yellow. Throw in some colorful fruits or vegetables.
I went to Pfafftown for a night and had lots of fun. We shopped, ate out, played games, and sat around to talk.
I always have more time to cook during the summer, since I'm not working 10 hours a day, away from home. Duh. I always make time to cook during the school year, (5 nights a week, on average), but often times, I'm just trying to get something on the table.
I get a lot of questions about what I cook, what we like to eat, where I get recipes, how I make my menus, so on and so forth.
I'm planning and hoping to update this blog I've forsaken with our summer suppers. I'm gung-ho now, but let's be honest, I might forget about this next week.
Tonight, is the first night we've been home, so this is probably first meal of the summer. It is baked rotini with summer vegetables. You can find the recipe on my Pinterest board labeled Meals for the Calendar, or you can follow this link. I usually use recipes as a guide and change what I want to. Today I added carrots, sauted the vegetables longer than written, and just eyeballed the cheese measurements.
Now, if only Jonathan would get home, so I don't have to eat alone.
