March's Monday Morsels...

ahhhhh, another successful night for something 'new'...

These potatoes were yummy and easy peasy...



Of course I had to start with homemade salsa, which is by far the best salsa I have ever made, tasted, smelled, imagined...you name it.


Main meal was cheeseburger on the new sandwich flats. It is the PERFECT ratio of Bread to Beef... sorry, no picture because they just looked like burgers!

Stay tuned because tomorrow night I am making Filet Mignon with Garlic Toasts (only 3 points!)
oh...that sounds good!

This post is dedicated to Matt...

We had a weekend of cook-outs like most Americans across the US. Last night's cook-out was at our house with a great turnout of 15 kids and adults. FUN!

The Kids? We pulled out all the toys and the kids went bonkers for 3 hours.

And the Adults? Well, we ate of course!

Now it's the day after and my favorite part is.... the leftovers. We had Copper River Salmon, a Brisket (to die for...thank you Mom for the recipe) and shrimp skewers. The Brisket and Shrimp met their match last night, but the salmon came off the grill after everyone was bulging at the seams so we had lots left over.

So what did we do???? Check out the photos below!

Copper River Salmon Burgers
3/4 lbs salmon, flaked
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 tsp minced garlic
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsp Old Bay Seasoning
2 Tbsp fresh chives
1 Tbsp dried dillchopped
1 tsp Tabasco sauce
1 lemon, zested and juiced

Combine all the ingredients, patty them out and cook in olive oil. Then bite into the wonderful concoction. And for the Wookie- It goes really well with canned peas and pumpkin pie. hee hee...

For us other members of the republic- it goes better with Caesar Salad and sliced fruit.

Enjoy...

Mouth watering...

So I have been a mother for 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 years now. WOW!

Let's rewind back to before children. Back to a time when we use to cook and eat GOOD food at home. Now Bob and I still get the occasional nice meal out, but I am not talking about going out...I'm talking about eating in.

How many of you had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich this week?

How about sneaking a Dorito while fixing a school lunch?

What about eating a ham sandwich without crust?

Or even better, drank a juice box???

So, I have to believe it's not just me out there that isn't cooking as good as she or he did before children.

So tonight...I turned things around and it was easy.

Just throw together 1T olive oil, 2 shallots, 1T fresh thyme, 8-10 fresh basil leaves, 15-20 grape tomatoes, 15-20 shrimps, salt, pepper to taste and you have yourself a killer pasta sauce (low points too for you weightwatcher folks out there).



I mixed it with whole wheat pasta and voila'! It was mouth watering...



So I proved to myself that I can still cook good, tasty, healthy food that doesn't come in a box. Thank you very much! Oh and that is all mine! I made it up so if it sounds good I hope you try it.

I always wanted to be a foody...hopefully I can get there someday.

Happy Eating...
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Oh My Potatoes...

...I just made these from The Pioneer Woman. All you potato lovers- I highly recommend you make these this weekend- eeeeeeasy! I prepared it as a side to a yummy bacon sausage scramble. It was breakfast for dinner in our house tonight.

Enjoy!

Spaghetti Supper...

So my mom just so happens to make THE BEST spaghetti sauce ever, and I use the same recipe and get nothing but raves from Bob and Cade.

*Notice I did not mention 'Mojo' in the above statement.*

I honestly believe I gave birth to the pickiest eater EVER. So to try and get him to eat spaghetti tonight I have committed a terrible sin...I modified my mom's recipe to be vegetarian. The Mojo has issues with the meat, and I really don't want to strain the sauce of meat just for him.

So wish me luck! So far it smells and looks wonderful.

The Cookie Snatcher...

So I found the BEST mini chocolate chip cookie recipe from Weight Watchers and it takes all of 10 minutes to mix and 10 minutes to cook. A whole twenty minutes and I can eat homemade cookies?#$%! Now that is great...Try 'em.

2 T Butter, softened (The real stuff, not artificial junk)
1/2 C Brown Sugar
2 t canola oil
1/2 t vanilla

mix it all up and then add.

1 egg white
1/8 t salt

mix it all up and finally add.

3/4 c flour
1/4 t baking soda
3 oz. chocolate chip

Make 24 teaspoon sized cookies. Bake at 375 for 8-10 and you can have 2 cookies for all of 1 point!

Now you are probabl7 wondering why I am giving you this recipe- YES! I have a story...of a 3 year old boy who did not eat his dinner. I made these most delicious cookies before I ran off to my doctor's appointment this evening. When I left, there were 16 cookies- and when I returned, there we only 11. We have a cookie snatcher! He was secretly coming out from his room where he was playing (I believe, remember I was not home so that could be heresay) and snatching cookie after cookie. Then the conversation began between son and daddy...

Daddy said, "Okay Morgan, I am going to go get your jammies."

Morgan says, "Okay Daddy, but don't look under my blanket."

WHAT?!@#$ Aha- the little stinker had a cookie hidden under his blanket in bed. Apparently he was preparing for his midnight snack!

I wish I could have been home to see it!
Cass