tuilips and art

 I was happy when I realized that the tulips I bought matched the tulips in the painting The Mister's Grandmother painted many years ago.

 

book club 14 - The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner

 2023-14

 

Sunday dinner - turkey joes on chive brioche buns

 Immediately yes. 

Turkey Joes on Chive Brioche Buns 

cheesy baked crumpets

 I found this video on the tickey toks and am I being dramatic when I call it life changing?  No.

I LOVE crumpets and using them as a base for cheesy garlic bread is genius.

 This is from boredoflunch at Tick Tok - make a garlic butter and spread over your crumpets.  Cut in half and layer in your dish.  Top with cheese and bake in the air fryer (or oven).

So damn good!

spotted signs june 2023

 found in a library book

book club 13 - The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

 2023-13

 

grocery shop - June 11

 

I was just pushing my cart up to the register to start to unload and I thought - PICTURE!!!!!

You're welcome.

Graham crackers, honey, can of shrimp, red onions, zucchini, cucumbers, cheese bread, sandwich bread, parsley, zoodles, canned ravioli, au jus mix, strawberries x 2, cauliflower, crackers x 2, oranges, avocados, cottage cheese, smoked salmon cream cheese, chocolate chip cookie dough, butter, clamato, milk, sausages, ground beef, eggs

$119

grocery shop - date forgotten

 

Here's my other recent costco trip - 

frozen burger patties, Greek yogurt, smores souffles, lettuce mix, steakhouse salad 2 pack, Parmesan, a book for the kids, frozen breakfast burritos, ketchup, math book for The Girl, pretzel crackers, 2 pack of travel cups so I could give one to The Boy so I don't have to live in fear of him losing mine, the peach coffee cake - we didn't like it at all, beef jerky, undies, the vindaloo chicken kit - another miss for us, coffee creamer, a set of plastic containers for leftovers/lunches, chicken souvlaki skewers, strawberries.

A hurty $298

greek potatos and candied carrots

 Greek potatos are some of my very favorite kind of potato; all that lemony garlicky goodness.  Here's a super recipe we made recently.  The kids hated it, of course, but The Mister and I liked it thank god because it made a lot.

 

recipe - Greek style lemon roasted potatoes

Another good recent veggie recipe was this recipe for candied carrots - I wanted to do a roasted carrot dish  but ran out of steam and this seemed easy enough.  It isn't healthy, but it sure tastes good.

recipe - candied carrots  

book club 12 - The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

 2023-12

 

book club 11 - White Knight by Meghan March

 2023-11

 

book club 10 - Black Sheep by Meghan March

 2023-10

 

book club 9 - audiobook - Disaster Girl - Tech-nically in Love by Michelle Dayton

 2023-9

 

very easy and very delicious chocolate mousse

 

This chocolate mousse - one of my absolute favorite desserts ever - is so easy - just 4 ingredients! - and so so delicious that even my kids loved it. 

recipe - chocolate mousse

my new favorite granola recipe

 

The Boy has begun to like fruit and yogurt parfaits, with a bit of granola sprinkled on top - preferably bought from the store, of course, so I quickly showed him how easy it was to make at home.  He rapidly went through the small but expensive bag of granola we had, and after seeing the prices of granola at the grocery store, I suggested to him how fun it would be to make our own.

Now I KNOW that at one point I had a great granola recipe that I would make whenever the mood struck, but for the life of me I can't find it.  I looked everywhere I could think of and came up empty, and mad, but luckily for me, I soon found a super super good recipe that was easy to make and absolutely delicious. 

recipe - healthy granola

grocery shop May 31

 I forget every time to take a photo of my shopping cart when I go out, so here instead is my receipt from my Costco trip on May 31

Honey Nut Cheerios on sale, because my kids eat cereal like it's the only thing that matters, water balloons for summer, organic coffee pods because apparently The Mister is fancy.  Got a 2 pack of tumblers because I'm always convinced that a new cup is just what I need to start drinking more water.  Some yogurt, some butter, some polysporin because we be injuring ourselves quite a bit lately over here.  Mozzarella corn dogs that I was sure the kids would be interested in but so far I can't convince them to try them, tomatos, apples, babybel cheese, a very good walnut coffee cake, blueberries, some prepared beef burnt ends that were good but small for the price, milk, an excellent greens, cranberry and goat cheese salad that I would eat every day, watermelon, undies, and a stuffed pork.

a painful $280

book club 8 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

 2023-8