a week of comfort food:)

When I'm sick, my willpower is low, hence the takeout two nights this week.

Sunday: super bowl means no pizza but ordering The Mill instead, whose local focus and delivery are double winners for us.

Monday: Egg, Ham and Spinach Sandwiches on Ciabatta
The Robusto cheese made these so yummy, it's a bit like Gruyere but has a bit of parmesany flavoring...highly recommend.

Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pies
These are complete comfort food, I use an easy recipe base from epicurious
which allows for easy substitution based on whats in the freezer and I often just use pre-made crescent rolls but this week I used Martha's pate brisee and it was super easy and it makes a ton, so I froze two additional portions to use for future pot pies:)

Wednesday: penne with roasted winter vegetables and cream sauce
No recipe just a basic cream sauce plus roasted carrots, broccoli and onion...toss it all with the pasta and scarfed down.

Thursday: Chilis...I'm a sucker for their loaded potato skins

Friday: Robert was in charge of dinner so he made burgers and fries, such a helpful daddy.

Saturday: Butternut squash soup with bacon and apples plus grilled ham and cheese.
Easy easy dinner considering I just reheated up some soup from a few weeks ago...butternut soups are incredibly easy to throw together, and the addition of bacon and apples is a nice surprise and makes it a bit different...tasted just a good heated up.

Next week's meals will be a bit different because we are heading down to south carolina to visit Robert's grandparents, so we'll be eating leftovers and gearing up for the vast amounts of food that will be prepared by Sylvia.

happy eating:)

It gets me everytime

Whenever my little Robert gets his haircut I am struck by how much older he looks...perhaps when all the hair is cleared away I get to see how much he's grown when I wasn't looking:)

He'll be three soon and I'm already getting emotional. Here are two to show off the new cut and his big personality (please ignore shiny cheeks...we're sick and it's hard to keep the runny nose in check!)

have a blessed thursday.

four weeks and we're sick...at least three of us

We finally caught colds, and although I'm annoyed, I should be thankful that these were our first for the winter:) A sick toddler is no match for a sick baby, how quickly I forget. We spent a couple of nights holding Joshua upright so he could sleep, which meant that mommy didn't so much sleep AND mommy got sick too...awesome.

Needless to say, our dinners this week were survival mode:

Sunday: tomato Soup frozen from a few weeks ago
still oh so yummy

Monday: french toast stacks
french toast from ciabatta bread layered with strawberries and whipped cream...some call it dessert, I call it dinner.

Tuesday: Friends house for dinner, fellowship and no cooking...double score

Wednesday: Burritos
Frozen chicken and black beans plus fresh rice = easy dinner for me.
For the first time I cooked my own tortillas from an epicurious recipe and they were a. good and b. really easy...things I learned: first, they are best small, much to the dismay of my husband who was hoping for giant sized ones that he could fill to the brim. second, since I only use whole wheat flour, it required much more vegetable oil (I used a combo of bacon drippings, butter and oil, as suggested by a reviewer)..a couple tablespoons in fact. And they do reheat well, with a generous sprinkling of water.

Thursday: when I'm sick, my husband can con me into pizza

Friday: grilled ham and cheese...plus soup for mom and dad (chicken and rice, frozen, from a previous week...have I mentioned how much I love my freezer)
Ham is such an underrated yet amazing addition to grilled cheese, don't you think:)

Saturday: leftovers, and since I still can't taste anything because my nose is clogged (TMI, sorry) I don't even remember what I had.

hoping that the return to winter will get our immune systems back in check before spring really hits and my boys have unreasonably yucky seasonal allergies.