What's for dinner

So I need to get back in the habit of planning dinners for the week.   And I think I will start chronicling the menu's here.  Warning I'm a big fan of cook once and eat twice so I will probably average only about 3 or so recipes a week.   I will also try to let you know how the recipes turned out in updates.

So here goes......

Friday - We are going out!  

Saturday - Chili Dogs!   Also, on deck....sliced fruit, carrot sticks, chips  

Before you judge let me just say that my Beavs are in the Alamo Bowl so we always love to stadium food.   

Sunday - left over Pasta Fagoil,, salad toast, and pears  

This is leftovers from that we had for dinner last night.   Recipe can be found here.  I used what beans I had on hand however so I had a can of chili beans and a can of soup beans.   I also added a little grated parmesan on the top and used chicken broth instead of vegetable broth because that's what I had on hand.   This is a great light supper for a cold night.   We had lunch at the Red Coach downtown so this was a great meal to balance that.

Monday - New Years Eve!   Clam Chowder, kale chips, and homemade bread (this recipe I've been wanting to make for a long time and I think nows the time!)

Clam chowder recipe found here

Homemade bread found here

Tuesday - Beef Stuffed Crescents & roasted broccoli

Recipe here

Wednesday - Leftover Clam Chowder with salad and bread

Thursday -  Leftovers Beef Stuffed Crescents & brocoli

Merry silence

Its not often these days that the house is as quiet as it is right now......well except for the snoring furry one by me.   Today is Christmas Eve and its Pickle's first one!   He decided to ring it in by sleeping until 5 - yes 5 and that is the first time he got up last night!   Although I love it when he sleeps that long it makes it hard for me to go back to sleep at that point.   After all BP (before pickle) I used to get up every day at 5 so it seems kinda silly to go back to bed now.   Its nice to be up first in some ways.....I took this time to set the table for tomorrow and then decided to sit down for a minute and jot down a little note.

Last year at this time if you would of told me that next Christmas I would have a wee one I would of had a hard time believing you.  But here we are and I could not be more thrilled, excited, grateful, happy, content, oh I could go on and on.  Although he is too small to understand all that surrounds this time of year I know that in years to come there will be many great memories and I look forward to building them with him.  This year we started with a visit to Santa and in years to come I hope to do things like Zoo Lights, Portland Speedway, Santa Breakfast, etc.

Tonight we will start one tradition of reading Twas the Night Before Christmas.   A girlfriend of mine gave it to me last week so we have a perfect copy - and a matching stuffed reindeer to boot!   Also, the plate is set to leave cookies for Santa.   Although to be honest the only one getting a stocking this year has 4 legs.  Don't judge I promise to do better next year.   Just couldn't find a stocking for Pickle that I liked and G and I didn't need to do our stockings this year - wasn't feeling it.

Tomorrow all grandparents will arrive and share the day with us.   A simple day more about family and being together than about standing in the kitchen and cooking.   We will just be having a simple brunch and then will open presents after.  

Pickle is starting to stir so I should go get him........

Mele Kalikimaka to you and yours!   

Still here...

I'm still here and still around.

I have some post that I have been working on but I need to figure out some things if I'm ever going to post a picture ever again (apparently I've used up all my "free" space)

Stay tuned.....