This weekend I did not turn on the computer. Not even once. It felt good and a bit liberating to do that. I just needed a break.
It's 8:30 am and Griffin is still sleeping. I can hardly believe it. This is my early to rise at 6:00 am child. I just went up to check on him and he is snoring away. I guess he needs the rest.
On Saturday we had a bit of weather generated from Hurricane Hanna. We had quite a bit of rain and some wind gusts. The worst part of the weather was past us by mid-afternoon. I'm very greatful it was no worse than it was.
My neighbor Warren called to see if I wanted some fresh from his garden green beans, wax beans and tomatos. Of course I did!! On Saturday I snapped the two bean varieties and cooks them together. I put then in water, added a spoon of bacon grease (yep, bacon grease) and half a stick of butter. I simmered them about 40 minutes and they were absolutely DELICIOUS! Mike made a rotisseried turkey breast (YUM!) and I added some stuffing to finish the meal. I haven't decided what I will do with the tomatos yet. I'm thinking about making some sort of stewed tomatos and maybe serve them over rice. Does anyone have a great tomato recipe you can share?
On Sunday I woke up craving barbeque chicken. I thought I would try something new and put it in the crock pot to simmer all day. I layered the bottom of the pot with onions, added 6 boneless chicken breasts, a can of chicken broth, added another layer of onions on top, and then poured barbeque sauce all over it. It sounds good, right? NOPE! It was awful!!! I cooked the chicken waaaay too long. It was almost like barbeque soup with chicken breasts. Yuck ... just yuck! Next time I want barbeque chicken I will wait for Mike to make it on the grill for us.
One of the highlights of my weekend was talking to my sister-in-law Bonnie on the telephone. It was nice to catch up and to hear her voice.
Griffin and I have to go grocery shopping today. As soon as our little man gets up and has breakfast we will be out the door.
Hope you have a great day!!
Glad to hear that you all were safe through Hanna, I am so glad that it was sucha mild storm.
ReplyDeleteTry this site fro recipes I have tried several and they always turn out great. (this is not the smiling cake pops site} lol
http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/
She does step by step directions.
She also does lots of giveaways
LOL at the chicken.
ReplyDeleteHere's a good one...
http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotbarbecue/r/bl113c6.htm
Good thing we didn't lose the electricity, but was looking forward to the chance of visiting with you if we did :) Maybe next hurricane :)
I envy you for being able to turn that computer off. If mine is not on and on-line at all times, I might just meltdown ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe best recipe I've used fresh tomatoes from our garden in lately is a Veal with Tomatoes and Spinach dish that I got from Holly Clegg's Trim & Terrific Diabetic Cooking. However, I know you'd need to drive to SP to get veal if you don't have it.
I'll e-mail it to you for future reference.
This is modern America Missy, trust me you CAN go into a grocery store with out a man---and nobody will really look twice at ya. (but show some class and wear some clothes---so many women and young girls should never bare their midrifs-----I don't care what Maddona says.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you made it through Hanna!!
ReplyDeleteHey I sent you a Stewed Tomato recipe from my granny's cookbook. I hope it helps. Lots of yummy ideas here in your blog. I'm gonna have to check them out. It was good talking to you this weekend. 1 1/2 hours....girl, you know it's been awhile. Let me know how the tomatoes come out. The veggies look scrumptious.
ReplyDeleteHi MIssy
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear that you didn't get alot of bad weather from the Hurricane/TS..
I have heard alot of really good stuff about "The Pioneer Women" site so I may have to check it out to.Good luck with the recipes I need all of the help I can get:))
Have a great week!
Hugs!
Cecile