Thursday I got a visit from my long-time friend from elementary and high school, Alice, and her boyfriend Shawn. They got here before I got out of work. We grilled the last steaks we had in the freezer and had some grilled potatoes/broccoli/mushrooms and grilled corn. We topped it off with some Mothership Wit. I don't think Alice was much of a fan, but the rest of us enjoyed it! We found out that Shawn also used to skate, and knew alot of the same people as Lucas did back in the day, and they were like long lost friends. I'm really glad they got along as great as they did! Next it was off to House of Blues for a Rancid show! It was even better than last year, I think! We stayed through the Rise Against set, which I was NOT impressed with, nor was I impressed with the sold out show full of sweaty, slimy, stinky guys. Guess I'm getting old.
The next day I worked a bit, then we hit the beach for a bit before the storms came. Look at the awesome picture my sister got of the clouds coming in on the beach:
We went home that night and did nothing, we were so tired from the night before. Dinner was an organic pasta with sun-dried tomatoes, zuchinni and mushrooms.
Saturday we invited my sister and her kids, and our friend Ryan for some dinner, beers and Wii. We grilled some turkey sausages and made a macaroni salad. I was disappointed that we couldn't get the organic pasta at Bilo - but I'll remember that for next time! We played Wii until the wee hours and finally went to sleep - LATE!
Sunday brought a day of cooking, as is becoming the norm. I made Rocky, our best man from our wedding, a batch of the mac&cheese that he loves, and added some bacon for him. The bread this week was cheating a bit. Nathan requested plain old white bread machine bread (which we sliced and toasted tonight and it's delicious!) I also made some peanut butter cookies (also cheated-pillsbury ready made Simply Peanut Butter cookies). We had the New York Style pizzas again, and I have to say, the first night we had them, I enjoyed them much more! I think freezing the dough was not the best idea!
Back to work today, and it was a long one! Tonight we just had turkey burgers and leftover macaroni salad...maybe we'll get more interesting tomorrow - it's not as easy when the kids are home!!
A little Rancid to take you out.....good night!
buying cookie dough? yep that's being a slacker! lol. I find that I can make cookie dough in less than five minutes, especially if it's chocolate chip cookies - I know that one by heart. How do you freeze your dough? I put some in the freezer after the first rising, but not sure how it will turn out. I also baked up a pizza crust and then froze it. It does take up a bit of room in our freezer though. But this way, all I have to do is place it on the pan and let it thaw out for a while, put my ingredients on and bake for 20 minutes.
ReplyDeleteDo you only make bread with a bread machine or do you make from scratch too? I have an awesome recipe that makes 3 loaves of sandwich bread at a time. We just eat this now, but do keep a few loaves in the freezer just in case I don't have time to make some up. Here's the recipe link: http://www.couponqueenofcorning.com/2009/07/sandwich-bread-recipe.html
Also, since you are so into food, I wanted to share with you a blog I actually just found this morning. Her food looks yummy and there are several recipes I will be trying. http://www.goodcheapeats.com/