Corn all week

I tried to make as many veggies with my supper as possible last night. Last minute I decided to fry (? – it was in a pan with butter. I guess that’s frying… is that a bad thing?) up some mushrooms with salt, pepper and a bit of margarine. They tasted SO good but I’m glad I only did six slices between us. Overload.

This is my creation from last night. The boyf doesn’t like corn so I’m going to have to be eating a lot of corn this week. Corn in Ontario is so much better than the corn back home in Newfoundland. Sweeter, fresher, crunchier, butterier.

What’d you eat last night? Or what are you making for supper tonight? I have no idea what I’m going to make for a meat. But I’m thinking of corn (obviously), salad with fresh mushrooms and maybe I’ll have to go out and buy some chicken. I wonder if pasta will work, thinking of vodka penne. I don’t think corn would go with pasta, right?

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Hoppy Easter

I sure hope everyone had a nice relaxing Easter weekend. I sure did! We didn’t accomplish much but we slept most of the days away. That’s a nice needed break for sure.

Friday we watched a movie and that’s about the extent of it until today where I cooked us up a big breakfast: scrambled eggs with cheese, bell peppers and salsa mixed in, sausages (none for me), and hashbrowns. While that was all cooking up I made some blueberry muffins. Scott obviously likes these, since there’s only 6 left – I made twelve.

I wanted Easter Dinner to be more than what I usually make for our special meals. I didn’t want to get us a roast chicken, mashed potatoes and carrots. This time I opted for something I’ve never made before. Ham and scalloped potatoes. The scalloped potatoes?  Boy, was it ever a huge hit (with me, since I couldn’t stop raving about my own home cookin’) lol. But OMG I really need to share this recipe. Can I say EASY!?

I cleaned off the computer desk kitchen table and set it with all the fixin’s. Such a feed!

Here’s my packed up plate.

Couldn’t forget a nice fresh salad in my cute Anthropologie bowls. Tomatoes, cheese, peppers, bacon bits, croutons, parmesan cheese and ranch dressing. OMG.

We bought a bottle of riesling while getting our groceries yesterday. We haven’t bought wine in forever. This tasted like candy. I had 2 glasses of this white wine. I think I could’ve easily drank the whole bottle. Unfortunately we’re saving the rest for tomorrow’s supper.

I’ll explain tomorrow why I’m so faux-tan looking. Scott takes a really long time to ‘line up’ photos thus my weird smile. But here I am prior to chowing down Easter dinner with my candy wine.

Supper. Demolished. Dessert = Candy. Naturally. It’s Easter. There was two marshmellow pops but I wanted only half so we split this ducky into two. Sharing is caring.

Sugar high. CrossFit tomorrow.

Since Alfie didn’t get any Easter treats this weekend we took him out for an evening walk to get rid of his pent up energy since I was in the house all day slaving over the stove ;)

We sure pooped him out running around in the park!

Have a good evening guys. I’m going to cuddle up on the couch with my mister for the rest of the Easter evening.

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YouTube plug and some menu planning

Wow! I’m at 98 subscribers today. All thanks to Katie for talking about me in one of her videos. I also noticed that one of my friends from BACK HOME subscribed to me. YAY Johanna!!!!

Here’s my latest:

I’m clearly in the blogging mood lately. I wrote my CrossFit week 1 post and I’m already on writing my third which will be edited each time I do a workout this week. Today I had a really great workout which is funny now because I’m walking around with half-bent arms and I look silly. (Like I came straight from manufacturing jobs all day long or something)

I’m on a roll today. I’ve even made a menu plan for this week. Easy suppers for the nights that I’ll be working out, and more complex ones on the days off. Here we go!

Monday: Imitation tacos (mmm I’m SO excited for these)
Tuesday: Gemeli (just gemeli pasta, with pasta sauce and lots of cheese!)
Wednesday:  Chicken ceasar salad sandwiches
Thursday: Chicken penne with vodka sauce
Friday: Quesadillas

Most of the above food items can be found in my recipe section if you’re interested in re-creating any of it. Enjoy your Sunday!


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