Hello Friends~
I know I have not done a lot of posting the last month or so, however I have been doing a lot of cooking and have managed to squeeze in some photo shots here and there. My Freeze Well Eat Well business partner and I have been running around like chickens with our heads cut off; cooking chicken, food processing chicken, stuffing chicken in rolled lasagna, playing chicken on the freeway, etc. The fun just never ends...
We decided to take this weekend off, and we stuck to it for the most part except for a couple hours of test cooking here and there. We made our newest burger and I tested steel cut oat pancakes and assembled some Mexican Lasagnas. As far as the pancakes go, let's just say that I added them immediately to the current menu; those puppies will make your Monday-Friday brighter. (Well, ours this week, as it was a "test" cook.)
Pictured above was a quick weekend lunch; I am pretty sure I ate it standing while doing 4 other things. Atleast I wasn't at a computer eating my meals, which was last week's theme. The idea started with the purchase of the Hawaiian rolls. I quickly started craving a Hawaiian pineapple chicken salad sandwich. I attempted to recreate the sandwich that Billy's in Newport Beach features. I went with half mayo and half yogurt, inorder to keep the healthy touch there. Mine was good, but they definetly have know-how on that sandwich.
With summer slowly making it's entrance, I have been embracing fruit with open arms, the last couple weeks. Here in Huntington Beach, it was not much of a sunny weekend, but that's ok, as I had plenty to do and I would only have been hoping to squeeze in an hour of layout time by the pool, had it been gorgeous out. I went out on a limb and bought a flat of nectarines at Costco last weekend, which we all know can be hard to get through sometimes if you don't have a big family eating it. I was able to utilize about 5 or 6 of them during the "weekend of bbq's" (A.K.A. last weekend), by making them a hearty part of a fruit salad. And then we (mostly I) happily munched on the rest throughout the week. Kiwi is a fun treat too and it is high in potassium. Potassium has been my new "pay attention to eating project" the last couple of weeks. I have figitty legs and we recently read that this (undiagnosed, restless legs syndrome, which I share with a few of my family members) could be partially alleviated by extra potassium. Hey, I'm willing to give it a try and my couch partner is rooting the experiment on; if I'll sit still while sitting next to him he'd probably serve me liver.
Can you believe it is June already? I am planning to "hold on to my hats and glasses, because this (month) here, is going to be the wildest ride in the wilderness." (Quote from a Disneyland ride, of course) I am taking on a few new roles at work with the rollbacks, first task being a 401k audit, I have already started training my backups who will cover me while we go on a trip in the middle of June, I have appointment mania this week and next, and of course Freeze Well is taking off like wild fire which threatens to keep any spare moment filled. Every month thsi year won't be like this, so I am going to hit this one running. Have a great begining of the week. I have a feeling this Summer will be an action packed, busy, productive, and joyous season in our home. Here's to a girl wishing and hopefully getting her wish.~
Just a side note, I am squeezing in some computer time while my hubby cooks up a Sunday supper built around the red snapper which he caught over the weekend on a boys fishing trip. They did a one night overnighter from Long Beach to the Channel Islands. He tied for the most fish caught on the boat, 14! Yes, he cooks and hunts. Can't wait until Lobster season, maybe we'll have a Lobster bisque on the fall menu.
I am about to Eat Well and hope that you are too.~
