Inspired

Good morning! My dear sister-in-law, Sarah, has inspired my breakfast this morning. 

I also had a whole bunch of fruit that it threatening to turn so making smoothies was a must. :)

Mock Orange Julius Three Berry Sensation Smoothies

strawberries

raspberries and blackberries

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup yogart (I used Bannilla)

3 tbsp white sugar (since the yogart was so sweet, I used less but if you're using plain yogart you might want the full amount)

2 tsp vanilla extract

8 ice cubes

Blend everything but the ice until smooth and then add the ice and blend again.

Not quite as good as the Orange Julius experts, but still good :)

I know, I know...

Yes, I admit it.  I have been slacking on the updates.  Sorry oh so faithful readers... aka, Sarah :)

No pictures tonight, but I'll share my recipes. Tonight we had roasted green beans, teriyaki chicken and Japanese rice.  We like Japanese rice better than regular white rice because it's more sticky and you end up chasing fewer grains around your plate. :)

Baked Chicken Teriyaki
2/3 cup teriyaki marinade, I used low sodium Kikkomon
2 cloves of garlic, minced
a good shake of ginger
2 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp peanut oil, or better yet, sesame oil-which I didn't have

Combine all that and brush on chicken in a 13x9 pan.  I used boneless skinless chicken tenders because that's what I had. I had A LOT of extra marinade even after I brushed it on the chicken so I poured some in the bottom of the pan. Cook at 425 for 15-20 minutes and enjoy :) We put more marinade on the chicken as we ate, too.

Roasted Green Beans
1 to 2 lbs fresh green beans, topped and toed (that means cut the top and bottom off)
4 tsp olive oil
fresh ground pepper
sea salt

After the green beans have been washed, put them in a bowl and then toss them with the oil and salt & pepper.

Bake for 8-10 minutes at 425.


And there you go! :)

Good morning!

Today's breakfast is brought to you by scrabbled eggs with bacon and extra pulp orange juice (in one of our beautiful wedding favor glasses) :)

BLCA love

Somehow this isn't how I expected this series to start out... but here we go :)

Tonight's dinner was supposed to be BLTs, but we don't have any tomato (and were too lazy to run all the way out to Giant) and we had A LOT of avocado.  BLTs are kind of a big deal here in the Aldrich house, because they're ALWAYS made with home grown bacon.  You have never had bacon until you've had Stepniak bacon. 

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Soo good :)

This summer's project...

I've decided that it's time to make this blog a little more exciting.  Or at least give it some sort of purpose.  :) My goal for the summer is to cook way more and hopefully go out a whole lot less.  SOOOOO... I'm going to start blogging mostly about food that I make for my darling husband and possibly some apartment projects. :)

Of course, I've made this decision at 10:30 on a Sunday night so I have nothing to post yet... but there will be pictures coming soon!!

I'm sure you're DYEing to hear this one...

Last night, my darling husband held a poker night.  Boys only.  Unless, that is, there weren't enough people around and THEN I'd be allowed to play.  As long as I didn't beat them too badly.  It turns out that Steve, Steve, Mark, and Frank were all available and ready to play, so Sarah and I were dismissed from our poker playing duties to eat scads of veggies (by the way, I could totally go for a sugar snap pea right now. kthnxbye) and the DYE MY HAIR!!

A little background... when I was a wee lass, I had bleach blonde hair.  And I miss it.  Anyone who knew me at the time knows that I went through a period during high school and college where I tried to regain this lovely color.  Or lack there of.  Lemme just say, it didn't work then.  After at least five years away from the hair dye, I decided to try again last night.  Sarah and I picked out a lovely shade of light natural blonde.

And then we set to work.  Combine the bottles, apply and wait... 30-ish minutes later we rinsed.  Just as I started to rinse the color out, Sarah says something along the lines of "OH DEAR GOD! WE MUST GET THIS COLOR OUT NOW BEFORE YOU TURN INTO A CARROT!!!"  Okay... maybe it wasn't THAT dramatic, but we definitely rinsed with haste.  Now of course, I could not see what the color looked like because, um, my head was in the bathtub and Sarah was rinsing VIGOROUSLY.  Ladies and gentlemen... my hair was the scariest shade of strawberry blonde with a hint of the devil.  Okay.. more than a hint.  It was all out devil, scary, nasty, breathtakingly BAD.  Sarah, my dear sister-in-law and official hair dyer/life saver, managed to keep her cool and not let me panic. Instead we went to Giant and purchased this...

 Light ash blonde.  Probably the shade I should have gone with in the first place.  And let the fun begin again!! Mix, apply, hope, pray, rinse...

By the time the 25 minutes had passed, it looked like someone had taken a container of Hershey's syrup and dumped it over my head.  I thought for sure that we were going to rinse the color off and my hair would be darker than it was when we started. 

But it's great now. :) Perfectly blonde and lovely.  Lesson here? Bleach blonde is NOT the way to go for me!

Noticing a trend?

There's another new baby in the extended Adams family!! :) My dear sister, Lana, had a beautiful baby girl on Friday, May 6th.  Her name is Lorena Jeralyn, she was 9 pounds 5 ounces.  Her parents and big sister, Lillia, are adjusting well and we can't wait to get Lorena and Annalyn together. :) In the mean time, here are some shots of the newest baybee...