Sunday: Homemade Pizza, Corn Salad, Homemade Peach Mango Ice Cream, & Beet Cake (Beet Cake is the best in the summer)
Monday: Grilled Vegetables, Rice Pilaf, & Chicken Apple Sausages
Tuesday: Beet Salad
Wednesday: Tortellini with Vodka Sauce & Spinach Salad
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner (Whole Wheat Pancakes)
Friday: SMU Football Game
Saturday: Day 1 of Mitch's Birthday week, which means we will 99% go out
Peach Mango Sour Cream Homemade Ice Cream
Ingredients:
4 Cups Sugar
4 Fresh Cups of Peaches & Mangoes (You can also use Raspberries)
1 Pint Sour Cream (I use fat free!!)
6 Eggs
6 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 can evaporated milk (large) chilled in refrigerator
1 pint half and half (I use skim milk or 1%)
1 pint whipping cream
Directions:
Take 2 cups of sugar and add to the fruit until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
Add other 2 cups of sugar to sour cream and stir until dissolved and smooth.
Combine 6 eggs with 5 teaspoons vanilla and beat with fork.
Add eggs to the sour cream mixture.
Combine with half and half and cream. Add chilled canned milk.
Pour into freezer—Make 4 quarts so use ¼ of recipe for your Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Weekly Menu
(Disclaimer: Posting out weekly menu incentives me to actually cook, not that I always follow through. But my goal is to not be eating cereal and pb&j sandwiches on a daily basis.)
Sunday: Leftovers! ("Baby" Wheat Pasta with Vegetables, Cowboy Salsa, Wheat Biscuts (they failed miserably) & Fruit)
Monday: We go out for FHE because we are awesome
Tuesday: Beet Salad
Wednesday: Tort. Vegetable Pasta with Vodka Sauce
Thursday: Breakfast Burriots with Yam Fries
Friday: Pizza & Salad
Saturday: Let's be honest, we will probably go out again or have pancakes (I teach dance on the side to fund our addiction to good food and going out to eat)
Happy Monday!
Sunday: Leftovers! ("Baby" Wheat Pasta with Vegetables, Cowboy Salsa, Wheat Biscuts (they failed miserably) & Fruit)
Monday: We go out for FHE because we are awesome
Tuesday: Beet Salad
Wednesday: Tort. Vegetable Pasta with Vodka Sauce
Thursday: Breakfast Burriots with Yam Fries
Friday: Pizza & Salad
Saturday: Let's be honest, we will probably go out again or have pancakes (I teach dance on the side to fund our addiction to good food and going out to eat)
Happy Monday!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Weekly Menu
Sunday: Wild Rice Salad with Avocados, Zucchini, & Squash
Monday: FHE...Torchy's Tacos
Tuesday: Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas with Corn & Avocados
Wednesday: Whole Wheat Pancakes with Honeydew Melon & Strawberries
Thursday: Chicken Apples Sausages with Zucchini & Squash
Friday: Leftovers
Monday: FHE...Torchy's Tacos
Tuesday: Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas with Corn & Avocados
Wednesday: Whole Wheat Pancakes with Honeydew Melon & Strawberries
Thursday: Chicken Apples Sausages with Zucchini & Squash
Friday: Leftovers
Friday, August 2, 2013
The Best & Worst of Dallas
We have officially been in Dallas for an entire month (Mitch has been here almost two months) and we are beginning to love Dallas. Here is what I have discovered so far, the best, the worst, and everything else in between.
The Worst:
1. It's so hot here. I thought DC was hot, but it's different here. I think it's hotter. The high on Thursday without humidity is 104. Awesome.
2. There are stores every where called "Condom Sense", does that make anyone else nervous? (It's also slightly humorous.)
3. The traffic. There is horrible traffic here. Who would have thought?
The In-Between:
1. We live in an apartment building. One day we will no longer be apartment dwellers. One day.
2. Everyone in our building is either a "hipster" or has big hair and wears "bejeweled" jeans. (Not that either of these are bad, but maybe not totally our style.)
3. We live on the edge of the ghetto.
4. Dallas is a large city, but so different than DC or NY. The city just goes on forever and ever.
The Best:
1. There are parks everywhere, beautiful parks.
2. It's green. I was expecting Dallas to be really similar to El Paso (not that El Paso is bad), but I thought Dallas would be a desert. It's not. Right now there are beautiful dark pink and purple flowers blooming everywhere, they must love the heat.
3. The Food. Yep, it's delicious. And there is everything in the world here. Every chain your heart ever desired (except Noodles & Company, but there is a Potbellys), along with unique delicious restaurants. And the tacos. So many varieties and all equally delicious.
4. White Rock Lake and the Arboretum. This might be my favorite part of Dallas. It's a beautiful lake right in the middle of the city perfect to run or bike around.
5. We live about two minutes away from a Sonic, I have a slight addiction to the Happy Hour, $1.13 Large Diet Cokes with Lime, their ice is amazing.
6. The Katy Trail. My favorite place to run. It's a 7 mile (round trip) trail and there is water along the trail and even ice cold water.
7. Highland Park. It's amazing. I have never seen anything like it. Most beautiful houses, lawns, and parks I have ever seen. In fact there is a house there that Mitch and I though was a church. No joke, it's that beautiful.
8. The Lily Pads. The largest lily pads I have ever seen.
9. Did I mention that we live next door to a grocery store and target, super convenient.
10. We have covered parking and don't have to pay for it. It's a miracle.
11. You don't have to pay to park here. Pretty amazing.
12. The Dallas Art Museum. It's free, right downtown near the freeway and has some truly remarkable pieces.
Overall, I think Dallas is slowly winning us over. I miss (more than I would have thought) running in DC on the Mount Vernon Trail past all the moments with my running partner Beth. And I always miss the majestic mountains in Utah. They hold a very special place in my heart. But Dallas is good.
Happy Friday.
The Worst:
1. It's so hot here. I thought DC was hot, but it's different here. I think it's hotter. The high on Thursday without humidity is 104. Awesome.
2. There are stores every where called "Condom Sense", does that make anyone else nervous? (It's also slightly humorous.)
3. The traffic. There is horrible traffic here. Who would have thought?
The In-Between:
1. We live in an apartment building. One day we will no longer be apartment dwellers. One day.
2. Everyone in our building is either a "hipster" or has big hair and wears "bejeweled" jeans. (Not that either of these are bad, but maybe not totally our style.)
3. We live on the edge of the ghetto.
4. Dallas is a large city, but so different than DC or NY. The city just goes on forever and ever.
The Best:
1. There are parks everywhere, beautiful parks.
2. It's green. I was expecting Dallas to be really similar to El Paso (not that El Paso is bad), but I thought Dallas would be a desert. It's not. Right now there are beautiful dark pink and purple flowers blooming everywhere, they must love the heat.
3. The Food. Yep, it's delicious. And there is everything in the world here. Every chain your heart ever desired (except Noodles & Company, but there is a Potbellys), along with unique delicious restaurants. And the tacos. So many varieties and all equally delicious.
4. White Rock Lake and the Arboretum. This might be my favorite part of Dallas. It's a beautiful lake right in the middle of the city perfect to run or bike around.
5. We live about two minutes away from a Sonic, I have a slight addiction to the Happy Hour, $1.13 Large Diet Cokes with Lime, their ice is amazing.
6. The Katy Trail. My favorite place to run. It's a 7 mile (round trip) trail and there is water along the trail and even ice cold water.
7. Highland Park. It's amazing. I have never seen anything like it. Most beautiful houses, lawns, and parks I have ever seen. In fact there is a house there that Mitch and I though was a church. No joke, it's that beautiful.
8. The Lily Pads. The largest lily pads I have ever seen.
9. Did I mention that we live next door to a grocery store and target, super convenient.
10. We have covered parking and don't have to pay for it. It's a miracle.
11. You don't have to pay to park here. Pretty amazing.
12. The Dallas Art Museum. It's free, right downtown near the freeway and has some truly remarkable pieces.
Overall, I think Dallas is slowly winning us over. I miss (more than I would have thought) running in DC on the Mount Vernon Trail past all the moments with my running partner Beth. And I always miss the majestic mountains in Utah. They hold a very special place in my heart. But Dallas is good.
Happy Friday.
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