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Obviously.

Posted by on May 24, 2010 1 comment

So, I know I took a mini vacay from the blog and was totally MIA. Sorry about that. I think I needed to step back from it and think about what I really want to do with the blog. Just posting meals gets a bit tired, especially because I have a weird issue of finding something I like and stick with it until I have nightmares about it. In college, I went through a hard core apples with raisins and peanut butter phase. I also dabbled in sourdough toast, but I digress. The point is, I am sure you don’t read this to see my morning eggs and toast. So, I have decided to post more sporadically, but with more substance. That way, you don’t have to see boring toast and eggs and I prevent burn out from the blog. Plus, I get to show you more of my life than just the calories I consume.

That being said, we had my favorite pork chops tonight. I know that I have blogged about this before. These pork chops have become sort of an obsession between the husband and I. I think it’s the way the dry rub messes with the pork. Or maybe it’s the sweet/salty/spicy thing they’ve got going on. OR MAYBE…whatever, they freaking rock.

The secret ingredients are good hungarian paprika and Coleman’s dry mustard. I mix all the yumminess together and coat the pork chops. Then, they go on the grill and in no time, dinner is served!

I hope you all had a great Monday! I exercised, got a haircut and chopped down the rest of my to do list from the weekend. Tomorrow, I have work. Woohoo!

And, obviously, I cannot leave you without the obligatory Colby picture!

Legal Seafood

Posted by on April 21, 2010 2 comments

Our original dinner plan included the tourist favorite the Union Oyster House. Unfortunately, they were booked and further away than another Boston favorite- Legal Seafood. Ron wasn’t that hungry, so, we split 3 appetizers…in theory. I say in theory because Ron ate most of the fried Rhode Island style with garlic and peppers, I ate most o the coconut shrimp and we split the crab cake. The crab cake was the real winner of the meal. Wow. I am pretty sure there was no filling in this crab cake. As a drink, I had a favorite of mine- a peach Bellini. We ordered dessert to split. It was a vanilla mousse with soft, warm caramel at the bottom and topped with berries. My apologizes for the photo but it was so yummy we devoured it.

Dinner with the Kenyons!

Posted by on April 20, 2010 No comments

In case you were wondering, Boston on marathon day is cah-Ray-zay. There are people everywhere! But we found a quiet spot to have dinner with my childhood friend Christine and her husband. We met at Vault and had a great time catching up. I had my favorite cocktail, a Kir Royale. Yum! For dinner, I had a Cowboy Skirt Steak salad which contained: skirt steak, green beans, red onions, romaine, cherry tomatoes in a light creamy dressing. It was tasty. Afterwards, we walked back to our hotel and grabbed some ice cream. We split this cone. The flavors were heaven ( vanilla, white chocolate and fluff), chocolate addict ( chocolate, chips, brownie hunks), and cookies and cream. Oh la la.

Quick Dinnah.

Posted by on April 18, 2010 No comments

Tonight, we’re busy preparing for our trip to Boston. Plus, we needed to finish up our leftovers. I was craving pasta so I boiled some more whole wheat pasta and sprinkle it with Parm and Regg. I also boiled some green giant corn in a bag and boy, was it tasty! We’re dropping Colby off at the kennel tonight and I am sad about the whole thing. It’s gonna be worth it for our time in Boston!

Cleaning out the Refridge

Posted by on April 17, 2010 No comments

Tonight, we had leftovers. I am normally not big on reheating but we have too much in the fridge and it needs to get used up before we head off to Boston. I pan-heated these slices of lamb. I *might* have eaten these straight from the pan. So what! Who cares? What are you, my mother? :) Then I boiled some whole wheat orecchiette pasta, tossed it with a pad of butter and some marinated artichokes. I also sprinkled some shredded romano cheese on it.

Rib Repeat

Posted by on April 15, 2010 1 comment

This evening we had yummy bbq ribs, bbq baked beans and oven fried yams. I know I have recently made this but Ron missed out since he was already back home while I was in Pittsburgh. I am SO stuffed right now. Omg.

Lamb aLa Ron

Posted by on April 14, 2010 No comments

Tonight, I am not feeling very well. Thankfully, we had already planned for Ron to make his world famous grilled leg of lamb with homemade apple mint jelly. We served it with a side salad and mashed red potatoes. This is my plate and I ate none of the potato and doubled up on the salad. Thanks for cooking, honey!

Steak and Potatoes Kind of Girl

Posted by on April 11, 2010 No comments

This afternoon, we spent some time running errands. Our Costco Trip was more than successful. We buy most of our meat there and stocked up on pork loin, pork chops, steak, chicken and a bunch of other yummy things. We also stopped at a Health Food store in Kimberton, PA. I love health food stores. We didn’t get much. Just some flaw oil, vitamin, raw honey and chocolate.

When we got home, we changed and took off for French Creek State Park. We did a 3 mile hike and I ran/jogged half of it. I haven’t been exercising due to some medical issues, but it felt good to be out there. I am really optimistic that I will be able to work out in the coming weeks and am actually excited about the whole thing.

For dinner, I grilled some of the steak we bought at Costco and watched the Master’s tournament on television. Ron loves golf and missed the Masters last year since it was during Easter weekend. I promised not to bug him too much about watching it this year.

I ate half of this steak, all of the asparagus and potatoes. The potatoes are steamed red butter potatoes that are coarsely mashed with butter and fresh dill.

Green Hills Inn

Posted by on April 10, 2010 No comments

Last week, Ron turned 45. In celebration, we had a party. Ron’s mother wanted to take us out to celebrate. We started with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa. It was called Warwick and was very flavorful and robust. As appetizers we split scallops and escargot. We also split some soup that was based on clams casino. It was light and buttery. We also had some salad.

For our dinners, Ron had duck and I had veal with wild mushroom risotto and black truffle sauce. OMG. As if all that deliciousness weren’t enough, we had chocolate soufflé for dessert. It came with a side of berries and homemade Tahitian vanilla ice cream.

I am certifiably stuffed. What a lovely meal.

Skirt steak and Asparagus

Posted by on March 29, 2010 1 comment

I love my grill. In the summer, we use it almost every night to cook. Tonight, we grilled skirt steak drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with McCormick’s Montreal Steak Seasoning. The asparagus was also drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with salt and pepper.

We like skirt steak since it has a nice fat content and cooks quickly, which is great for a week day meal. Being outside grilling has made ache for my favorite summertime treat- sweet corn. Oh. dear. God. Is it sweet corn season yet?

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