Wednesday, 4/27/2011

Katie and I made it to the grocery store this morning and stocked the fridge for the rest of the week.  I pan fried a pound of chicken tenderloins.  I heated a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil in a skillet, seasoned the chicken with a lemon, sage seasoning salt, and then fried the chicken until a little brown on both sides.  Katie had some of the chicken with carrots and sugar snap peas for dinner.  I cut up the chicken into a green salad with mushrooms, orange bell pepper, and Italian dressing.  It was pretty darn good for a green salad. 

Tuesday, 2/1/2011

We went over to Barb, Tad, and Ronan's house tonight for our PEPS potluck.  Barb made a vegetarian risotto with asparagus and mushrooms.  It was quite tasty.  We brought a spinach salad with mandarin oranges, goat cheese, and balsamic vinaigrette.  For dessert, we had a coconut cream pie.  I didn't have any myself, but Ben enjoyed his sliver and Katie scarfed her piece:)  I think this is the first meal I have had in a long time that didn't include a meat of some kind. 

It was a really fun evening.  The kids are starting to really talk with the adults and each other.  Katie remembered that the last time we were at this house there was a pillow fight with the kids.  So, what did she do this time?  She started another one:) 

Saturday, 10/16/2010

I love a good potluck!  Tonight we hosted our church fellowship group "Crock Pots" at our home, and it was great!  The Crock Pots, a group of 30-somethings, give or take a decade, gather monthly for a potluck.  Although we have historically met at the church, we decided tonight to do our best to meet in our homes.  It is more comfortable to linger in a home than in the big Fellowship Hall at the church.  Tonight we had 14 adults and 6 kids, ranging in age from 8 months to 6 years, in the house tonight.  It was loud and lots of fun!  

We slow cooked a big pork roast all day and turned it into BBQ pulled pork for sandwiches tonight.  We used our standard BBQ pork recipe and it was as good as ever. I did put aside a small dish of pork before adding the sauce so that those in our group who are gluten intolerant could have some.  Who knew that BBQ sauce would have gluten in it?!?

In addition to the pork sandwiches, the potluck included two green salads, a Mexican casserole, sauteed mushrooms, and gluten free desserts.  Our friends Cherie & Tom and their daughter Katie went to a mushroom festival today and came over with some amazing mushrooms.  One variety they brought was called a Lion's Mane Mushroom.  Here's a photo I found online of one:

Cherie chopped up this kind of mushroom along with several others and sauteed them in butter with some cheese and salt and other delicious things.  Even though the flavor was quite good and the house smelled delicious, I am still not a fan of the texture of cooked mushrooms. Ben liked them a lot:)