I'm back. Yesterday the hubby came home and brought along a spectacular tree along with the deer. I mean it's tall. About 7 feet tall, long fur tree. The sad thing is I came in the house walked up the stairs and went to the dining room to open the unwanted monthly bills. LOL. Any other person would have noticed it. I usually am a very alert individual so I was a bit unnerved to find that I overlooked this big ol' tree. When I finally took notice to it, I jumped for joy. "oooohhhhh the tree" I said. Fast forward to today. I told the hubby to get the last years ornaments and decorations out from downstairs. I had it all planned. Bake some cookies, put on xmas music, trim the tree and drink cocoa. (I am not a fan of eggnog) We had a date set but one tiny thing prohibited this date from happening. No cookies. I forgot to buy them at the grocery store. So our date has been rescheduled until tomorrow. I like things simple. So the tree will consist of lights, ball ornaments in red and silver and a topper. Oh and candy canes. No garland, no icicles, or any other additional item. It looks good to me like this and it's less stuff to try to pack away. I just love the site of the lights all lit up and alternating colors. I love this time of the year.
I love to cook. I don't do it as often as I would like because of my work hours/commute but when I do cook I enjoy it. Ideally I would like to cook a good home cooked meal every day except Saturday but that's not always the case. I have to say I get bored with eating the same foods all the time. Yes, chicken can be cooked numerous ways but it's still chicken. You have your beef and pork but again, it's still the same. So at one point I started perusing the Food Network for recipes. I like my good ol' soul food but I wanted to try something new. I have a few that I tried and liked and have added to my collection of recipes. Making recipes require prep time. I'm not in the mood nor do I have the time for this type of thing often. So today I kept it simple. Cornished hens stuffed with portabello mushrooms, green peppers, garlic and onions. Along with dill weed red potatoes and broccoli. After it was done the hubby jokingly suggested I take a pic and put it on my blog. Ha! He told that to the wrong person. I ran and got my camera and snapped a few pics. That is what it looked like in the picture above. Now I'm new to this blog thing and can't for the life of me figure out how to get the picture where I want it positioned. Folks this food was delicious. I have to toot my own horn but it's nothing new. I am a great cook. I hope to someday have that dream kitchen that makes you want to cook all day everyday. I wish you all could taste it but you can't. Sorry :-) Tomorrow is strip aerobics so I won't be cooking because it will be very late when I return home.
I am going to finish my glass of wine and call it a night everyone. Until next time.......
2 comments:
It looks really good! I wish I could cook, but sadly, I can't. What do you eat when you don't have time to cook a good meal?
Also, sadly, I am not one of those people that care for Christmas. I wish I could get into it, because it's definitely all around. I do like looking at nicely decorated trees and lights, though.
You aren't alone. My mother had me in the kitchen at age 9 watching her cook. On those other nights I try to do fast meals. Mainly consisting of salad. So maybe I would sear some salmon or saute chicken breasts. Anything that doens't take longer than 15-20 minutes.
Have you always not cared for Christmas? For me it's definitely not about the gifts. I do give them but that isn't it. It's the only time I get to have all my immediate family members under one roof. The music really helps me get into the spirit of it too. You just see so much laughter and smiles that day. But hey, you are not alone.
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