What's for Supper?? ... this week

Monday

Out to eat after gymnastic since Keith is in Chicago for work.

Tuesday

Spinach-Stuffed Pasta Shells

This is an easy supper I can prepare while Grady is at school then just put in the oven.

Wednesday

Jambalaya

Keith is coming home today :) 

Thursday

 Grilled Tilapia w/ veggie

Friday

Live After Five (downtown) or Flatbread Pizza

Saturday

Crockpot Chicken Tacos with Queso & Margaritas

We are celebrating Cinco de Mayo a day early.  Does anyone want to join us??  

Maybe I will make Oven-Baked Churros too.

  

Sunday

Leftovers

Insta-Friday!

Saturday

Started off with Grady's final soccer game of the season at 8am.  

After the game the team went to Mary Lee to have donuts and pass out medals.

 After donuts Keith and Grady went to LSU for Mike's Kids Club Tailgating Party.  

They got to go on a tour of Tiger Stadium.  

 Reece and I went to the Mall and then had Smoothies at home for lunch. 

Press conference?!

Look how big the lockers are.

The Kid's Club provided them with lunch.

Then Grady had some Bouncy house time!

After that the went to watch the Spring Game.

Nachos and sprite and everything's all right :) 

After a short nap Reece and I went to Caroline's 2nd Birthday!!

I am not sure why Reece's shirt came up during these pictures?!?!

Monday

Today at Grady's Gym they started summer registration.  I really wanted to sign Reece up but he needs to be 4 for the Jump N Jacks class, so they let him try it out to see how he would do.   

Here is Reece on the bar over the foam pit.  They said Reece was the best listener in class.   So Grady and Reece will be taking gym at CG's this summer.  

Tuesday

Turkey Stuffed Peppers for supper

Wednesday

Ice cream at CFA today. YUM!!

Thursday

Grady's school had a Thank You Breakfast for all the parents that volunteered this year.  

They gave each of us this cute soap dispenser.

 Friday

After Faith Sharing Reece and I were playing outside and got to watch baby birds leaving their nest.

Playing soccer with Papa Andy!!

Papa Andy came to spend the night and bring us out to supper, but we had one HUGE problem.  The Geek Squad repair man (Clyde) had come at 3:30pm to fix our ice maker for the 4th time.  Once it was 6pm and our ice maker was still in 100 pieces we decided to pick up Greek for supper.  Then right when we were all sitting down to eat Clyde told us he had broken the freon line in our refrigerator and it was shot.  Thank goodness we have another fridge we use from drinks and extra freezer space.  So while Papa Andy and the boys ate supper Keith and I moved everything from the broken fridge to the other one.  Clyde finally left at 8pm Friday night and now we have to go to Best Buy tomorrow to get a new refrigerator.

What's for Supper?? ... this week

Monday

Pulled Pork Sliders

NEW RECIPE!! I saw this in the Williams Sonoma catalog.  

Tuesday

Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Wednesday

Spaghetti With Sausage and Peppers

Thursday

Chicken Fried Rice

Friday

Live After Five (downtown) or Flatbread Pizza

Saturday

leftovers

Sunday

Jambalaya

Cookbook Club Review

Cookbook Club Review

Sesame Chicken Thighs with Garlicky Broccoli 

Last week we tried this new recipe from the Cookbook Club on my Sister's Blog.

I went to 3 or 4 different stores looking for the black bean sauce, but could not find it anywhere.  I found that Hoisin Sauce can be substituted so I bought that instead.  I have to say I was not that impressed with this recipe.  It tasted good but it was not that flavorful, maybe the black bean sauce would have helped.  But I will not be making this again.

I have really liked the all the recipes I have made from a previous cookbook club book, Easy Chinese Recipes.  In those she uses fresh garlic, ginger and a mixture of sauces.   I think I will stick with Chinese recipes from that cookbook.

Insta-Friday

Saturday

Reading a book with Grandma Saturday morning before we headed back to Baton Rouge for Grady's Soccer Game.

Saturday snack we had Strawberry Agua Fresca with fresh picked strawberries!!

Sunday

Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Split Sandwich for lunch!!!

Fresh Strawberry Cream Cake!!

Cool Dudes!

Monday

New sidewalk chalk tools!!

Family fun with sidewalk chalk!!

Tuesday

eith was able to take his hand off the bike for a little while tonight. Reece is so close but seems to be a bit nervous.

Wednesday

Doing the alphabet walk to practice saying his ABC's.

Thursday

Mini Lasagna Cups

Hopscotch!!

Friday

Working on number puzzle!!

Mini Lasagna Cups

Mini Lasagna Cups

1/2 lb lean ground beef
/turkey
1 cup spaghetti sauce

1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1 1/2 cups part skim ricotta cheese
1 T fresh basil, chopped
1 T fresh oregano, chopped
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

24 wonton wrappers

1 1/2 cups shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.   Add spaghetti sauce and red pepper flakes to meat and stir to combine.

In a large bowl, combine the ricotta the basil, oregano, salt and pepper and stir to combine.

Coat a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray, and arrange a wonton wrapper in each cup. Take half the ricotta mixture and divide it among the 12 cups. Top with half of the meat sauce, and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Place another wonton wrapper over the cheese, and repeat the layers by adding the remaining ricotta cheese, meat sauce, and top with shredded cheese.

Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes until the cheese is melted and the wonton wrappers are golden. Cool in the muffin tin for 5-10 minutes before serving.

Makes 12 mini lasagnas or 4 servings.

What's for Supper??? ... this week

First of all I wanted to say my thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the Boston Marathon explosions.

Monday

Grilled Chicken (Keith grilled Sunday night), 

Aunt Sharon's Oriental Cabbage Salad and cooked Carrots

Grady has Gymnastics 

Tuesday

Jambalaya or pick up Cane's (fund raiser for Grady's School)

Wednesday

Corn & Shrimp Soup 

Heat up frozen leftovers since Grady has soccer practice.

Thursday

Mini Lasagna Cups

Friday

Pesto Flatbread Pizza

Saturday

Mini Taco with Queso 

Sunday

Out to eat or leftovers

Grady's Faith Formation is going to a concert for the whole family.

Insta-Friday

Saturday

Reece and I went to Trey's Baptism in Baton Rouge, while Keith coached Grady's Soccer Game.   After Grady's game we went to New Roads for a reception.
On the way home we stopped and got snowball and then Keith roped out a sprayed lines for a soccer field in our backyard.

Sunday

Keith and I pressured washed the house it took us from 10am till 5:30pm. 

We went to Sammy's for supper, the Blue Moon and cheese fries were a nice treat after a hards day work.

Monday

Reece and I played Barrel of Monkeys.

Here are the boys as we were getting ready to go to Grady's gymnastics.  

Tuesday 

Paint the lines and they will come!!  Playing soccer after school.

 

Wednesday

I went to Strawberry picking field trip with Grady!!

Keith took a day off work to stay home with Reece.  They did experiments and had PBJ with raisins, mmm. Reece's choice!!

Reece is really close to riding a pedal bike.

Thursday

Playing in the rain!!
Sesame Chicken Thighs with Garlicky Broccoli - Cookbook Club Recipe

Friday

We went to Mandeville to see Uncle Charles and Aunt Felicia and my dad boiled Crawfish.
Thinking of Sarah with these huge crawfish claws at the boil tonight!!

 

Grandma and her Crazy Boys!

After Crawfish we ate the Strawberry Cream Cake, I made with our fresh strawberries.  It tasted pretty close to Ambrosia's "Fresh Strawberry Cake".  I think next time will spilt the cake batter into the 3 pans so I can have more filling.