Needless to say, I have been a lot better about taking pictures of the things I have been cooking and have tried out some tasty new things I am going to be blogging about in just a little while. I guess you could say that my New Year's "resolution" will be to be more organized and a better blogger, because, you know, I've missed it.
Anywho, here is some of the random things I have made lately:
Spicy Smashed Kidney Bean and Sweet Potato Burritos.
Potato, Mushroom, and Egg Burrito.
Potato, Mushroom, and Egg Burrito cut open. I just simply cut up 3 small red potatoes, sliced half a container of button mushrooms, a bell pepper, a jalapeno, half an onion, and a couple of cloves of garlic, sautéed it and seasoned it with cumin, cilantro, chipotle chile powder and salt. The I scrambled an egg and stuffed it all in a warmed tortilla.
I hope everyone out there had a wonderful holiday. B and I stayed home this year, and seeing as how we didn't cook anything special on Thanksgiving, we decided to make all our favorite sides for our just-for-two Christmas dinner. After we gorged on the goodies you will see below, we spent the evening playing Sim City 4 together - so much fun, probably my favorite computer game ever. Anyways...
Candied yams for Brett. He really, really likes these. I'm not a marshmallow person, and while I loves sweet potatoes, this isn't really my thing, I make it for Brett.
Garlic mashed red potatoes.
Green bean casserole.
Herbed stuffing.
As you can see, it was a really tasty meal.
Well, I wish everyone a safe and happy New Year's. We will be joining a small contingent of friends and then heading to St. Louis on Friday to spend the weekend with my family. My brother Zac and his wife Brittine just had their first child, Gabriel, and I get to meet him for the first time. I'm Aunt J! The only problem is I am scared shitless of children, particularly little babies and B is hell bent on getting me to hold him.
I will mention one of my excuses for not blogging - I fractured a rib and it is hard to get comfortable. It is finally starting to feel better - there isn't much that can be done for a rib except for giving it time, but I plan on keeping that in my arsenal of excuses as to why I don't need to hold Gabriel. I will get down on the carpet and have a chat with him, where there is no chance of my dropping or otherwise injuring this tiny little human, but that is about as far as it goes. Is it weird to have adult like conversations with infants? I have VERY LITTLE experience and contact with children/babies and I am never sure how to approach/handle them. And my goodness, being pregnant? That has to be one of the creepiest things - ever. I don't think I could ever get comfortable with some creature in my belly, that is just, well, creepy. But I have the maternal instinct of most commitment-phobic males (though, obviously, since I am happily married I am not a commitment-phobe). It has made my grandparents and mother quite sad that I have no desire whatsoever to have children. My dad doesn't really care, he just wants me to be happy, and besides, I have three step-brothers to provide plenty of pitter-pattering little feet. I have a feeling I will do the "cool Aunt from afar" thing - I will bring cool gifts and play with the kid when I am around, but then will happily give him back to Mom and Dad. Nice.
Anywho - I will be writing and scheduling some more recipes to be posted in the next couple of days.
Have a great night everyone!
'Til next time.
4 comments:
we never put marshmallows on our sweet potatoes. mostly because no one really cares for them.
:o) all your food looks good though.
Congrats on becoming an aunt! Don't be afraid of babies...they don't know any better if you mess things up, and besides, I am sure you won't and will be a brilliant aunt :-)
Oh my goodness--I am so sorry to hear about your fractured rib! How did that happen?! I am glad it is starting to feel a bit better...I hope you are back to 100% soon!
Courtney
First off, I wish both of you a happy new year, and think your evening at home was a cozy, comforting way to start off the year.
And as to the sweet potatoes, I've never had the marshmellow thing - it just doesn't sound tasty to my mind. But you're a kind one to make it for B. The rest of the food looks delicious too, especially the kidney bean/sweet potato smash.
And yes, I've had the "adult-type" conversations with infants too, and I think there's nothing wrong with that! Why not? They still hear and pick up on speech patterns, get to feel more comfortable with you (and you with them), etc. Don't be afraid of them, you'll do fine, and kids are remarkably resiliant in many ways.
But sorry to hear about your rib! I've heard that is one of the most painful injuries, and I'm sending you thoughts that you feel much better and are back to normal soon :-)
It looks delicious. I would like to try it out. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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