I have been determined to eat some of the older food (mainly frozed meat) that have been hanging out in our freezer.  I feel like Adam is always ready to go grocery shopping before we ever get around to eat everything we have, which inevitably leads to the oldest stuff (bottom of the pile) never getting touched. 

Last night, I decided to use up our frozen shrimp, something I bought on a whim months ago.  Adam was not on-board with this little exercise and claimed he didn't like shrimp - Since when?  I found a receipe for cilantro-shrimp, which was perfect since I had accidently bought cilantro last week instead of parsley, and Adam won't touch that either.  The marinade had cilantro, parsley, lemon and garlic in it - i whipped it up with some oil in the food processor, similar to a pesto.....  the shrimp ended up being tough, which I don't think was my fault.  No more frozen shrimp in our house.  

Last time I went grocery shopping alone (a rarity since I hate that chore and Adam actually enjoys it), I bought plain cous cous, because I felt like we were always making one of those Near East boxes and throwing half of it out.... I've been looking forward to experimenting with flavors.  I found a receipe for Lemon-herb couc cous, which was easy since there was plenty of ingredient overlap.  I think I put in too much liquid - texture was a bit off, but the flavor was good. 

Lastly, I made a salad with a yellow & red tomatoes and a red onion with a homemade balsamic dressing - easily the tastiest part of my dinner.

What did Adam have for dinner?  Frozen pizza... not exactly what I was trying to purge the freezer of!!!

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Adam pointed out this funny article in The Onion that I have been meaning to link too....  funny

Here's an excerpt: According to reports, Svoboda's wife of seven years, Linda Svoboda, was visiting her sister in Kansas City when an unexpected auto repair emergency left her stranded there for three days. Her drive home delayed indefinitely, she was unable to provide Svoboda with life-giving foodstuffs for over 72 hours.

Although police and investigative authorities are still gathering data, early reconstructions indicate that Svoboda, 31, ran out of the pre-prepared sack lunches and frozen spaghetti dinners his wife had left him before her trip at approximately 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, probably during the local telecast of the Prairieville/Dunston high school football game.

I couldn't stop giggling after I read it.... Its especially funny when you think about how my colleague's wife was worried about feeding him when she was away, as was I when I left Adam solo for an extended business trip. 

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What are the 10 foods you must have in your refrigerator and/or your kitchen cabinet? 
Submitted by Carol.  

1)  Fruit, especially in the summer.... blueberries, nectarines, apples....

2) Veggies, I'm especially fond of cucumber salad and raw peas (don't ask me why)

3) Cheese, any kind, multiple types.  I love nothing more than Triscuits (4) and cheese, with some hard salami (5) as a snack when I get home from work

6) White wine (to go with my cheese & crackers snack, of course!!!).

7) German dill pickles - yummy! 

8) Milano cookies - My mom used to call them "Adult food" and my sister I weren't allowed to touch them when we were growing up... of course, that didn't always stop us from trying to sneak some.... In our little-kid minds, we thought my mom didn't know...

9) Frozen french bread pizza - A "we don't feel like cooking" staple! 

10) Hmmm... that about covers me.  Adam needs to have Ramen on hand, so I'll add that to the list....

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Adam and I were cooking fiends today!!!

The day started off with a big egg & bacon breakfast, with momosas, of course. as we watched Federer beat Nadal in the Wimbledon finals.  A perfect start to an enjoyable Sunday.  The match went to 5 sets and at the start of the 5th set it was impossible to predict who would come out on top.

Adam cooked Dan's "Heart Attack" spaghetti sauce, which took hours and hours to simmer and perfect this afternoon.  Meanwhile, I made tuna noodle salad, prepped my salad fixin's for a week of lunches, made potato salad and string bean salad (for the baseball picnic dinner I'm going to tomorrow night), and then, after dinner was cleaned up, I got motivated to make banana bread... of yeah, and Adam (my loving husband) grilled up my skirt steak, which is also for tomorrow.  The only thing I didn't get to was the fruit salad, but I just didn't have it in me anymore.

I also ironed a bunch of clothes tonight while I watched The 4400 and managed to cram in some work - Wow, what a day!  It always feels good getting up for work on Monday morning knowing that my outfit is already ironed, my lunch is prepped, and my workout clothes are ready to go. 

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I have cooked three dinners, unchaperoned by Adam in the past week.  Wow!  I normally average about one meal a month, and that is usually with some supervision.  I have made stuffed shells, Minestrone, and tried a new recipe - Chicken Pot Pie, No Pie (it's a pot of the filing, minus the step of baking the mixture in a pie shell)

Stuffed shells is the first dinner I learned how to cook.  I used to make them about once a month when I was younger so my mom wouldn't have to cook dinner when she came home from work.  I joked with Adam that the other two recipes aren't really "cooking" as much as "prepping", because both call for alot of veggie cutting into a big simmering pot.  I do have to pat mysefl on the back though for finally learning how to season - that has always been the most difficult for me and my food used to turn out pretty bland. 

I already warned Adam that he shouldn't get too comfortable this new arrangement - I'm sure its short lived. 

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This weekend, we bought a grill pan.  Patti made the most delicious grilled asparagus last time we were over and it didn't taste nearly as good when we tried to replicate the recipe at home.  An added perk to a grill pan is that it may decrease the frequency that Adam complains that food would taste better if we could grill.  Can't wait to try it out tonight!

Update - we had the most amazing steaks last night, no grilled veggies yet, but the first meal with the new pan was delicious!

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