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What is up everyone?! Long time no see! A lot of you probably didn’t even realize the previous blog existed, but that’s ok. Welcome. Here’s a picture of a stud muffin to make your day brighter…..
There you go. Feeling better?
Anyway, let’s move on, shall we?
So, I have a lot to talk about today. It’s been an interesting month. June, that is. This post will probably come out around July 1st. But anyway, Randy, (the stud muffin in the picture above), his 40th birthday was in June. Anyone else a Gemini out there? So guess where I took him?
“Wreck It Rage Room”! We had such a good time! It’s a 30-minute session and they give you a box of plates, windowpanes, a windshield, some home appliances and a dummy bust to smack around with the variety of tools they give you (bats, crowbars, sledgehammers, etc.). It was very satisfying, I must say.
We celebrated his Birthday dinner with my family. Mom made a BEAUTIFUL Greek salad. I also made him a Chicken Cesar Pizza with a crust made of ground chicken (his request). It turned out so freaking good, guys, you have to try it! Especially if you’re trying to do low carb. Look up
And then…..VACATION TIME!!!!
My cousin has a beach house in Santa Rosa Beach that we use for a family reunion every year or so for a week. We got to go out on his boat twice while we were there and visited Shell Island! You can dock the boat pretty much right up to the shallow water where when you get out, you’re standing. The water was so warm and nice. Very relaxing, and we had an amazing time.
And our adventures weren’t just on the boat….
In other words, we had a fabulous time.
On our way back home we stopped in Savannah, GA. We found this cute place around the corner from the hotel and I got to fulfill my craving for fettuccini alfredo.
And when we got back, we made some homemade hibachi that turned out great.
And you can’t have hibachi without yum yum sauce.
And now I’d like to share a recipe I made from Martha Stewart….Asparagus Timbale.
This was my setup before I started actually cooking. My baking pan lined with a kitchen towel, my brioche mold lined with plastic wrap, a bowl of ice water, prepped veggies (spinach, onion, garlic, and asparagus), seasonings, cream, and eggs.
First blanche your asparagus in boiling water and then dunk it in the ice bath.
Then do the same with the spinach.
Set aside your asparagus heads and chop up the stalks finely.
Saute your onion and garlic in butter.
Blend, blend, blend. I’m not gonna lie, I struggled with this part because I didn’t have a nice big blender, but I made it work.
Add your eggs and seasonings and whisk it up.
Heat up the cream and add that too, as well as the chopped asparagus stalks.
This’ll be your set up when you’re ready to put it in the oven.
When it’s done, this is the texture you want!
And the final result!
And here’s our final thoughts….A SUCCESS!! It turned out quite tasty! I would make this again for sure. It may be a little complicated, but not too bad. I’d say it was worth it.
I’m going to try and do more of these kinds of posts, recipes and stuff (maybe a little more polished, but hey, gotta start somewhere).
And now, drumroll please…..if you read my last blog you cozied up on the popcorn couch with me for our movie reviews. Those are continued now.
So butter and salt your popcorn, grab a soda and watch with me.
Disappearing bodies? Check. Creepy guy who lives at the hotel with a tragic past? Check. Detectives being told not to meddle? Check. Random supernatural entity that, for some reason, didn’t feel quite in place with the rest of the movie? Yup, it had that too.
First of all, I LOVE the house they live in. I have to say though, I figured the movie out from the first. But I still liked it. Darcy was a very likable character. Why do people always tell the other when they’re going to leave an abusive realtionship or ruin someone’s reputation, etc? Do you think they’re just going to let you? Sigh. Anyway, kind of a satisfying ending.
And occasionally we will be adding book reviews to this section.
I ended up enjoying this book. The characters grew on me for sure. Enough for me to get a tad bit ferclempt at a specific part which shall not be spoiled for you (you MIGHT read this, you never know). It took me a while to get used to the characters speaking in “Shakespear” quite a bit, but it did end up adding to the story in a good way. Anyway, I do recommend this.
Alrighty readers. It’s been fun. I’m glad to be back writing this blog. Hopefully you have fun reading it. Let me know if you’ve been any of the places I mention or try any of the recipes I post! I’d love to hear from you!
Until next time! Love ya!
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