Friday Night Dinner

Traditionally, I like to go out to eat on Friday nights. I am usually tired from the work week and every other week, it is payday, so why not? Today, I already had a beef roast thawed out in the refrigerator, and I did not want it to go to waste, so I came home and cooked. I got out my iPad and looked up a recipe for a beef round roast and found Perfectly Roasted Bottom Round Roast with Garlic and Thyme. I actually had all the ingredients! Once I got this going, I thought I would pair it with some frozen vegetables, which we always have on hand. Then, I thought, let me see if I have some instant mashed potatoes. Well, I didn't, but I did have some Idaho potatoes in the pantry. So, I looked up a recipe for mashed potatoes and found Perfect Mashed Potatoes. I didn't have any heavy cream on hand, so I found Nestle's Table Cream in the pantry and used that for a substitute. With the frozen broccoli steamed in the bag in the microwave, Voila! A home-cooked meal and all made from scratch!

A La Rachael Ray

In Rachael Ray Magazine she shows the inside of refrigerators of a different star each month. We went to visit my sister in law last weekend, and when I saw her pantry, I knew that I had to blog about it. It is a very spacious pantry: neat, clean, and organized so that everything can be seen and easily found. My sister in law also practices organic living and this is apparent in the foods that she selects for her family. She enjoys shopping at Whole Foods, and practices good, healthy eating habits.



My husband woke me up on Sunday morning and said you have to try this and put a piece of turkey jerky in my face. Normally, my husband would not eat such a thing, but he must have been really hungry to try it. He said that it was really good. I said that of course it was really good. He was like how do you know. I answered that your sister picks out the best of the best and shares it. She would not share it if it was not good. But the way I did not try the turkey jerky because I knew that we were having Chicken Tocino and Chicken Longanisa for breakfast, and I was saving myself for breakfast. Note the package of Turkey Jerky in the upper left hand corner.