Friday, May 10, 2013

Recipe Journal

Well, I must be nesting because I've been baking, cooking, and cleaning my little heart out! Since I spent the weeks before my son was born packing up our apartment, moving into & painting our new house, and babysitting my niece and nephew, it's kind of nice to be able to use this newfound burst of energy to actually prepare for baby's arrival this time around!

My house is dusted, the laundry pile is getting smaller, half my son's dresser is now filled with adorable newborn sleepers, and there are even a couple of dinners waiting in the freezer. Baby is welcome to come whenever he/she is ready. :)

Here's what I've been cooking up this week:

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  • Southern Belle Chicken Salad: Scrumptious! I served it on leftover cinnamon raisin bagels topped with lettuce and sliced apples. Fruity, refreshing, and delicious: perfect for our picnic in the park.
  • Better Homes & Garden Cookbook's Classic Potato Salad: Made this to serve with the Chicken Salad Sandwiches for our picnic in the park and my husband didn't stop ranting about it! SO easy. 
  • Cocoa White Chocolate Chip Cookies: Made these for my husband's office as per his request. Apparently they were gone by eleven in the morning & have now been named "the brownie cookies." Such an easy recipe to whip up that I really can't take much credit!
  • Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Quinoa: Not a huge fan. A little too nutty for me as a breakfast food. I'll just continue to eat my oatmeal for breakfast and save my quinoa for dinner, though, I should add that my son said, "Mmmm!" after his first taste and then proceeded to scarf down his entire serving.
  • Greena Colada: Saw this recipe on a blog that I recently found. It really did taste just like a pina colada! I substituted 6 oz. greek yogurt for the 1 c. of milk. Probably because I don't have a Vitamix, it didn't turn out as smooth as I would have liked so little chunks of coconut got stuck in my straw. Otherwise, great recipe. 
  • Cranberry & Dark Chocolate Chip Scones: Excited to wrap these up and give them out on Sunday. :)
  • Creamy Polenta with Fried Eggs & Sauteed Vegetables: Delicious and easy dinner I came up with last night. Will post the full recipe soon. 
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Have a great weekend!

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