Ah the peace of a "quiet weekend" with the kids was well needed this weekend indeed. Most weekends we run from place to place always trying to do stuff to keep them entertained. This weekend we stayed home, and I cooked.
It was nice to just stay home and relax for a change. We hung out in the pool for a bit on Saturday, and watched a bunch of DVD's. Well actually my son watched the same one 4 times, but my daughter watched some different stuff.
Like I said I did get a chance to cook too. Friday night I made some sheppard pie for Co and I. It usually is a winter dish, but it was a good change. I made it a bit spicy for Co's taste buds, but perfect for me. There's something about spicy food on a hot day that I love indeed. Saturday I made some pizza, and today I made some homemade fried chicken. It's a wonder I'm 250lbs by now. I don't always eat the healthiest foods, but I do try, this weekend though was comfort food weekend. Of course as always it did lend to some interesting conversations in my household. Mom suggested to me that I bread the chicken in corn meal since it is healthier than white flour. I told her I really didn't think it would matter since I was frying the chicken in Crisco, but said we would try that the next time. I did make one faux pas this weekend, trying to make ranch flavored popcorn. Oh well, live and learn. Everything else turned out good, and I got to spend some time doing what I love, so it was all good. I'm not sure where my love of cooking comes from, but I do enjoy it. I love to come up with a dish people like, and get depressed when it doesn't turn out that way. Maybe it's the fact I'm neurotic, but that's the case with most of my life, I always seem to be looking for approval in some way or another. At least with cooking I do get some joy just by being able to create and use my brain to come up with new dishes.
Unfortunately I didn't get to go to Twenty this weekend. I was thinking about it, and was back and forth about it, but when push came to shove I was enjoying spending time with the kids too much this weekend. Next weekend I'll try to take them again to the beach, and the weekend after is my dad's b-day, so it was our last quiet weekend for a bit.
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Love to all, if you find a recipe for ranch popcorn let me know, and g'nite.
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