Thursday Recap:
8:00am: Coffee with creamer & cinnamon
9:30am: Waffles with butter & flax
I made a waffle for Katie for breakfast yesterday and it just smelled toooo darn good. The call of the waffles is just too tempting sometimesJ
2:00pm: Lunch- Quinoa buffalo chicken mac & cheese
I had made Kristin's recipe for this tangy, cheesy dish over the weekend and polished off the last of it for lunch yesterday. Even Katie tried a few bitesJ
3:00pm: Snack- Peach
My first sweet peach of the summer...although not Katie'sJ hehehehehehhee
6:00pm: Dinner- Pizza Grilled cheese
So dinner last night wasn't as coooooool as the other dinner's this week, but it WAS one that required only about 10 minutes in the kitchen. Which was about all I could handle last nightJ I knew this dinner was going to be 1,2,3 and I STILL almost reached for that phone to call for pizzaJ But instead, I did the next closest thingJ All you have to do is gather up all of your ingredients...
Top the bread with another slice and slather with butter & another sprinkle of garlic...
5 minutes on ye ole griddle...
And wallah! Crunchy & cheesy pizza grilled cheese!
All of the flavors of the garlic & oregano, not to mention the string-y cheese, REALLY brought out the flavors of the pizza. But what put it over the top in the flavor department was a little dip in the tomato sauce/garlic powder pool...YUM!
And since CHEESE was already on the menu, I figured why not go big or go home, right?J So I took some simple summer Jersey corn...
...and kicked it up about 400%!
With, what else??? MORE CHEESE!!!!!
I started with a mix of canola-based mayo with a sprinkle of garlic powder, salt & a dash of chili powder...
Then you slather it on the hot corn...
And then it's time for the corn to take a rolllllll in the cheese! Cotija cheese to be exact (which is what is traditionally used in Mexican street corn.)
And finally a spritz of lime...which is TOTALLY essential! Any bites without the lime were just THISMUCH less spectacular from an absolutely spectacular piece of corn. Want a simple way to impress your guests? Try this out! It's so easy, yet over-the-top deliciousJ
And speaking of over-the-top delicious, a HOT day & night just CALLED for a cool treat...and yesterday I went TOP SHELF...
Cool & creamy mint ice cream surrounded by smooth chocolate mixed with crunchy sugar crystals...talk about DECADENT! These things are definite ONCE IN AWHILE treats, but oh-so worth it when you get to indulge!
And despite my splurge, exercise was just NOT on the menu yesterday. It was one of those days where even the air conditioner didn't make the house cool enough and the last thing I felt like doing at 9pm, at the end of a HOT day, was to sweat some more. I knowJ Scott works outside all day and I think complains about 95% less than me about the heatJ I just can't help myself this time of year!J hahahahhahahaa
Alright, well that's enough complaining from me! Hope you guys have some COOOOOL weekend plans! We have a COOL menu planned for tonight that I'll share with you on Monday, since I know we have PLENTY of dog days still ahead of us...
Have a great weekend!!!!
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