Long Easter Weekend Recap

I made this....

Yes, this is a wild turkey leg......yes, I did feel like Wilma Flintstone when I ate it.  The veggies were very delicious.  The turkey was good, but it was a little weird.

I got this.....

This little ditty was on sale for $12.  I always feel like a blue skirt or pants for work and can never find them.

I cleaned up after this....

This little cutie had some tummy troubles last night.  I was up every 2 hours with a puking dog.  She's feeling much better after a nap on the couch with her dad and some plain Greek yogurt.

We also did the obligatory Easter stuff......but I don't have pictures of that and the most exciting thing we did was throw Easter eggs at a tree to watch them explode.  I know, we're exciting.

Easter Overload

I feel like the Easter Bunny has beaten me up.

I promise Menu Sunday (on a Monday) and a full Easter recap will return tomorrow!

Thoughts on a ......Friday!

It's time for thoughts on a Thursday......but on a Friday.

• I'm off today!  I came home yesterday and did absolutely nothing (hence my lack of posting).  I ended up laying the piano for about 2 hours.  I haven't played the piano in a really long time, needless to say it was a little rough.
• Checking your work email while you're off is a bad idea......a really bad idea.
• I have been so productive today.  I've made bread, roasted wild turkey legs (another post coming soon), thoroughly cleaned our house and went to the grocery store.
• I got lots of free goodies in the mail today.  I'm a sucker for free things (even if I don't really need them).  Today's haul was a sample pack of the new Dove for Men line, a Yoplait Greek grocery bag and a coupon for a free thing of orange juice.
• TV during the daytime really does suck.  I've been sucked into watching 3 hours of Law & Order.  It was either that or the Tyra show "I'm Still Stuck on my Ex".

What are your thoughts on a Thursday/Friday?

Recipe Review: Mexican Tortilla Lasagna

 I realized that I haven't done a recipe review in over a month!  I saw the recipe for Mexican Tortilla Lasagna in my Women's Day weekly recipe email and it looked que delicioso.  I ended up running out of tortillas, so yours will hopefully be prettier than mine above.

Overall the recipe was pretty simple and was very yummy.  I substituted ground turkey for the ground beef because it was on sale (of course!).  The recipe says to divide the ingredients between two small dishes and freeze one, but I ended up making one big lasagna.  KB will be eating the leftovers for lunch tomorrow.  I mistakenly picked up some super hot enchilada sauce, so ours were a little spicy, but they were still muy delicioso.

Easter Obsession

Can't.....stop.......eating.....


Seriously, I need these to be gone....NOW!

Menu Sunday

Here's what the Browns will be eating this week:

Mon: Quick Crab Cakes
        I've gotten into planning my meals around what's on sale at the grocery store (nerd alert!).  Crab happened to be on sale, therefore we'll be having these easy crab cakes.  I'll be serving this with some mixed greens that we need to eat before they go bad.

Tues: Mexican Tortilla Lasagna
        Since ground turkey was on sale, I'll be using that as my base instead of ground beef.  The recipe gives directions for making two (one to freeze), but since our freezer isn't that big and it's already full, I'll be halving the recipe.

Wed: Creamy Italian Pasta Salad
         I love pasta salad (and whole wheat pasta was on sale).  This recipe looks pretty simple and like you could easily add more veggies to it.  Since tomatoes are still super expensive, I won't be adding those, but I may add in some peas instead.

Thurs: Something from the freezer
          I'm off on Friday (woohoo!) so I can already tell that I won't feel like cooking on Thursday night.  Right now we have pinto beans, beef stew and caldo verde in our freezer.  I'm sure we can make a meal out of that.

Fri: Who knows!
       I'm off work (yay!), KB isn't (boo).  I'll probably do some of my Easter cooking on this day.  I'm still not really sure what we're doing, so I can't really plan ahead.

What goodies will you be eating this week?

Thoughts on Thursday

Link up with Carolyn to play along!

• A lady I work with sent me a recipe for cake batter truffles.  These look so delicious and delightful!

• My mother is on a mission to learn how to make her own laundry detergent this weekend.  I'll be testing out her concoction next week.....here goes nothing.

• KB is off work Friday and Monday.  I am not.  We normally carpool and he drops me off.  Not only do I have to work while he's at home, but I have to drive myself.

• I've been seriously slacking in the reading department.  It's taken me almost 3 months to read one book.  In the winter I was powering through books, but this spring I haven't been as motivated.

• We were able to take the puppies on a nice long walk today around the hood.  It's been a little chilly and rainy here this week, so this was their first walk in a while.

• My company's summer outing is a "spa day".  We basically get $200 to spend at a spa in A-ville on whatever we want and we get to take the day off to use it.  SCORE!

What are your thoughts on a Thursday????