Since Last Week 6-26-11

Well...here it is..Glen and I decided that we wanted to start blogging about our adventures (mostly the ones in the kitchen) but just in general as well. I used to write a weekly column in a newspaper entitled "Since Last Week" so I thought I would resurrect it for the blog. That way, even if no one else ever reads it, we will have a journal of sorts of our life - at least from this point forward.

As we get ready to leave our "40 somethings" behind us in a few years, it is becoming increasingly more apparent that at some point in the not too distant future it is going to be just us and our blind dog living at home...speaking of blind dogs, that is the most significant thing that has happened since last week in our home. Our little jack russell terrorist..err, I mean terrier... has glaucoma in both eyes now and in spite of all the medicines and eye drops, she woke up last week and couldn't see to jump off the bed. At first we thought we might have to put her down, but she does seem to be adapting. This morning she even ran after a bird that buzzed her in the front yard. It's kind of weird that the birds seem to sense that she isn't a threat any longer. Now they just taunt her...Dang birds.

We first got to thinking about blogging when our daughter gave us this excellent cookbook of a local restaurant. As we started trying a few of the recipes we thought that we should log our results somewhere...thus the idea of blogging (thank you Julie and Julia for the awesome idea)...First we tried the "poached salmon" which was soooooo easy and yummy too. The sauce was better than any I have had and we made it ourselves...sour cream, tabasco, mayo and lemon juice...Seriously? Who would have thought. (Recipes from The Roof). Next he tried the Creme Broule' (not spelled correctly, but too lazy to look it up). The hardest part was finding the little dishes. We honestly could not believe that making this complicated dessert was so easy and so good. Too easy, in fact. We have decided it is not something we "should" make too often, even though we "could" if we wanted. Special occasions only!

Thanks to the cooking show network on TV and my career selling the best cooking tools on the planet (the pampered chef), we are having a blast and getting it done fast...Today's adventure brings us to Paula Deen's homemade macaroni and cheese (y'all). Serving it up with some fresh corn on the cob and chopped salad. The kids and our grandbaby (and really, I mean GRAND BABY) are coming for dinner today so it should be a real hit. We'll keep ya posted..Thanks for visiting!