Well, hello! I’ve been cooking more than sewing, so you’re getting another food post. These are in a very mixed up order though.
First up, we may as well start with dessert! Easter dessert to be precise. I made a new recipe of Key Lime Pie Bars from this recipe: https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/key-lime-pie-bars/
They were very yummy! My MIL made brownies as well, so we had a little sliver of each. This bad picture is from later in the week when I realized I hadn’t gotten a picture yet. 🙂 I would make these again for sure!
After getting an unexpected ham in our grocery order on top of this ham, which we had ordered from another grocery order, I decided we obviously needed to eat some of it. We had glazed ham, rosemary roasted potatoes, and roasted carrots. The carrots may look slightly burnt, but they were certainly not. Now, what to do with the 10 or more pounds of ham in the freezer…
I made a fancy drink too. This is a grapefruit, elderflower, and gin drink. My Star Trek drink group had mentioned that it was National Gin and Tonic day and I wanted to join in the fun. It was fun! The pink color is all natural and it had a very interesting combo of flavors from the bitter tonic and grapefruit. I will definitely make this again. https://theforkedspoon.com/elderflower-grapefruit-gin-tonics/
This is one of the things I did with the leftover ham. Here’s the recipe. https://iwashyoudry.com/cheesy-leftover-ham-and-rice-casserole/
We didn’t have condensed cheese soups, so I used one can of cream of chicken and one can of cream of mushroom. It made a lot of casserole and I got super tired of it after the second day. It was a little bland and salty at the same time. The Husband liked it though!
Speaking of the Husband, he had pork one night while I had curry.
We had lime cilantro chicken with pico and cilantro rice as well. It’s always good and relatively quick. I chopped everything for the pico using the food processor this time. I like it better that way, but the Husband prefers the bigger hand chopped pieces. I had a tendonitis flare while trying to finish a big sewing project, so the food processor was the way to go this time. It’s always a hit.
This potato soup was the Husband’s serving. I thought he did an excellent job with the bacon bits. I didn’t eat the bacon myself as it didn’t treat me right last time. Boo! This was good and I was able to use up potatoes that were terrible when roasted, but softened really well in soup form.
These were turkey lettuce wraps. Nothing super special, but very refreshing, light, and scrumptious.
We had mushroom cream sauce pasta and I added broccoli to mine. The Husband really doesn’t like green things sometimes. Piggy likes broccoli though! It was a nice quick and easy meal.
And last but not least, a warm, comforting bowl of oatmeal. I always forget I can make oatmeal and that I like it. This bowl was topped with brown sugar, butter, pecans, and a golden raisin and dried berries mix.
So there you have it! I haven’t been cooking much this past week because the Husband has been away on business and I’ve enjoyed eating sandwiches with sides. I’ve acquired a few more cookbooks lately, so really need to pick my next one to focus on. For now, I’ll say goodnight!
