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Plant Eater...Sometimes

Lately, I have been a big fan of salad. It may have even become one of my favorite foods. Now, for those of you that have fallen out of your chairs, rest assured. I would like nothing more at the moment than to go to my nearest steakhouse and order a fillet and baked potato. With Butter. And Cheese. And Sour Cream. Shoot, you can even melt some butter over the steak for me if you want. Yum.

Enough about my heart attack on a plate. Back to the salads. I like a good salad, but I never seem to make a very good one at home. I can make one out of a bag of course, but leave me to my own devices and soon I'm mixing ranch dressing and crushed up ramen noodles. BUT...today I did it. I made an edible salad. I was so proud of myself that I just had to share.

See, I had a salad yesterday at Paradise Bakery, and despite the fact that one of the fork tongs broke off in my mouth and I almost died from Fork Lacerations to the Intestine, I really enjoyed it. So...I took mental note of everything in it and marched myself up to Market Street last night to buy the ingredients. Again, you don't need to worry about me, because while I was there I felt the need to eat a chicken fried steak. And macaroni and cheese. And mashed potatoes.

Anyhow, without any further ado I give you my salad. Don't laugh at how simple it is.
*Chopped Romaine...not even from a bag, thank you.
*Craisins
*Bleu Cheese crumbles...I have a deep love for this stuff
*Sunflower Seeds...dehulled please
*Lite Caesar Dressing...or the hard stuff if you want.

That's it. Do you have a favorite salad? Would you like to share it with me? If so, leave it here. But I'm not going to lie. I may decide to eat steak instead.

All of my Social Engagements Include Food

What a fun few days! Friday, I went on a field trip with the 1st graders at my school. We went to aquarium in Dallas, and it was a blast. I won't lie; it doesn't smell great. But, it is amazing to see all of God's creatures up close. I mean, who but our God could have created this guy?


Friday night we went to Arlington, because our friends Zach and Benita were in town. Mike grew up with Zach, and then they worked together at our last church. It was great to get to see them and their cute little boy! We also got to see some of our other old friends. Add in Jessica and Caleb and it was a great time! I will not tell you about the crazy people sitting in the back room with us, because it would not be an edifying conversation. But I will say that when Mike said the prayer he had to SCREAM to even be heard!

Last night we went and ate pizza after church with our friends Caleb and Chelsea. After I read about this place on Lauren Stewart's blog, I just had to try it! It didn't take long to convince everyone to go with me. Totally worth it!

I hope that next weekend will be just as fun. Between Eli's arrival (yay!) and Opening Day Monday, I'm sure it will be! And I'm sure I'll have more food to tell you about.

Favorites: Freezer Style

Every once in a while I buy something I just really like, and the Reynolds Handi-Vac fits the bill. It is a small, battery operated way to vaccum-seal your food before you freeze it. So far, I am a big big fan. I HATE when food gets freezer burn. It's just gross. Plus, it seems like the food defrosts a lot faster when I use the Vac. That's what I call it for short. It's just a cute little name I have. I got mine on sale at Target, but I have seen them everywhere. I don't use it for every little thing, but I do take my meats out of the store containers and put them in the bags.

So...just thought I'd share. But don't take my word for it (cue Reading Rainbow music here).

Build That Pony

The fact that I am getting ready to go grocery shopping must mean that Spring Break is almost over. Boo. It was great while it lasted, though.

Thursday I got to go back to A-town (that would be Arlington) to hang out with two of my favorite people: Jessica and Mr. Caleb. They are always a good time. Probably because we are very content to sit on the couch together and do absolutely nothing! Perfect.

At first, I think Jessica and I kind of became friends out of necessity. We both had really great friends in college, but then we came home and realized that none of our friends came with us. Mike had grown up with her family, so we naturally began hanging out and lamenting the fact that we didn't really have that many friends back in good ol' A-town anymore (that's apparently what I call it now). It turned out, though, that we actually had a lot in common...besides our love of sitting on the couch and watching movies. We have a similar love/hate relationship with working, we do love a good trip to Pottery Barn, and we both could school anyone at Friends trivia any day.

Now, I count her among my very best friends, and moving away from her was really hard! It didn't help that I absolutely ADORE her son Caleb. I will never forget that night on the elevator when she confided in me that she was pretty sure she was pregnant (and that she had taken over 7 tests just to make sure). Ha!

Okay, back to Spring Break. On Thursday, Jessica and I took Caleb to Build-a-Bear and it was HI-larious. He didn't really "get it" per se, but he still had a great time making "Pony." He obviously named him too!

Caleb and Pony...