Speaking of 4th of July, my mom and I made Katie, Layla and Savannah some red, white and blue tutus. I left it sitting out Sunday night and Katie couldn't wait to put it on when she discovered it on Monday morning.
One of my favorite things about summer is asparagus on the grill!! One of the things I dislike the most is flies in the house. Anyway. I insist on having some every time we grill. So I buy a bunch when it's on sale and make up extra foil pouches and throw them in the freezer. This way when we're grilling, we just take one out and toss it on. And Mommy's happy because she always gets her asparagus!
One of Katie's favorite summer foods? Corn from Nana and Papa's garden of course!! Notice we put her high chair away and she's in a booster like a big girl now!
I've decided to stop counting my crockpot days. We'll now have Crockpot Wednesday! Yea, I got bored with it. Once a week will be fun but not overkill. Today I went with Big Easy Meatloaf
The only thing I changed was to use some bratwurst instead of andouille sausage and I didn't cook it first. That was my plan at least when I had E set the meat out last night. Then I woke up to discover all we had were beer brats (beer = gluten = not for Bugs). I was trying to decide what to do because dragging all 3 kids out just so I could make meatloaf wasn't exactly on my agenda. Then I remembered...I live in the best neighborhood on earth. A few text msgs later and I had some gluten free brats in my hands!
(although it was his wife that saved my meatloaf)
So I mushed all the ingredients together with my hands. It was very satisfyingly smooshie! I plopped it in the loaf pan and stuck it down in my 6 qt crock.
This was my first time cooking with a seperate pan in the crock, but it seemed to work really well! This cooked on high for 4.5 hrs. Towards the end, I tipped the pan up and dumped the grease into the bottom of the crock because it was really grossing me out.
I served it with some veggies and sweet potato fries. E and Moosey each had seconds. Bugs cleaned her plate also. I thought it was okay, but I think prefer traditional meatloaf (aka however it is my mom makes it). I can't wait to try Stephanie's crockpot meatloaf recipe.
Finally, I have an urgent call to prayer. Kjerstin Webb, the sister of one of the families that lives in the very best neighborhood in the world was in a car accident over the weekend. She was very seriously injured, so please lift her up in your prayers. Pray for strength for her family and friends, who are undoubtedly weary. Amy, who also happens to live in my wonderful neighborhood, has a very nice blog that she is keeping up to date with information as well.
7 comments:
yum! thanks for reminder of asparagus on grill!
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and SO GLAD to hear the food allergies are improving! happy dance for you!
oh, i love asparagus on the grill. except i like to put mine directly on the grill so it gets the little char marks on it. mmm!
your sweet potato fries look crispy. are they? mine are good but not crispy. i can't figure out how to make them nice and crunchy in the oven.
meatloaf grease creeps me out. i mold my loaf and put it in a bigger glass baking dish so the grease kind of oozes away from the meat. but still, to look at it, i kind of want to hurl.
i hope your friend makes a full and speedy recovery.
Yay! The tutus look great! Savannah is going to LOVE it! Thank you!
Those sweet potato fries look yummy!
I just left a big comment but it didn't show up. Was wondering what kind of booster you guys are using? We have the same highchair Katie had and even though it "turns into a booster" -- it doesn't work well with those big fat arms on it.
What a sweet 4th of July tutu! Love that! Your asparagus looks so yummy. We eat a lot of that at our house too :) Your idea for putting foil pouches in the freezer is great! Totally stealing that!!
Have a great holiday weekend. I will lift your neighborhood friend and all the family up in prayer.
I found your blog while I was hopping around and when I was reading through I found out... we're neighbors!! Based on the pond... we're literally within walking distance of each other. My daughter also was in Kindergarten at MPS this last year.
What a small world!
ok, i bought asparagus. now what?! ha, ha...off to google grilled asparagus. and we need a booster seat too! we got some foam one for miles and he picked it a part. so graham gets a new one, not a hand me down for once.
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