Saturday, August 11, 2012

last week's menu


  • monday - beef o' bradys (i had a late meeting) :)
  • tuesday - calzones!  i cheat and get the refrigerated pizza dough from the deli at publix.  definitely falls into my much loved "quick, easy and tasty" category :)
  • wednesday - i cannot remember!  seems like we went out...
  • thursday - summer squash and corn chowder with spring salad with grapes and pistachio crusted goat cheese - one of my personal favorites but having soup for dinner tends to depress nate :)  he liked the salad though, it was super easy and the little crusted goat cheese makes it look super fancy :)  it would be a good one for company!
  • friday - something like beef stroganoff with peas-- a family favorite :)  recipe below!



Ingredients

  • 2 cans Campell’s cream of mushroom soup (the normal stuff!  not the healthy request or reduced sodium....trust me!)
  • 1 lb ground beef (lean) 
  • 8 oz fresh mushrooms (regular or portabella) 
  • ½ a medium size onion, diced small 
  • Fresh parsley, chopped (optional, for color) 
  • 1 garlic clove 
  • ¼- ½ cup reduced fat sour cream 
  • Splash of milk (or more!) 
  • Egg noodles 
  • Salt, pepper to taste 


Directions

  1. Sauté onions, set aside. (or if you're feeling lazy  like I often am, just thrown them in near the end of browning the beef)
  2. In a saucepan on medium, brown ground beef, drain off any fat (it will make the sauce too thin). 
  3. Once mostly done, add in mushrooms, onion and garlic, salt/pepper. 
  4. Continue cooking until mushrooms look done. 
  5. Start noodles, cook according to package. 
  6. Add cans of cream of mushroom soup to saucepan, mix well. Add a splash of milk or more to get desired consistency for the sauce. 
  7. Just before serving add sour cream (to taste, I add a couple of spoonfuls at a time) and fresh parsley to sauce, mix well. Serve sauce over egg noodles.

Monday, August 6, 2012

adornment(s)

so every time i've put a bow on addie's head, i think she looks silly but i just ordered some from etsy and i LOVE them :) here's my favorite one:


in other news, we officially have a tummy sleeper!  she's finally figured out how to roll over on purpose and now there's no stopping her!  i think she discovered it around 4:30 in the morning last night based on how i found her when she woke me up :)  and now..the changing table, the bouncy chair, the play gym, that girl is rolling!  every time i put her in the crib on her back today, she flopped over to her belly and slept quite comfortably- i'm hoping this will contribute to some longer naps - these 45 jobs are killing me! :)

Saturday, August 4, 2012

some more snippets

not too much to report this week, but here are some pictures from my phone :)

Sporting a bikini :)  GG gave her this great little onesie :)

Double fisting it at Target!

We know you're not supposed to let your child play with scissors, but they make her so happy!
 
Cleo has been especially attentive this week- I'm not sure what her motivation is (does she care?  does she want addie's toys?  is she jealous?) but she refused to leave the hallway one day while addie was napping.

Keeping herself entertained at Publix :)