Mushy stuff

For Richer or Poor

In Sickness and in Health

Til death do us part

I will love this man for ever and ever with every fiber of my being

Thank you God for bringing this person into my life!

I am blessed..........

Shhh......it is secret!

Don't tell anyone......we snuck out of town..............

Wordless Wednesday: Sad Face

Trying another new food

Last night I made another new entree. So far we've been really lucky with all our new foods that we've been trying.

This time we made Black-Eyed Pea Cakes topped with Corn Salsa. The cakes we made were 10x better than the ones we had in Atlanta. The ones we had in Atlanta had been topped with a Peach relish and we elected to do something a little different. The Corn Salsa was perfect on top!

We also served it up with a side of Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce.....seriously I really love Asparagus!

Watch for the blog about Brussel Sprouts. We both want to give them another try since it's been many years since we've had them. Who knows....maybe we'll like them this time.

Wordless Wednesday: Finally it happened!

Waiting for the green to turn red

I've waited a long, long time for this. Ever since the month of March.

Sorry the picture is blurry. I've been waiting for these plants to grow these for so long.



And now they are everywhere all over the plant. Now I'm waiting for them to turn red so that I can start using them to make my spicy foods even spicier!



All those flowers mean another one is coming. Can you see them?

Pass the Polenta Please

Something about being older makes me more adventurous in tasting new foods. I figure "why not give it a shot" -- you might find something you really like that you're missing out on.

Guacamole for example. I am so mad at myself for not trying it years before I finally did. I could eat Guacamole every single day.....I love the stuff. I'm not about to let something like this ever happen again.

Case in point......polenta. Seen it, heard about it, watched cooking shows with it. Never had it.....but in our continued quest to eat healthier, we decided to make it.

Found a recipe online that said it was Emeril's Perfect Parmesan Polenta. Read the ingredient list over and sounded like the perfect recipe for me.



I think it probably is meant to serve as a side dish, but for our dinner it was going to be our main course. It was so easy to make and quick to clean up.



I ate mine with a little salad and it was a perfect meal. We LOVED the polenta. Looks like this is something we'll be eating more often. We also have ideas of other things that we can add to jazz it up and make it different. This could get interesting!