Let's Get Cooking

I'm ready!  It's back in the saddle again time.  I've received some emails saying pretty much the same thing so let's get cooking together.  For the next couple of posts, I've decided to meal plan via this blog.  I need help so I'm thinking you might need help.  If not, well, just enjoy the photos.

I heard from my Grainiaunt:  she writes that what really floats her boat (across the Atlantic) is tea or coffee.  "I drink tea the way the British do, not with lemon but with milk and never with cream, only milk.  My mother's mother drank it this way."  She adds "I like my iced tea with lemon and sweetener, lots of lemon which is not good for your teeth, but I drink it with a straw which helps." I love my aunt; she makes me smile.  She drinks coffee at night as a dessert.  "Every morning and every evening after dinner, I fix coffee for myself.  I use exactly a half cup of coffee; I mix it with one half cup of 2 percent milk with one sweet 'n low and one equal.  Tastes like dessert to me and is very 'comforting,' much like a cup of English Breakfast tea."  She also fixes a cup of Earl Grey tea fixed strong with a splash (and only a splash) of 2 percent milk and one equal and one sweet 'n low."  Sounds like a winning duo.  Thank you, my grainiaunt!

Peaches sent a stove-full of photos for meal planning.  Here's one of her photos.  We need the recipes, Peaches!!!  Send immediately please.  I'm drooling as I'm posting this picture.

Eat me!

 She writes "ham, leftover green beans and spaghetti squash casserole.  The bread crumbs on top of the casserole were a bit overcooked-- I had wanted to brown them a bit, then got distracted and they burned a little.  I took this as a sign that I probably could have left them off (she added a smiley face!).  Okay, now inquiry minds want the spaghetti squash casserole recipe.  Send asap!

If this doesn't whet your whistle for food; well, you aren't the grainiacs I thought you were! LOL

I'm cooking too.  Photos and ideas to follow...tomorrow....or Monday or.....  Keep sending your ideas.  I love receiving them.  Oh I have one more....this one is from me.  Last night I came home from work planning to suggest we all go out to eat.  Instead I opened my car door to smell wonderful B-B-Q smells.  Hubby had grilled chicken.  yum.  I opened the front door and smelled onions and green peppers sizzling.  Do I love this man?  I pulled out a bag of already cut up lettuce, already shredded cheese, a can of black beans and corn (MY idea of cooking!) and voilà...

Perfect salad and great netflix movie

 What's cookin' at your place?