June 5, 6, 7

Confession - I didn't do anything new on the 5th. But doing two new ones in one day, more than once counts, right?  Right??

June 6, back on the bandwagon. I made Caesar Chicken Tortellini
http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2010/12/caesar-chicken-tortellini-recipe.html
This got great thumbs from the whole family. It was both fast AND easy. Win/win.

June 7 - another two for one!
I was going to start our day with a rhubarb strawberry french toast, but we were out of milk last night.  By the time my hubby got home with more milk, I was over the idea, and just made pancakes with rhubarb strawberry compote instead.

Today was warm and sunny, and the PERFECT day for this drink:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sarasota-lemonade/
Very tasty.  Now, since there were only two of us drinking wine, I halved the recipe, and turned the rest of the lemonade concentrate into a "Cooler" for the kids with sprite. Delicious, and we all enjoyed a pre-dinner "cocktail" in the sunshine.

For supper, I made this.
http://damndelicious.net/2014/04/09/one-pan-mexican-quinoa/
I ended up increasing a couple of amounts, like quinoa and tomatoes, so it was too big to do in my cast iron skillet. I made it in a large saucepan.  Since I had some leftover chill lime shredded pork from the other night, I tossed some in right near the end of cooking.

Wow. My family, my quinoa dis-liking family, all had SECONDS.  Every single one of them.  I call that a win. It was tasty, fresh, fast, and simple. I shredded some cheese and had some sour cream out for those who wanted it, but wow, they ATE QUINOA!

If I wanted any proof that this was a successful month, that was it, right there.