I saw this recipe (click the colored words for link) in Cooking Light Magazine and thought to myself, "I don't know what a tomatillo is, but dang that looks good!"
I was talking to my mom on the phone as I was dicing up the tomatillos and telling her about the soup I was going to make and she said, "that sounds gross and I bet your little miss picky won't eat that. I don't think any kid would eat it". I said "well, I am going to give her cereal for dinner and if it turns out gross, I guess that is what I will eat too".
You see, sometimes you just have to try something new. I tend to cook the same 5 meals over and over again, so I am always looking for an interesting new dish to change things up. My great Aunt Mary used to say, "there is always the garbage can!" So I like to keep that as my cooking mantra too- well, that and "there is always cereal!"
This is how I made my version of the soup: I took 3 small tomatillos chopped + 1 and 1/2 avocados + 1/4 large container of College Inn coconut curry chicken broth and put it in my cup for my immersion blender. (EVERYONE needs one of these!)
Then I poured it in a saucepan set on low heat, added another 1/4 container of coconut broth, 1/2 container of crab claw meat and poured in 1/3 container of heavy cream (I know it defeats the purpose of "Cooking Light", but I didn't have buttermilk!) I sprinkled it with Old Bay seasoning to taste.
Guess what?! It was delicious! And miss picky even had a spoon of it! (Then had a bowl of cereal!)
Welcome to Mystery Monday! This week I am exploring the mysteries of my memory. Like, why do I only remember the negative things that people say, and the nice things are forgotten so quickly? It should totally be the other way around.
Or whenever I do something stupid, I just can't seem to stop thinking about it, but when I do something completely awesome or cool, I forget about it after about 2 days! Why is it that when I run upstairs to get something, by the time I get to the top step, I have forgotten what I went up there for (I could run up and down the stairs all day!)
And EVERY time I go shopping, no matter how well I am prepared, as soon as I get home I realize that I forgot one thing that I kinda needed! (I would not make a good extreme couponer because most of the time it is my coupons that I forget!)
What is a mystery to you today? Link up and share! The only rule is that you must be a follower to link!
Do you remember your 8th grade dance? When I was in junior high we had dances, but never a big 8th grade dance. I used to have so much fun dancing to songs like this:
These days a lot of middle schools go all out for their 8th grade dances. One school did an "ICE" theme:
My school always goes all out with their designs too. Last night they had a giant "Broadway" sign, with a red carpet for the kids to walk in on.
The kids looked beautiful- not exactly dressed for prom, but dressed in the prettiest party dresses and suits! One thing they had that was a great idea was a "shoe check". The girls were all able to check their shoes when they walked in so that they could DANCE! They had free snacks and punch for them and a photo booth for them to take pictures in.
I took my daughter with me to chaperone and she thought it was great! She can't wait to be in middle school (a few years to go yet, kiddo!) I was proud of the kids that they kept it classy, there wasn't really any grinding (dirty dancing) - just a lot of kids dancing and having fun. Remember the train? Kids still do that! And everyone did the "Casper Slide", "Cupid Shuffle" and of course, the "Dougie"! Thank goodness I had watched this video and could join in!
I decided if I have to go up a size to be comfortable then SO BE IT. I am so tired of giving myself such a hard time about my body. For goodness sakes, a 12 is not fat, it is average. I am good and strong (and hope that I am strong enough to make it through this hike this summer!)
Today, I was talking about clothes with some other moms, and we were talking about how we have a love/hate relationship with Target's clothes. We LOVE their kids clothes! We love how they have all these cute mix and match bottoms and tops all laid out on a table for 3.99-5.99! BUT... we CAN'T STAND their adult clothes. The sizing and fit is so weird, like it isn't made for real people. I don't think I could even cram myself into their size 18! They should just make those cute mix and match clothes for adults too!
When I went shopping for my comfortable non-pinchy clothes, I didn't find any cute mix and match clothes, but I did find these really comfortable shorts at JCPenney:
I also found these really soft t-shirts at Old Navy:
I think I am going to live in these capris from JCPenney:
And finally, I found these cozy Nick and Nora pajamas from Target:
(See, I am not a total Target hater!) What clothes are you going to live in this summer?
I am a teacher and single mom who is always on the go, looking for the next adventure. Anything that I do is either a good time, or a good story~ sometimes both!
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