Oh, hush puppies. Be still, my heart.

Jalapeno ones, in fact... quite tasty ;)

R

So.. what did YOU cook last night?

I thought I was cooking so I'd have some handy low carb things on hand to grab for lunches this week, but the family descended like a swarm of locust and there wasn't much left afterwards. LOL

Italian Meatloaf
Sausage & Kale Zuppa Toscana
Curried Chicken
Chopped Caprese Salad
Mocha Fluff

Usually I'm not this messy of a cook, but I was crunched for time so I left everything hanging out. I had been out of town for four days, had a new cookbook, and felt compelled to be in my kitchen. The family was out of the house and it felt good to be back in the kitchen!

Sausage & Kale Zuppa Toscana in the pot on the left and the beginning of Curry Chicken on the right.

The 13-year-old begged me to go back to the store for more caprese ingredients so he could take it for his lunch today. I was tempted, but I didn't cave. He'll get to have it again next weekend and I'll plan accordingly so he can take some for his lunch next Monday.

I cooked leftover salmon and shrimp and gnocchis with homemade tomato sauce.

I have some very sad news....

Not sure how to say this.. it is.. painful...

I left the house and forgot to bring any of the cheesecake with me....

I know! .. heartbreaking.. I had already sliced off 4 pieces and put them in a nice container to share...

Thank goodness I set it all back in the fridge..

I need a moment of silence...

R

I love salmon and shrimp! I had some shrimp but we had too much of the other stuff.

Cheryl - you have a problem in that kitchen.... I am not there to help.. you know.. clean up the food.. lol

YUM!

I have no pics, so maybe it didn't happen, but the most I've made in the last week is 8 batches of biscuits, and 2 gallons of sausage gravy. Both of my (divorced) parents had surgery last week--one scheduled, one emergency--and they both requested biscuits and gravy for homecoming meals. I made enough to keep both them, and my kids, happy for a few days. I've been grinding pork loin and adding my own spices to make an almost greaseless approximation of heart-healthier sausage. Follow-up doctor visits are this week, and my yard is a mess, so I might not cook again until Easter.

Love the coffee cups.

Boohoo. I want to cook.

I've seen the hot cross buns st the grocery store, but in England the cross isn't icing, it's a paste that goes on before the bake and then gets crusty. And English DH wants the real thing! sherri, yours look good to me though. I don't mind the icing myself! It makes it more like a cinnamon roll

Cheryl, good to see your kitchen in heavy use! Look at that blue. So pretty.

Russ, where's the lemon blueberry cheesecake for spring?

Mama, that's a lot of biscuits! I've been tempted to do them in the toaster oven but I'm not sure how well they'd turn out. I'm afraid the tops would burn.