I've Been a Bad Blogger......

Has it really been a month since my last blog? I guess so. I was not doing much last month of school except working like a dog and that is not very fun to read about, so I was really sparing you my boring life. Since school has been out I have been in the kitchen a lot. It has been so nice to actually be home and eat a home cooked meal three times a day. Well, I haven't eaten at home every meal - this is the time of year that Cristian and I get to eat out at fun restaurants while Jennifer is at band camp. This is our third year to do it and I think it's been the most fun. We went to City Hall Restaurant at the Keller Arthouse and paid WAY too much for a bottle of wine, but the food was good. We went to Mellow Mushroom and had the BEST pizza! I've had pizza in Chicago that was the best, but this is a different kind of best. If you have never been, go, and then you will understand. We had brunch at Blue Mesa on Sunday and last night we went to Yucatan Taco Stand. Yucatan is GOOD eatin'. There is a new one in Southlake that I will be frequenting often. We have one more night before Mrs. Alcocer gets back to town, so I don't know what we have in store.......

Back to my cooking. It has been unseasonably warm here in Texas for early June. I knew we were in trouble when it was over 100 degrees on June 2nd. I wanted to find some recipes that I could make and eat cold. My new favorite recipe is this recipe for gazpacho from Ina Garten. I'm not sure she has a recipe that I don't like. This stuff was INSANELY good!!!!! I will definitely be eating this all summer. My favorite was when I topped it with some spicy shrimp or spicy fish fillet.

This is a pizza crust from Central Market topped with fig jam, caramelized onions, goat cheese, and prosciutto. I love goat cheese and fig jam. LOVE.

Szechuan Noodles from Ina Garten. Delicious warm or cold.

I made this tonight. It is Nutella-Cherry Oatmeal Squares. I found this recipe on a blog several months ago and I finally got around to trying it tonight. This is deliciousness wrapped with awesomeness stuffed with delight.

And this is some of the fun we had at the end of school. We were very tired of brown bag lunches at this point. Well, in Dean's case he was tired of bags of cheap lunch meat, so we decided to grill out in the office. I am quite sure this broke many fire codes and administrative regulations, but it sure was fun. But when Officer Savage is the only person that comes into the band hall (mainly to mooch whatever food we have), you can pretty much get away with stuff like this. This was mexican day. We had the griddle out earlier in the week making pancakes and bacon for breakfast. Of course, the kids were all confused when they came in for class and it smelled like IHOP.

What is Dean thinking while he eats my homemade salsa? Mmmmmm this is way better than fake corned beef.