First Day of Spring

 

Today is officially the first day of Spring, or so they say. 

We still have the rest of March to go through. 

We shall see.  I sure am ready for it.

 

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

 

 

Did you remember to wear green today?

 

For dinner, I am fixing Reuben Sandwiches. 

I had thought of doing the traditional corn beef brisket, cabbage and potatoes. 

However, the Reuben Sandwiches sounded good. 

 

I was in the store today buying the ingredients and the lady in the checkout line didn't know what
a Reuben was. 

So for any of you who do not know, it is corn beef (I like to have it sliced really thin), sour kraut, Swiss cheese,

thousand island dressing, and rye bread. 

Put it all together and grill it.  Yum!

 

 

Then for a green dessert, I am making a pistachio pudding pie in a graham cracker crust topped with cool whip.

Ok, so not the best picture.  It had not fully set. 
However it was yummy and refreshing.

 

Today is also my oldest niece's birthday. 

 

Happy Birthday Katie!!

 

You are making your Auntie old!

Hope you have a wonderful birthday.  We love you!

 

 

Spring??

 

Where is Spring?

 

I know we technically have almost a week before Spring officially begins.

However it teased us the beginning of this week.

 

We had two beautiful days and it was just wonderful!

I guess you could say it gave us hope after the long, long, bitterly cold, snowy winter.

It was just a teaser though.

 

Wednesday night, the North Wind blew in hard and strong bringing with it the cold temperatures.

How windy was it, you ask?

 

Well, the cover on Ray's grill (which sits on the deck on the back of the house) was ripped off and blown all the way around to the front of the house. 

 

I could not believe it.  This is not just a little cheap flimsy cover.  This is a custom fit, heavy duty cover and

it was at the back of the house!

 

The wind was still blowing this morning when Ray left for work.  It just wasn't blowing as hard, thankfully.

 

In other news,

Ray hit a deer on his way to work this morning. 

Thankfully he is ok, however the vehicle will need some work.

 

Creamy Tomato Pasta

Tonight I wanted something a little different and definitely simple.  I knew that I was going to do pasta but didn't want spaghetti again.  I wanted something creamy.

So, I made Creamy Tomato Pasta.

 

A couple notes, I added a little fresh spinach

when the sauce was almost done.

I used Fettuccine but any pasta would work.

 

Check under recipes for the details.

Grilling

Well, Ray could not take it anymore. 

He had to fire up the grill.

So, standing on ice and snow,

he grilled some hamburgers and chicken. 

The smell was divine!! 

The taste fantastic!!

 

 

Now I don't have to cook for a while. 

We can just enjoy the wonderful Hickory smoked,

grilled food that reminds us of summer.  

Even if they are calling for another snow storm.