Merry Christmas!

Someone is a little excited for Christmas...

Catnip may or may not have been involved :)

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family. We love you and miss you very much! P&E

Honeymoon Recap: Fancy Chairs

The morning of "The Biltmore" day we ate breakfast at our Hotel's restaurant (Red Stag Grill). We were seated next to a big window (looking out at the Biltmore traffic...) in fun fancy red seats.

(please excuse the deer on Patrick's head...they were everywhere in our hotel)

(waiting for my double expresso) :)

(Patrick's GInormous breakfast)

Week 3 of 4

To be honest I wasn't looking forward to most of the recipes dedicated to week 3. Boy was I pleasantly surprised each night. I enjoyed every single one of them.

Recipe 1: chicken paprikash

Excellent sauce that made delicious leftovers with various pastas (yellow rice, white rice, noodles). Didn't care for the sour cream or dill.

Recipe 2: shrimp with white beans and toast

Homemade bread! Delicious.

Recipe 3: asian beef and mango salad

This recipe was very light. Perfect mid week dinner.

Recipe 4: mushroom and herb strata

This recipe was AMAZING. Leftovers were even better. And again we used homemade bread. YUM.

Recipe 5: balsamic-glazed pork with lentils

I have a secret obsession with lentils. Especially because they come in lots of fun colors.

Just got back from the store with our last week (week 4 of 4) ingredients. P and I thought it would be fun to have a "best of" week. We are going to pick our top 5 and make them again! I. can't. wait. Week 4 looks promising so stay tuned!