Run Don't Walk

Run - do not walk to your kitchen and make this. I wish that I could take credit for this great food picture BUT I can take credit for making this for dinner last night. LOVED IT! I always love it when I can find a main dish recipe that does not require meat. This recipe was pretty inexpensive since I had most of the ingredients on hand. The only thing that I had to pick up was bean sprouts and green onions. Everything else was in my cupboards or fridge. I loved that you can make this recipe ahead of time and that it is best served at room temperature.
I am not posting the recipe here. You will have to click here to get it on Leigh Anne's website. She always has amazing recipes with great pictures that she takes. Isn't it great to have pictures so you know what it should look like? She always posts a "Friday Favorite" that you will not want to miss, so check back often. Do not become distracted with her other amazing recipes like Skirt Steak Tacos, Fast Fire Flank Steak, Strawberry Cream Pie, and Rosemary Chicken Pizza to name only a few. These are real life, would cook for your family, tried and true recipes. I have no doubt that you will love what you see. When you visit her blog click on the Friday Favorites or the Cookie Jar to get some awesome stuff.
Thanks Leigh Anne for sharing.

Feelin' the love

Everyday life in the Davis house is always, shall we say, interesting. Today was no exception. Brooklyn has a nasty habit of getting into "things" . Just to touch them, feel them, smell them. Yes, I realize that she is my oldest and should be well beyond this habit however I have failed as a parent because she still does it.
Today I had to run to the bathroom in between chapters of reading Breaking Dawn. I made my trip fast so as to get back to my book. When I was in there I noticed that the first aid kit was pulled out of the cupboard , as is often the case here with all the cuts and scrapes, but this time I noticed that the bathroom smelled a bit - shall we say - minty. The kind of minty that burns your nose. Well back to my comfy chair and my vampire book. As I started my next chapter I started to wiggle in my seat. ( Stop reading now if you are worried about TMI) Ok, now I was getin' seriously wiggly in my seat. I started putting it all together and yelled for my dear sweet Brooklyn. Here is our following conversation:

Mom: Did you get into the Icy Hot in my bathroom?
B: NO, ok maybe I took off the cap but I just put a little on my finger.
Mom: And then what did you do with it?
B: Well it felt weird so I hit it off my finger into the garbage?
Mom: Anything else?
B: Oh yeah, I wiped my finger on the toilet paper.
Mom: Great would that we the same toilet paper that I just used when I went to the bathroom??????
Her eyes got big and then there was a laughing, " sorry, mom"

Luckily for her she had probably knocked most of it off in the garbage so my pain and suffering did not last long. Is there a rule that we still have to love her? Just kidding.....it is good blogging material.

I am trying to get some of the pictures taken of my favorite recipes. Here is a salsa recipe that I have been making for years. It is my friend Debbie Johnson's own creation. I think that our families must have made this a hundred times one summer. The great thing about this recipe is that you do not have to have amazing home grown tomatoes for this to be great. This salsa has fresh chunks of onion and tomatoes in it but it also has blended up canned tomatoes. Even though you will not catch my kids eating a regular tomato they slurp this one up like nobody's business. Tell me how you like it.

Debbie's Salsa
1 yellow onion, finely chopped
5 tomatoes, chopped

In a blender add:
1/2 cup fresh cilantro
1 TBSP salt
2 cans Italian stewed tomatoes
1 lime, all the juice
2 tsp cumin
2 TBSP olive oil
20-30 dashes of Tabasco sauce

Blend and add add to the chopped tomatoes and onions. The fresh tomatoes and onions DO NOT GET BLENDED, just stirred into the mixture.

He's a keeper

So I have mentioned before that this kid is pretty much in love with his stuffed animals. He could be totally entertained by them all day. This little piglet gets especially high usage. Besides using Theodore the chipmunk Hudson will grab "the pig" and bring me the "If you give a pig a pancake" book. Not only does he bring the pig with him to read the book he puts "the pig" in the same position of the pig on that page. It really makes reading the book to him all that more fun.



This is Hudson's other fetish - sleeping in odd places and anywhere except HIS BED.
I have never slept with my babies.....
I have never had kids climb into my bed in the middle of the night......
......Until this one
They broke the mold with him.
He typically will sneak into our bed (only on Charles' side) around 3:30 or 4:00 am. He is so little we do not even know that he is there until our alarm goes off. Recently he has been taken with climbing into his sister's bed. He climbed right into Brooklyn's mummy sleeping bag with her. Sometimes he has been known to improvise if the bed gets a little tight. Here is Hudson completely asleep and perfectly content to finish out the rest of the night sleeping in a box! I swear he has his own bed and a comfy place to sleep.

Any Takers?

Before I put this up on Craigslist I was wondering if there are any takers out there (locally) who would be interested in this Kitchen Aid mixer and it comes with the slicer/shredder attachment. This mixer has been my old standby until I recently got my Bosch mixer that mixes up 4 loaves of bread at once. This will last you for years. Trust me. My aunt has my great grandmas original Kitchen Aid.
I am selling it all for $70. The retail new is about $275. Let me know if you are interested or have someone you know that is. You can just leave your contact info in the comment section or email directly daneedavis@gmail.com