Sunday, Sunday....

lazy Sunday. First, breakfast and the Sunday AJC paper with coffee. Then church with all those lovely people and getting to know them. DH has joined the Men's Bible Study - I can't join the ladies because it is during the work day. But we signed up to bring in pastries for Sunday fellowship and I have offered to make some home-made bio-degradable cleaners for the project to make baskets of cleaning supplies and personal items that low-income families can't buy with food stamps - shampoos, toothpaste, brushes and cleaners, detergents etc. Also getting patterns to crochet prayer shawls for those in the nursing home. But, service is restful - music provided by Dan on guitar, a keyboardist and a set of drums. Simple. Refreshing. Real. It is the first time I have enjoyed church in a long time - it is more personal.

Then home - groceries put away. Took a brief nap (love those naps!) and then up to start to sort through boxes to get things put away. Got some work done in the studio, but have more to do this evening in the bedroom to get the suitcases put away.

Now it is time for DH to watch the PGA tournament and I prepare dinner. I actually love to cook, when I have time. Cooked breakfast - veggie scrambled eggs with cheese, toast and bacon. Now working on dinner - a true Cajun inspired meal. Cajun spiced chicken, red beans and rice, fresh pole beans (cooked with a little bacon) and for dessert - home made banana pudding - the kind with the vanilla wafers. Have to use COOKED vanilla pudding - none of that instant stuff - creamy, cakey, and real. Made Louisiana-style Cuzzin's iced tea - one Luzianne quart tea bag, one mint tea bag, one orange tea bag - 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup Splenda, 1 gallon water. Boil water and pour over the tea bags, THEN add the sugar and Splenda so they don't just sit on the bottom. Add 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup orange juice and 1tsp. mint extract. You can garnish the iced tea with mint leaves - very summery and refreshing....

Yep, cooking is fun. Cooking for two is different. Working on the left-overs thing. DH grilled a turkey breast today, so that will be a good starter for this weeks dinners. Got chorizo for our Thai-fusion Chorizo Stir Fried Rice. Have to bake brownies for a certain boy away from home and banana-strawberry-nut muffins for early breakfast. Maybe a quiche - veggie or bacon? Saw a great recipe for potato-crusted salmon.....hmmmmmm..what box are the recipe books in?

Be blessed,
Kim