Week 4 of our CSA from Grant Farms:

What is a CSA and who is Grant Farms? Check this out: www.grantfarms.com

If you live in Colorado they are definitely worth checking out and signing up with!! My friend Mary got Matt and I hooked and we are so glad she did!!

Look at this week's bounty!

Spinach
Baby Greens
Green Onions
Baby Beets
Kohlrabi
Kale
Snow Peas
Flat Leaf Parsley
Romaine Lettuce
Cilantro


I've been searching all over for recipe ideas for spinach, kohlrabi and cilantro and think I've come up with some ideas that we're excited to try out! One of the best parts about this is being "forced" to try new things-Kohlrabi for example.

Stay tuned-recipe sharing and reviews headed your way!!

2 months old already!!

Our girl is two months old already and I can't believe how fast the time has gone! I swear it feels like just yesterday we were coming home from the hospital!!

She is so much more alert now-smiling all the time and tons of "cooing" and jabbering back and forth. She's starting to try and roll over-not quite getting there but rocking back and forth from her back to her side.

We celebrated her 2nd month with a week and a half long trip to Kansas-I made her sign and brought her bear with us so we could be sure and mark her 2 month birthday with a photo!!

More details on our Kansas trip to come...Stay tuned!!

Matt's 1st Father's Day

Sunday we drove up to Bailey, Colorado to celebrate Father's Day with some good ol' bbq at Hog Heaven www.hogheavenbar-b-que.com.

(I'm from Kansas so I know the difference between a place that calls itself a bbq joint because they put bbq sauce on meat and a place that is a true bbq joint-this place is somewhere in between but one of, if not the best, I've tried in Colorado. The truth is, I have yet to have bbq that can compete with Gates www.gatesbbq.com or Bryants www.arthurbryantsbbq.com -my favorite of the two is Gates-I don't like ribs and I LOVE them at Gates.)

Anyway...I digress...


I had the pork shoulder, sweet potato fries and coleslaw-some of the best coleslaw I've ever had!!
~Pork Shoulder: meat B-, sauce D
~Sweet Potato Fries: C
~Cole Slaw: A
*I think it was some kind of red wine vinegar recipe and it was amazing!!

Matt had the brisket (I never order brisket anywhere because my Daddy makes the best...ever, so why set myself up for disappointment?), baked beans and fried okra.

~Brisket: Meat B, Sauce C

~Baked Beans: wouldn't know I hate them so I didn't try them

~Fried Okra: A

Happy Father's Day to my husband, my best friend, the best father a girl could ever want for her child and the only person I can imagine going on this journey, parenthood, with!

I love you Homis!!

~*SMILE*~

And this time I caught it on camera!

A real smile even, not just one of those smiles brought on by well, you know...a REAL smile!! She started this yesterday along with tons of jabbering and I was able to catch it this morning!!

I could just melt ... her gummy little grin is just too cute, and yes, I'm totally biased!

Walking Beauties

Today we met Clare and Betsy at Hudson Gardens for a day of walking amongst the flowers and on the trails along the Platte River.

The weather was gorgeous, what I learned from Betsy, is also called a Blue Bird Day. This means sunny, blue skies and not a single cloud!

This apparently also means that you should apply sunscreen before walking 5 miles on a day like this...epic fail on my part. This ultimately means that I got sun burnt...and am now sporting a Farmers Burn, much like it's cousin Farmers Tan, only red, um...really red!

Anyway, our walk was great and the gardens were beautiful! ! I love that they have a veggie and herb garden-puts mine to shame. Flowers everywhere and pure nature surrounded us everywhere we went.

Look at this:

Our girls did great, sleeping about 99% of the time and of course 100% of the time being the cutie patooties that they always are!

It's days like this that make me so happy to be able to be home for most of the summer with McClellan. I can't believe that she's 6 weeks old now!! I only have 8 weeks left of my maternity leave...boo!

Egg Salad Sandwhich Anyone?

No...I don't have a photo of this one. Why? Well, because it's so darn yummy that I snarfed it down before thinking about it!

If you like egg salad and you like Gorgonzola cheese then you will LOVE this!

**I left out the pancetta because I whipped this up on the fly and, imagine this, I didn't have any pancetta in the house!

This one is courtesy of Giada DeLauretiis - Enjoy!!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/egg-gorgonzola-and-pancetta-sandwiches-recipe/index.html

Blackberry Muffin Yumminess!

I was supposed to make these about two months ago, just never got around to it. I kept buying blackberries and either they'd go back or we'd eat them before I got a chance, or got the energy and time to make these muffins.

Sunday morning Matt let me sleep while he and McClellan whipped these up-so good! BUT...I have to say, better the the first day warm from the oven.

Enjoy!

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/blackberry_muffins/