More Food!

Don't be afraid. It's only food. REALLY good food! I learned not to be afraid of so much of it years ago. I mean
I do have a German mother who grew up on a farm and made everything from scratch my entire life! When you make mashed potatoes, you ALWAYS use real butter and 1/2 & 1/2. When you make a piece of meat, you make enough for the family and then some extra for, well, breakfast and maybe lunch the next day!
I will now share with you the rest of my eating adventures during my stay with Charles. There was the cheese and lamb steak dinner. Yum! Did I say yum? YUM! YUM! YUM! 5 kids of cheese (drippy, gooey, french and fabulous) and there were 3 steaks for 2 of us which made for a KILLER lamb sandwich the next day. Oh, and mom, we did have broccoli too. We've got to have SOMETHING to scrub the fat out of our arteries! :o)

One of my other favorite meals was a three courser. Cheese (of course) then a fantastic plate of luscious, tender, melt-in-your-mouth chicken livers (they were so delicious, I almost passed out!) Then came the grass fed pork chops, sauteed king mushrooms in garlic & ginger, and sauteed kale with onions and garlic. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to really make sure I am still alive and not in heaven. I'm thinking maybe Charles and I should take up that 250 miles a week on the bike again. RIGHT NOW!

Then, there was the steamed mussels, crab cakes and salmon dinner too! UGH! I swear I don't weigh 250 pounds........... YET! Thank goodness for the walking we do to shop for all of this food. We have to lose an ounce here and there some how. :o) I just really can't get enough sea food.

The grand finale of

meals was a doozy! Thank goodness Kevin came over to help us with this one. Again, there was

the cheese! We then fell into the ginormous side-or-beef steaks, sauteed mushroom, grilled onions and mashed potatoes (yes mom, I used the real

butter and 1/2 & 1/2!). Oh, and lets not forget the salad. Got to scrub those arteries. I must say that the thing makes me happiest in my life (besides Rowan) is the magic that takes place while cooking good food, with good friends and eating it while drinking good wine over good conversation. Cheers!