Oh so many days of food

I feel like so much has been happening, and at the same time, nothing seems to be happening at all. I've been busy with yard and house projects, and have definitely been eating (my scale will verify that), but have run out of time to get online and tell you all about it. So, there are three days worth of food and stories here. 

Starting out as I like to begin - with dessert. It seems that cookies are my go to, although I wouldn't have said that was true a few months ago. Apparently having a set of scoops that make uniform cookies with minimal effort makes things better. Or maybe I've just gotten more patient with the process. After all, I get delicious results. Anyway, I was tired of chocolate chip cookies, and we had a jar of almond toffee chunks we bought at Costco, so toffee cookies it was. I used a basic chocolate chip recipe, and subbed the broken up toffee pieces for chips. And yeah, they are super delicious.

Since I've been off of work, Walter is usually the one that makes breakfast for the two of us. It's a great routine that we have - usually he cooks breakfast, we sit down and watch "The Daily Show," and then he goes to work and I clean up the kitchen before getting on with the rest of the day. On Friday, he asked me if I wanted him to cook a corned beef that we had frozen for the next morning. I love corned beef hash, so I said YES!.  He thawed it out and put it in the smoker overnight. The next morning, all I had to do was dice some potatoes, toss in the corned beef, and make a couple pieces of toast. It was all smoky and rich, and the potatoes were soft and creamy. That man sure can smoke some meat!! It went especially well with cartoons on a cloudy Saturday morning.

Finally, as I've said before, sometimes simple food is the best. One of the best examples is tacos or burritos filled with familiar ingredients. On Sunday night, I fried up chorizo with some diced potatoes for taco filling. We cooked some flour tortillas, added some cheese, and put the whole thing into the toaster oven to melt the cheese and make the tortillas crunchy. It was so good, we had it again last night! I'm not usually one for leftovers, but there are always exceptions, and this is one for sure. 

Stay healthy and happy - remember when you're thankful for all that you have, be thankful for all that you don't have as well!