Happy President’s Day! Are you one of the lucky one’s who will have the day off? Since NerdDad does, we are all taking the day off from our normal homework!
Monday: Kid’s Eat Free at Chili’s!
Tuesday: Crispy Chicken Thighs but done with boneless legs, Cauliflower, Brown Rice
Wednesday: Spaghetti, Buttery Rolls, Broccoli
Thursday: Hashbrown Casserole, Scrambled Eggs with Spinach
Friday: Hot Dogs for the kids
Don’t get me wrong, I love The Doctor for all the nerdy reasons. Daleks, sonic screw drivers, you name it! But I am still a girl;).
Isn’t that a pretty flower? The story is a little prettier. I was shopping with my NerdPie one Saturday and I parked next to a flower delivery van. So we got out of our car right after the a young man got into the flower delivery van. We were about 20 feet away (I stopped to take pictures for a Whrrl) and the young man who was in the van came running up to us. At first I was thrown off, I mean a young man running after you is a bit shocking. It looked like he was holding something. I looked to see if I dropped something but I seemed to have everything. He was holding out this flower for my little flower. He just said that he thought she might like it and hoped we would have a nice day.
It just touched my heart!
At Thanksgiving, I made a bacon-wrapped turkey breast and it must have left an impression with NerdDad. He requested a bacon-wrapped Turkey for Valentine’s Day dinner. So I made my first bacon-wrapped turkey. It was super easy and a huge hit!
First I rinsed the turkey inside and out (after removing the neck and giblets pack). Then I dried it with paper towels and placed it on a v-shaped roasting rack in a roasting pan. If you don’t have a v-rack, just make a snake out of aluminum foil and put your turkey on top of it!
I mixed up some Pappy’s Seasonings, minced garlic, and olive oil together in a bowl and made a paste. Then I place it under the skin on the breast, leg, and thigh meat while being careful to not tear the skin. Pour some water into the roasting pan.
Then place the turkey in a 500-degree oven for 30 minutes. Then take the turkey out and cover it in bacon! Then place a meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh. Then put the turkey back in the oven and turn the oven down to 350 degrees. Then continue cooking the turkey for 1 1/2 – 2 hours or until the thermometer reads 165 degrees.
Rest the turkey 15-20 minutes. Then carve and serve!
This week’s tackle isn’t actually mine but my husband’s! He built me 2 of these cubby shelves this weekend for me! 1 for the kids’ playroom and 1 for NerdPie! I am so excited because they have so much storage! Thanks honey!
So this is Valentine’s week! Do you have any big food plans?
Monday: See my post all about my V-Day menu!
Tuesday: Beans, Broccoli and Rice
Wednesday: Beans, Shredded Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice
Thursday: Burritos
Friday: Leftover Turkey…
It is almost Valentine’s Day and what would Valentine’s Day be without little mush? So here is this sweet book all about love!
Celebrating Love: Share, Remember, Cherish
Reinforcing the 1-800-flowers.com and Celebrations.com philosophy of helping customers express, connect, and celebrate, McCann balances the practical with the inspirational, and the poignant with the profound, inside this collection of authentic love stories. Full-color drawings illustrate the book throughout and are interspersed with meaningful quotes and little-known facts about love and affection. Divided into four sections based on the distinct seasons of love, Celebrating Love features 150 entries. It even begins with his own sweet love story!
In addition to the release of this book, 1-800-flowers.com is also running the Love Notes contest over on Facebook. Just “like” your favorite bouquet for a chance to win it (or give it)!
Win it! I have been given the opportunity to give 1 copy of Celebrating Love: Share, Remember, Cherish
Mandatory Entry: Now you must do this in order to be entered at all! Just tell me which bouquet you liked!
Extra Entries: This is such an awesome giveaway that I am sure you would like more ways to enter. Make sure you leave an extra comment for each entry.
This giveaway closes on 2/19/11 and the winner will have 24 hours to respond.
This giveaway was made possible by Mom Spark Media who provided one for me and one for thee. As always thoughts and opinions are my own.
Every year I make a special Valentine’s Day dinner at home. Traditionally NerdDad picks dinner for me to make and then I pick out dessert. Since NerdDad got me a torch I think you all can figure out what I am making for dessert;). I just need to find a recipe first!
But back to dinner. I often will make filet mignon, new york strip and one year I even made lobster tails. So when I asked NerdDad what he wanted this year I was a little surprised that is asked for a bacon wrapped turkey. I guess my bacon wrapped turkey breast at Thanksgiving was a hit;).
So my line up is simple:
Bacon Wrapped Turkey (in frig thawing already!)
Mashed Potatoes
Broccoli
Gravy
Buttery Rolls
What can I say, he is easy to please! What are you eating for Valentine’s? Eating out? Ordering in? Making something yummy?
Here are 2 interesting but unrelated bits of news;).
AOL recently picked up the Huffington Post for $315 million in combined cash and stock. Well, within 24 hours the AOL over stock value dropped exactly $315 million. (NYP) Very interesting…
Ever wondered who Patient Zero for H1N1 is? Well, you can go visit the little boy’s statue in the poor village of La Gloria. Apparently some think it will be a big tourist attraction. Can you imagine being this kid? Growing up in your hometown with a statue commemorating that you are the person who basically started an illness that killed 14,000? Hopefully that doesn’t warp him to bad;).
HerInteractive has put out this cute video to promote their new mobile game.