Hello friends!
It's been a pretty good week here. My youngest sister, Sarah, was home for a few days on her spring break from BYU-Idaho, so we did a lot of family dinners at the beginning of the week. On Monday evening we went over to Caitlin and Kyle's house (my middle sister and her hubby) for a soup and salad dinner with most of local family. Then, on Tuesday evening, I picked Sarah up and she spent the night and spent all day Wednesday with us. We went to Trader Joe's, Foley's (a local produce stand) and The Nutty Squirrel for gelato - yumm! The rest of the day we just spent at our house hanging out. Then we met most of the same group from Monday night at Rio Blanco down in Auburn. It's our family's favorite restaurant and we go there for lots of birthday celebrations. Their Carne Asada is so yummy! Sarah went back to Caitlin and Kyle's after Rio Blanco and then she headed back to Idaho Thursday morning. It was nice to have her home for a few days. I sure do like that kid. 😁
Brent only has 7 more weeks of school left! Whoop whoop! He hadn't heard anything back about a job interview so he emailed the recruiter to follow up and she told him that they're actually in a hiring freeze right now. She said that when it lifts they'll be hiring for two positions and she'll let him know when that happens. We're still hopeful that it could work out, but kinda bummed that it's fallen through for right now. So, Brent will keep applying for jobs and internships. It sounds like he has a pretty good chance of getting an internship at Madigan (the hopsital on base) since he has a specialized biomed tech interest. We'll see how everything pans out over the next two months!
So, that's what we've been up to the last week, and here's what we've been eating!
Monday 4/10
Breakfast: Eggs and Toast
Lunch: Leftovers and Salad
Dinner: Family dinner at Caitlin and Kyle's because Sarah is home for a few days between semesters!!! - We brought these fudgy brownies. They are delicious and a top contender in my quest for the perfect brownie. Highly recommend!
Tuesday 4/11
Breakfast: Fruit and Broccoli Cheddar Spinach Frittata - It turns out that all of the flooding in Southern California is negatively impacting the broccoli crops down there and the broccoli has been really low quality. Ours went bad really quick, so I didn't have any for this. I just winged it and added orange bell pepper, extra spinach, a few quartered cherry tomatoes and a little bacon bits. Yummo!
Lunch: Salad and Leftovers
Dinner: Fruit and Turkey and Butternut Squash Curry - This was really good! I upped the curry powder a little and added some garam masala. It was a little spicy so I'd add less cayenne powder next time.
Wednesday 4/12
Breakfast: Yogurt and Apple Peanut Butter Toast
Lunch: PB&J, Fruit, Chips
Dinner: Rio Blanco with the fam to celebrate Sarah being home!! - Rio Blanco is my family's favorite restaurant. It's a family owned Mexican place in Auburn and it's delicious. The house I grew up in is a 10 minute drive/15 minute walk away. We go there for lots of family celebrations. If you're ever in Auburn and need some yummy food, check it out in the shopping center at A St and 41st St.
Thursday 4/13
Breakfast: Fruit, Frittata
Lunch: Salad and Chicken Spinach Meatball Soup with Rice - I was really looking forward to this, but Thursday was kind of a lazy day and it didn't happen. I'll probably just make the meatballs this week and then freeze them. That way it's super easy to pull it out for lunch sometime later this month.
Dinner: Salad and Cheesy Broccoli Chicken Casserole - Lazy day prevailed again and we had leftover curry for dinner. We had this on Friday instead since we fed the missionaries and I knew a casserole would be enough food. We had fruit salad, an Asian salad kit from the store, and ice cream with strawberries and hot fudge for dessert. I wish I had added the full amount of garlic, but I thought it sounded like a little much. I think a sharp cheddar would've been nice too.
Friday 4/14
Breakfast: Apple Peanut Butter Toast
Lunch Salad and Leftovers
Dinner: Chips, Guac, and Fish Taco Rice Bowls - We ended up feeding the missionaries on Friday and I didn't have enough fish, so we switched things around and had Cheesy Broccoli Chicken Casserole instead (but we did have this on Saturday). I improvised a little since I didn't want to pickle onions and I didn't want to buy a jicama for such a small amount. So, I cooked the fish as directed, made my own guac and made a homemade mango salsa with some spiced frozen mangoes. We still served it over rice and had purple cabbage, diced tomatoes, and chopped cilantro. It was pretty dang good!
Saturday 4/15
Breakfast: Fruit and Whole Grain Pancakes
Lunch: Grilled Chicken and Orange Strawberry Avocado Salad - lazy day again and leftovers in the fridge that needed to be eaten.
Dinner: Fruit, Salad, and Leftovers
Easter Sunday 4/16
Breakfast: Fruit and Pancakes
Lunch: Sandwiches
Dinner: Barrett Family Easter Dinner
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