You know your life revolves around food when the highlight of your week (which at any given week includes traveling, playdates, and moms' nights out, and trips Petco to look at birds and mice) is shopping for groceries. Don't even get me started when it's Farmers Market season.
And now that I'm enjoying a good bottle of wine more often these days, it makes planning for and cooking meals that much more enjoyable.
I have been experimenting with kale these days, and this pesto was so much fun to create with it. Olive oil, parmesan...what's not to love? Oh, the kale. If you don't like it. Yeah, it's an acquired taste- but if you like kale, you'll adore this pesto. And a white wine goes so well with it. Especially a chardonnay that escapes the usual discrimination- too oaky, dry, whatever- it's great!
(Ignore the naughty name if you must, but try the wine.)
We tossed some whole-wheat spaghetti (Target has a great store brand, just FYI) with the pesto and sauteed up some fresh, chopped tomatoes and mushrooms for a side. The white stuff in there is goat cheese. Give it a shot- goat cheese can be a great complement to vegetables!
I really don't know what I'll do when tomato season and Farmers Market season is over.
Really, it's worse than the post-college-football-season slump I get into. I like the Chiefs and all, but NFL post-season just doesn't compare to college football game days. (Okay, unless said NFL post-season game day involves beer, my giant and soft Chiefs blanket, and James at the grill. And possibly a babysitter.)
But that's a lot of 'unlesses.'
"Whassup with that, Moms? I dig football, too!"
Sorry, Feesh.
Anyway, to cheer myself up from that gloomy thinking, please allow me to share with you some ridiculously good recipes. I planned a menu full of my favorites this week, (some from my 'tested' board on Pinterest) seeing as we will be hitting a travel deluge once we hit August and on through October and well-planned cooking may fall by the wayside a bit.
Do yourself a favor- don't ignore the salad. I repeat, do not ignore the salad.
It's just too good to pass up. It is the most tasty recipe I've followed in a very long time.
7/25: Buffalo Chicken Tacos
I am actually using quinoa because I have it on hand already.
7/30: Mama's Night Out
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