Tonight,  Mike prayed the Lord would give us enough rain for summer irrigation's. Does he not know it's been raining for 4 day's straight and I am in a moderately sized home with 4 children, 3 of which are boy's? I see the outside as an extension of my home. I wouldn't trade this house for a bigger one if it meant a smaller yard. I wouldn't know what to do. I don't know what to do. Ahhhhhh!

So I cook. We cook.

Yesterday, I ended up at the grocery during piano lessons, without my list. And rather than trying to remember everything for that evening's dinner, let alone the rest of the week, I decided to amuse myself and grabbed an Everyday Food magazine from the rack and plan a few meals right then and there.

You have to get your hands on this issue! It's the "light cooking" issue of the year, it being January and all, and I'm sure over at MSL they're banking on all the 'drop a few pounds' new years resolution's. 

So Yesterday evening, I whipped up the Brown Rice Bowl with shrimp, snow peas and avocado. My family absolutely loved it!

I did steamed peas instead of snow because I new they would go over better, and put the avocado on the side, to be added by the 4 of us who would eat it.

I left the magazine out on the table and J flipped through it, deciding he needed to make the Light Pineapple Upside- down Cake.Two thumbs up!

Tonight, I made the Sesame Green Beans to go with my tortellini, bread (Little Miss helped me make) and orange wedges. Huge hit!

 I am a boring vegetable maker. I like just about everything steamed or roasted and served plain, except carrots. Carrots are better raw. So when I find a recipe that jazzes up a vegetable without compromising the nutritional value, I can get pretty excited.

They make a great evening snack too, with Clos DU Bois.