Hey all!  Hope that your weekend was relaxing.  Ours was….sorta.  The girls baked for a big portion of the day on Saturday. I cleaned in the basement.  That is a good/icky thing.  😉  You feel good when it’s done….it’s just that it’s icky…trying to make yourself do it.  I’m working on crossing it off of my January Purge list though.  I had better hurry, January has almost come and gone.  We also had a little guy with an ouchy ear and a big guy with an ouchy neck.  😦 😦 Let’s get back to the mmmMonday! part…shall we?  That will perk this “thang” up a bit.

So…I mentioned that the girls were baking.  They got a wild hair and decided that they wanted to make sugar cookies.  Not the easy kind.  No…not my girls.  They don’t want “cheater cookies” that you break and bake. (Like I suggested.)  Plus…they didn’t want my tried and true “roll ’em in a ball and smash ’em with a glass” recipe.  They wanted the kind that you roll out and cut out. (Of course.)  So…I wasn’t sure where I had gotten that recipe before. They consulted Martha.  She always has the recipe you need.  (If it’s complicated enough. Just kidding Martha.) 😉 This is where you can find the recipe.

I was so proud of them.  They are quite the little bakers in training.  (Their husbands will love me…someday…very far away.)  Their cookies were beautiful.  Okay…I would say that even if they looked horrid…because they came from MY kangaroo pouch…but really they were adorable.  Of course we had hearts.  Our little guy even got in there and decorated one in “camo.”  They made one for Daddy too.  Of course I was proud of the turquoise.  Turquoise….is just the color of….happy.  Happy… was how I was feeling when they even cleaned up their mess. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So anyway…when the Mr. dumped out the soup that I was going to take pictures of and feature today (He didn’t know that I was going to do that.)…my oldest said “How bout using our cookies?”  Great point, Girlfriend.  I believe that I will. mmmMonday! will be beautiful this week.  Full of sprinkles.

Have a great day, Dirt Roaders.  Eat a cookie…with us.

So how was your weekend? The Mr. and the kids were off for yesterday’s holiday. Yay! I love…lovity…love long weekends. We really enjoyed getting to spend extra time just relaxing. We also had a nice lunch with friends. That always makes life better. Sooooooo…that is the reason that I was slacking a little yesterday. (You weren’t far from my thoughts.) You are flexible, my wonderful readers, so we are having mmmMonday! on Tuesday! this week.

This probably isn’t something that you would fix your family for supper. Breakfast and lunch would probably be your best bet. My friend Jenny told me about this little healthy treat that she has sometimes. Please…don’t knock it until you try it. It is really so very wonderful. It tastes so naughty…but it really very good for you. Besides…didn’t Elvis like peanut butter and bananas? See…we are throwing a little “Love Me Tender” in there. mmmMonday! on Tuesday…just got better.

Jenny and Elvis’ Peanut Butter/Banana/Honey Toast 🙂

1 slice of whole wheat bread
a smidgen of peanut butter
1 banana
a drizzle of honey

Directions: Toast your bread, add your smidgen of peanut butter, slice your banana and stick on there and then….and only then…drizzle it with honey. Your taste buds will thank you all day long.

Happy Tuesday, Dirt Roaders. I hope that it’s wonderful and I hope that you enjoy this little treat from mmmMonday! on Tuesday!

Hey Friends.  How was your weekend?  Ours was fun.  Our Friday night adventure was a little trip  to a very small neighboring town.  They have a little fish house there, by the river.  It was wonderfully quaint.  Right up my…dirt road…alley. Just a really great time with family.  Saturday had a DIY project thrown in. ( I will show you later in the week.)  Sunday was a wonderful day of worship and relaxation.  Blessings abound and I am very thankful.  So…that brings us to mmmMonday! Are you ready?  I sure am.  mmmMonday! is helping me get fired back up in the foodie department.  🙂  I was feeling a little bored in my kitchen and that is NEVER good at our house.

So last week was our very first mmmMonday! post.  That night when I had my plate fixed I grabbed my camera and snapped a picture for you guys.  Isn’t that nice?  Yeah…I know…that is just how I am.  🙂 Anyway, I am trying to lighten up our meals a tad after all of that holiday food, and this was what I came up with.  It was very good. To give credit…where credit is due, I saw a version of this in my Food Network magazine.  (One of my little treats to myself.  Love…lovity…love that magazine.)

So, this is so easy.  No recipe required…because it’s really just “each to his own.”  I grabbed some steak out of the freezer and cooked it in the iron skillet.  Season with whatever you like. I did freshly cracked pepper, salt and Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning.  After I cooked the steak I let it rest a tad and then sliced it against the grain.  We ate ours on a bed of spinach with feta cheese.  Other toppings: grape tomatoes, fresh mushrooms, cucumbers and onion.  Ranch dressing was a must with my bunch, even though I am known to go with vinaigrette, more often than not.

I hope that you have a wonderful mmmMonday! out there.  May your Monday night supper be wonderful and relaxing, Dirt Roaders.  You deserve it after a busy day.