Food and Other Joys in Life

Trenton and I were very loved and given many many appliances for to help with the cooking in our home. As such, our married life has been very full of food. Sure, there have been a couple nights that we haven't eaten super fine fare...pasta roni and frozen pizza still have their place in life. There is something to be said for cheap, easy food.

Here's what is to be said about it: it's cheap and easy.

But it's also fun to make more exciting meals. So here is a look at a few of the things we've made together.

If that doesn't seem too exciting then just keep scrolling for a bit my friends because there is something fun waiting later in this post. More fun than food, even!? What could I ever love more than food!!!

A fair and a valuable question, and one which will be answered. All in due course, little ones.

Once for Family Home Evening (we have super great FHE over here. It pretty much goes like a five minute discussion of a principle, read the scriptures, watch a movie or show.) we decided to make some marshmallow popcorn. We even used our air popper to do it! It was tasty and fun and exciting. You can tell how fun and excited Trenton is.

Another time, while Trenton was at work and before I started working (note: I started working!  Over a whole week ago. That, in part, is why I've been not doing so good at my posting on here. Being at work means less free time to write all the things. Then I get home and write my 500 words - the novel is coming along! It really is! I'm pretty thrilled! - and then I go pick up Trenton from work. No blog. Sad day.) I decided to make some banana bread. We had bought bananas but some of them had got mooshy and brown and so the obvious solution was to make banana bread. This particular bread even has chocolate chips in it.

One of the first meals we made together was an Italian skillet meal. It was delicious. If you want more information on it then you can ask, but I feel like there really isn't so much that needs to be said about a skillet meal. It was way yummy though. I apologize for the non-professional plating. There is totally sauce smeared on the plate. Alex Guarnaschelli from Chopped would hate me and think it was an egregious error.

This was tasty and I totally forgot we ate it like this until just barely! Carrie Johnson, Trenton's mom's best friend and an all around lovely individual, gave Trenton and I a cookbook with a recipe for French dip beef in the crockpot. This was our first use of the crock pot the lovely Sirie McCoy and her husband gave us, so it was like a double first use of presents. The beef turned out lovely, and we put it on PRETZEL ROLLS FROM COSTCO which are basically the best. The reason I ever even knew about pretzel rolls from Costco is because I had them in Georgia with my beautiful aunt Shauna and I thought to myself, "self, these pretzel rolls are made of yum". So, certainly, I went to the store named Costco with my mom who has a Costco card (I don't) and purchased Costco muffins and Pretzel rolls and bacon, and it was a happy day. Anyway, these sandwiches were good. Good and tasty. Yum.

Also, sometimes Trenton cooks eggs for me. In these eggs he put bacon and also some of the leftover beef from our French dip sandwiches which he seasoned with Chipotle to make smoky and divine. It is worth noting that the Chipotle came from Hot Licks in San Diego. Trenton bought it and I made him pose. 

Hot licks!! See, I told you it happened!!!

Anyway, we made delicious egg on tortilla bites. Like a breakfast burrito but I didn't call it that and I'm not sure we ate it for breakfast, I really don't remember. 

Now. I promise you something else was lurking down here. And here in fact, the something is. 

What could be better than food?! Or at least as wonderful to experience!? Dancing! That's right! 

Trenton and I like to play Just Dance with his old roommates sometimes. And sometimes Trenton and Clint do the worst dances ever. This is one of them. Another time they did the "In the Summertime" dance which contained a song I'd never heard before. You're probably lucky and haven't heard it either. 

But now you have the opportunity to, should you desire it.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! OH MY GOODNESS. I am so scared and horrified at this man's sideburns that I want to take it down and pretend it never happened. But I feel like maybe you should be scared with me and know what I had to see with my eyes just barely. 

I want to cry. 

This could have a post all it's own.

But now the post is done. 

I miss you all.

I hope you don't stop reading my blog forever because that man's sideburns are the scariest thing on anyone's face.