My kids love my cooking. My husband loves my cooking. I love my cooking, and I love to cook. Sometimes I think I missed my calling being a banker. I think what the difference between my cooking and my husband's cooking or others who don't enjoy to cook is that I love to use spices. Different spices for different meals, and knowing what to use in what dishes, that's what sets apart a fantastic meal from cooking for sustainability.
Tonight's menu was fettuccini Alfredo with chicken and Broccoli. I started with chicken breasts, I cooked them in a skillet with water and some El Dorado seasoning from Epicure - it is a tomato and bell pepper based seasoning with a fair bit of heat to it.
The fettuccini I cooked al dente and drizzled with a bit of rosemary olive oil.
Steamed broccoli.
My sauce I made a simple white sauce with butter and flower, heavy cream and milk, bring to a boil over low heat stirring constantly. Add in some Herb & Garlic seasoning from Epicure, parsley, a touch of nutmeg. I finely chopped some sun-dried tomatoes and tossed them in. After it thickens add fresh grated parmesan cheese.
Toss in a generous portion of fresh baby spinach into the chicken just until wilted and serve up!
The kids loved it.... so did I.
My Valentine, my husband will be away on a work trip this Valentines Day - but that didn't stop the kids and I in putting together some sweet treats and making a beautiful craft for him.
A friend saw these awesome little books made out of a deck of cards online - 52 Reasons I Love You... on each card is a sentiment of what I love about my husband - some of them are quite funny - some of them are very personal, each of them is made with love. The box I decorated up and distressed.
I also made a little canvas with some burlap and canvas scraps. I used my Dymo machine and some stamps.
And finally, the cupcakes. Because what would Valentines Day be without something sweet? Butter Pecan with cream cheese icing. For the larger cupcakes I used a knife to drag the red icing into a heart.
I love a paper line that can be both girl and boy all at the same time! The Winter Fun collection from Carta Bella is just that. And as mentioned in a previous blog post; I love the paper from Carta Bella, the texture is simply fantastic and it's THICK - which is great for distressing. I recently had some photos taken of the kids by the ever talented Sue Belanger - if you are in the Cornwall area take a look at her work. Not only does she make the most amazing jewelry I have seen, she also does children's photography.
For this layout I kept the paper simple by using some simple circles and again with the peek-a-boo flowers and zipper pull, I love this look! A Prima vine from - oh gosh I have no idea how long ago I bought that at Auntie Em's - years I would say. And a bunch more Prima trinkets and flowers, Thickers for the title, and just look at the results! You can purchase this Carta Bella collection at Auntie Em's. Keep an eye on this and Auntie Em's blog for more projects using this line coming up January 1st.
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