Fajita Night

Today was one of the best days I’ve had in a while. It was nearly perfect. I cooked all day long.

Now will one of you please come do my dishes?? Please?

Okay, I did cook 3 square meals and put a couple pies in the icebox for tomorrow, but what really made my day was who I got to spend it with. I spent the entire day with my amazing husband. Did I mention that he’s really good at working on my projects on his holiday vacation?

Oh, and the projects are not done yet Deck and patio finishing resumes tomorrow assuming the weather cooperates. I’ll be working on the second garden box and keeping both the kids alive in the construction. (Before and after pictures coming, promise!)

Let me see if there’s a sneak peak somewhere on my phone….

So back to my perfect day. You have to hear this!

I began the day at 7:30. I got to sleep in! On average we wake up by 6:30 and on rare occasion both kids sleep until 7. But Justin got up with the kids and let me sleep until my “natural alarm” went off at 7:30. I felt amazingly refreshed. Sad, I know.

So we kicked off the day with a pot of coffee, scrambled eggs and toasted bread from Millsap farm.

We played with the kiddos then dropped them off at his parent’s house for a bit. We went home and finished the concrete garden box. I applied polyurethane to the top of a planter box that will be seasonally placed in the fire pit. (pictured above)

Then we made lunch: Hickory Ham and Natural Smoked Bacon Panini with cheddar and Dijon mustard. Oh, and there were red tomatoes straight from the vine.

After lunch I made 2 of my Grandma Wright’s recipes that must happen at some point every summer or else its not summer. First was a double batch of Cucumbers and Onions. Then a double batch of pink lemonade icebox pie. Oh my.

Before I knew it we had to go get the kiddos. We came back and made Justin’s favorite meal: fajitas. I found a sirloin in the bottom of the freezer and we made it work.

It wasn’t a flank steak, but it worked fine. Added a quick marinade of garlic, chili pepper, chili oil, salt and pepper. Grilled it up on a hot flame. Then sliced it cross-grain and nobody would have known.

I also made a batch of PW’s salsa. Behind it are some smashed black beans.

And I can’t forget the onions and peppers. I could eat a whole pan of these for a meal. It helps that I didn’t clean out the saute pan from bacon earlier and just used the bacon fat to cook these in. I’m sure my coronary arteries will be thanking me in 30 years.

Hey, I served it all with whole grain tortillas. That’s gotta count for something.

So for my perfect day- I got things accomplished around the house, cooked and ate good food, and spent quality time together. Maybe not everyone’s idea of a perfect day, but it was just what I needed.

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