Our Labor Day Weekend

Yes, I am a week late on this post.  I am behind on everything due to last week being the first week of school.  It is always exhausting trying to get back into the swing of things.

Fortunately, I had sometime this weekend to get caught up, so here are some pictures from our last weekend of summer!

We... 

• Met our friend's Jenny and Steve's, new puppy, Clay.  
• Enjoyed our friend Megan being in town from Kansas City, MO.  
• Went on a Beer and Brat Edelweiss Cruise in Milwaukee. 
• Observed Harley Fest in downtown Milwaukee.
• Drove past my old house in Milwaukee. Hard to believe it has been 5 years. 
• Went to Taste of Madison and ate fried cheese curds...among lots of other things :)

Michaela's Music in Madtown

Lil' Sis was at music camp all last week in Madison.  On Friday we went to see her recital.  Fisch and I stopped for a pitcher before because it was beautiful out and Summer means drinking Summer Shandy outside on a beautiful day is a must.  Afterwards, we went out to eat at the Great Dane.  All in all it was a great Friday night, Michaela is very talented, and I absolutely love summer.

Cinco de Derby Saturday

Happy belated Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby Day!  

Brye, Fisch, and I spent the morning at the downtown farmers market.  Our first trip of the season! We bought lots of delicious things like fresh cheese curds, bread and butter pickles, spinach empanadas, and 2 loaves of our favorite spicy cheese bread (buy one get one free!)  

We then went off to get ready for the derby.  We tried on hats and found a bar that was showing the race.  Brye had $6 riding on Creative Cause.  She lost, but we still had a lot of fun cheering for our favorites and drinking the obligatory Cinco de Mayo margaritas. :)

Creative cooking inspired by Pintrest

     As is what seems like everyone else in the world, I am addicted to Pintrest.  And yes I am guilty of pinning a thousand and one DIY projects and not attempting a single one to date.  I have however tried out a few recipes and was inspired to create one of my own. Didn't actually set out to do this but it was one of those nights where nothing was planned and the fridge had a random array of things that needed to be used up and I had just been on Pintrest for an hour.  And so I threw together these Buffalo Chicken Crescent Rolls.

Quite easy and delicious! 

Ingredients:

Crescent Roll Dough

3 Cooked and Shredded Chicken Breasts

Shredded cheese

Diced celery

Tony's Hot Sauce

Steps:

1. Put a little of each ingredient in the middle of crescent roll.
2. Roll up.
3. Repeat 7 times.
4. Bake for approx. 15 minutes (or whatever it says on the package)
5. Serve with ranch/ blue cheese dipping sauce
6. Eat.
7. Enjoy.

3 Recipes I Love

Coconut Curry Chicken Noodle Soup

 

Weeknight Cheese Quiche 

Best Pot Roast Ever

I am all about easy, tasty recipes.  The above are a few of my favorites.  They make me feel like I am an awesome cook...and trick Fisch into thinking that as well ;)

Fisch's Day

We didn't do a whole lot for Fisch's birthday weekend.  Though we did get to try a lot of new resturants.  We finally decided to try Jamerica, a Jamacian place on Willy St., on a recommendation from my aunt and uncle.  It is a cute little eclectic place with a tiny menu and fantastic food.  They also had key lime soda which is my favorite.  As a late night "snack" we tried burritos from La Bamaba's.  Pretty good for an "open until 3 am" place.  On Sunday we got together with some friends to watch the Packer game.  We went to a little bar in Jefferson that had the best steak sandwiches...and that, and of course the company was the best part of that night. Packers lost. I'm over it. Fisch is still grieving.

Chocolate Attack: Fudgy Mug Brownie

I had a chocolate attack after dinner tonight.  Not having any chocolate in the house I went digging in the back of the cupboard and discovered I had all the ingredients for a mug brownie.  Now, I have tried the 3 minutes mug brownie recipe before and wasn't so thrilled with it. It was sort of gelatinous and not very chocolatey.  So I did a little google search and came up with a

MUCH better recipe.

Ingredients:
4 Tablespoons Flour
4 Tablespoons Sugar
2 Tablespoons Cocoa powder (Note: don't use cocoa mix or quik, it shouldn't have any sugar)
2 Tablepsoons Vegetable Oil (Don't use one with a strong flavor, eg olive, sesame, etc)
2 Tablespoons Water
Dash of salt
Mug
Microwave

 

Add the sugar, flour, cocoa, and salt to the mug and mix. Then add the oil and water and mix the dry and wet ingredients together. Be sure to be thorough, there's a tendency for clumps of the dry ingredients to form. Microwave for 1 minute. Enjoy!