Sunday Happenings and Food Food Food!

Today started out being quite chilly and rainy so it was a good day for a big breakfast! First I cooked up some bacon - I like to cook it in the oven because it is so much easier. I learned a little while ago that if you kind of bunch up the slices - kind of like pushing the ends of each slice closer together so that it looks slightly rippled - then you can fit many more pieces on the cookie sheet at one time. ~smile~
Then I was taking out the bread from the pantry and as I opened the door I was shocked to find the bread shelf covered in tiny ants!!! I had thought we won the battle over the ants last week but they had just lulled us into a false sense of security! Evil little things! Mark mixed up a new and hopefully more powerful batch of ant killer using hiney and borax so I am hoping it works!

I was so wrapped up in trying to destroy all the intruders that I forgot all about my hubby's eggs! So much for a big breakfast. *sigh* So plan B, I made him toasted BLTs and he was quite happy.
We watched the live stream church service together then Mark wanted to do a wee bit of painting.
I decided to do some dinner prep. Before we knew it it was lunch time. We enjoyed leftover burgers that Mark made last night. So good!!!


In the afternoon we decided to go for a walk in the woods to check and see how the wild leeks were doing. They are up but not ready yet - maybe one more week depending on the weather. I will post some pictures when we do go and pick them. We love wild leeks which are sometimes called ramps. They have an onion garlic flavor and you can use the bulb and the leaves. My favourite thing to do with them is to make Leek Dip. We love it with chips and to top baked potatoes.

Leek Dip
To make leek dip you just need a container of sour cream, 2 heaping spoons of mayonnaise and a small bunch of leeks - cleaned and sliced thin. For the dip I just use the bulbs but you could add in some of the leaves. I let it sit in the fridge for a few hours. It is mild the first day but beware it gets stronger and stronger each day after. Mark loves it strong but even by day 2 it burns your nose a wee bit. ~smile~

We then went for a drive along the backroads. It was so nice!

After we got home I started dinner. Mark asked me to make potatoes like his Mom used to so I boiled the potatoes and while they were cooking I sauteed some onions until they were browned. I mashed the potatoes with lots of butter and milk until they were creamy and then stirred in the onions. I made gravy with the drippings from the pork roast Mark cooked yesterday for lunch meat and threw together a salad and dinner was ready.

potatoes with fried onions

I decide to make some stuffed mushrooms for an evening snack while I was working on dinner.

Cooking everything!

Stuffed Mushrooms
1 package of cream cheese
1/2 lb. loose sausage meat or 2 sausages casings removed
8 oz. pkg.whole mushrooms

Take out cream cheese to come to room temperature.
Brown sausage meat.
Stir sausage meat into cream cheese.
Prep mushrooms by cleaning and removing the stems.
Use a spoon to fill mushrooms with cream cheese mixture.
Bake on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

For dessert we had some Hello Dolly bars I made yesterday....so yummy! We usually only have them for Christmas but I had all the ingredients so I figured why not!

I went for a walk afterwards to work off some of the food we had and enjoyed the sunshine even if it was pretty windy and cool. ~smile~

Oh while I was cooking I was listening to this CD.

It was a gift from a dear friend and I have been really blessed by listening to it. She plays so beautifully and the songs themselves really touch my heart.

All in all a great day!

Happy Sunday!
Blessings,
Liisa