bThe Cooking Slump/bbr /I came to the realization today that I hit a cooking slump for a few different reasons.br /br /olliWe are low on food i{which we are}/i/liliWe have too many activities in the evening i{which is Monday-Thursday}/i/liliMy husband is out of town i{happens every so often}/i/li/oldivTonight I prepared a wonderful meal because the person who loves my cooking the most was home to enjoy it! I find that my picky boys aren’t too fond of my culinary skills. They prefer plain, simple, and no veggies. My daughter loves my cooking, but preparing a big meal for the two of us is a bit of a waste./divdivbr //divdivbThe Home Cooked Meal/b/divbr /Tonight we had sirloin tip steak, grilled veggies, and baked potatoes. I discovered that sirloin tip steak is not my favorite cut of meat, but we are almost finished with oura href=”https://mydebtfreeroad.com/2011/04/wheres-beef.html” 1/4 cow we purchased /aback in April. i{I only have two packages of beef stew meat, one roasts and three packages of ground beef left. Not bad for 5 months!}/ibr /br /br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Afc6wj3kRtI/Tn0YhqCzLlI/AAAAAAAAAqM/5kfUKqV3-Mc/s1600/IMAG0450.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”228″ src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Afc6wj3kRtI/Tn0YhqCzLlI/AAAAAAAAAqM/5kfUKqV3-Mc/s320/IMAG0450.jpg” width=”320″ //a/divbr /This was the first time I grilled veggies in foil and they were phenomenal! So I won’t forget how I did it {since I tend to make things on the fly sometimes} I’m going to put my recipe here.br /br /br /ulliTwo pieces of foil.nbsp;/liliVeggies of choice/lili1 stick of butternbsp;/lili1/2 Oilnbsp;/lili1 tsp Minced Garlic/liliSalt/Pepper/li/ulbr /br /Place all veggies on bottom foil. Cut stick of butter into 1/2 inch pieces and place on top of veggies. Mix Oil, minced garlic, salt/pepper. Pour on top of veggies. Place 2nd foil on top of veggies and roll into a packet.br /br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2jRTz0ciaIg/Tn0ZgpVXmjI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/eUro12wgN_A/s1600/IMAG0447.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”191″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2jRTz0ciaIg/Tn0ZgpVXmjI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/eUro12wgN_A/s320/IMAG0447.jpg” width=”320″ //a/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”Place on grill (medium heat) for 10 minutes. Flip and cook another 10 minutes. Open packet on a pan or in a bowl./divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P6zbEC2qbvA/Tn0Zwmw6NtI/AAAAAAAAAqU/rLp_CCVd2zw/s1600/IMAG0448.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”223″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P6zbEC2qbvA/Tn0Zwmw6NtI/AAAAAAAAAqU/rLp_CCVd2zw/s320/IMAG0448.jpg” width=”320″ //a/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: left;”br //divOhhh…sooo…goood!!br /br /bCheck Up on the Ladies/bbr /Don’t forget to stop by these other blogs to see how it’s going for them. It’s been fun seeing that I’m not the only one who is ready for October!br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”Christie atnbsp;a href=”http://keirajoy07.blogspot.com/”Bushel and a Peck/a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Shelley atnbsp;a href=”http://finishingourfamilyfromchina.blogspot.com/”Finishing our Family from China/a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Kayce atnbsp;a href=”http://onetwogrow.blogspot.com/”Our Boy and His Cricketnbsp;/a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Sweet Mama Luv U atnbsp;a href=”http://findingoursweetcheeksbabycake.blogspot.com/”Little One Full of Giggles and Wiggles/a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Suz atnbsp;a href=”http://justanordinaryfamily.blogspot.com/”Just and Ordinary Family/a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Lynda atnbsp;a href=”http://journeytolaurenmei.blogspot.com/”From Guang Mei to Lauren Mei/a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a href=”http://ouryoungcreations.blogspot.com/”Young Creations/abr /divbr //div/divbr /br /a href=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” target=”_blank”img alt=”Anna” border=”0″ src=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” //a
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