I think my little blog has been feeling neglected. Between my daughter’s laptop charging port being broken TWICE (she commanders my laptop when this happens) and life in general, I haven’t been on here much.
This evening, however, I thought that if I don’t attempt to jot down some of the good things that happen, no matter how mundane they may seem, I might forget the small awesome moments that I’d like to look back on in the future.
Like today. The weather was beautiful. The kids have a 4 day weekend starting tomorrow, so I decided to make some bread to go with dinner. I found the absolute easiest recipe on Pinterest. It only took and hour start to finish. But my home smelled amazing while it was baking and everything just felt right in the world. Cheesy but true.
I didn’t make a fancy dinner, just red beans and rice. It’s the easiest way to use up any leftover meat you have in the fridge. I cut up some pork chops, threw in some hamburger meat and added some sliced jalepeno sausage.
If you have an InstantPot, corn on the cob takes 4 minutes.
Here’s the recipe I used for the bread. I added Everything Bagel seasoning on the top before I baked it. It was the perfect addition. This bread is slightly crunchy on the outside and soft and delicious on the inside. I’m not much of a bread eater but I think I could have eaten the whole loaf.
So far, I think it’s been a good start to this long weekend.
Saturday morning my dog woke me up at 4:30 to go outside and when I was letting him in, my son’s cat Monkey, ran outside. I couldn’t catch her. She still hadn’t come back when we woke up. He was devastated. I asked all the neighbors and put her picture up on the Next Door app. Nothing.
The Funky Frugalista 