Wednesday, November 6, 2013

What's for dinner? Night four.

I've been making this dish for the last few years. Its simple, tasty and with minimal mess. What better for those crazy busy days?! And if your like me, the last thing you want to do after a full day is wash a mountain of dishes.



Here's the recipe from Real Simple magazine. The only changes I made to the recipe was adding 2 tsp more lemon juice and a sprinkle of Parmesan.

Enjoy!

http://www.realsimple.com/m/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/cheese-tortellin-brown-butter-00100000085424/

Monday, November 4, 2013

What's for dinner? Night three.


We have finally settled in a bit in our new home. There are a few lingering boxes... And a busy to do list, but its starting to feel like home. 

The weather took a turn for the cold, and overnight it feels like winter arrived. What better time then to try out a new soup recipe. 

This one came from Pinterest as was a hit! It was by far the most flavorful Minestrone recipe i've made. Add some fresh baked bread and you have a delicious dinner. The only modification I made was leaving out the pancetta!

Here's a link to the recipe. Enjoy:)
http://homeiswheretheboatis.net/2013/01/28/winter-minestrone/


Friday, November 1, 2013

Settling in.


That's right. We made the final stretch of the move and are settling in to the new place. I was quite anxious over the flights, but the girls did fabulous! P baby nursed and slept and big sis was content to read stories and watch Winnie the Pooh. I thankfully had my mom with me... And the extra hands were so helpful.

We got answered prayers that all our belonging arrived as planned and the movers had everything unloaded from the moving containers by the time I arrived. My sweet husband rocked it by getting the beds put together and stocking up the kitchen. 

The last few days have been full and productive. Were down to the last few boxes and starting to explore the neighborhood. Last night we took a break from organizing to take Millie trick-or-treating. To our surprise, she loved seeing all the costumes! We also learned that our neighborhood is quite the place to be on Halloween. It brought back so many childhood memories. Hundreds on people out on the streets, fully decorated houses and tons of candy to go around.

It still hasn't fully sunk in that we live in DC. The weather has been great, making it so far an easy transition from sunny Southern California. I'm of course missing my close friends and praying over meeting new ones here and getting connected with a community of faith. 

Here's a few snapshots from the last few days!