Snap Shot

• Coming home from a morning run to my little cottage surrounded by trees makes me so happy. We feel so lucky to live here!
• Sam's parents are letting us borrow their upright piano, and we are loving it. Lately, we have been playing a 1/2 hour each every night, trying to work our way through the hymn book and marking off the ones we know. I love having music in our house.
  
  

• We still make homemade pizza about once a week. My favorite dough recipe is based off the California Pizza Kitchen dough recipe (tweaked from here). It is best with white flour but also really good with 100% whole wheat flour. I think what makes it really good is that you make it the day before and then let it sit in your fridge overnight, giving it a better texture and flavor. 
  

• Our go-to easy, fast, and healthy meal is chicken stir-fry with vegetables and brown rice. We buy the big bags of frozen chicken tenders and stir-fry veggies from Costco along with their Yoshidas  teriyaki marinade. Defrost the chicken in the microwave for a few minutes, brown it in a frying pan until mostly done, add frozen veggies and sauce, put lid on pan and cook for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over brown rice. We eat this 2-3 times a week. 
• Everybody Loves Raymond is our favorite show. We've been working through all the seasons on Netflix since last fall. 

• We love rice krispie treats and make them way too often.
• After reading through this post, I think I could sum it up by saying we love good food. I love to cook and we both love to eat. Yes, we love food a lot.
• We saw this little duck family on campus and thought it was just about the cutest thing ever...