Thursday, April 28, 2011

1st Annual Crawfish Murder Fest

Easter weekend- we decided to start a tradition- and held our
1st Annual Crawfish Boil


We researched and took bits- parts- pieces from recipes that we liked and kind of mishmashed them all together to come up with our very own-


AWESOME-
they turned out incredible- 2nd batch of course- better than the 1st-


and to top it off- our Carolina friend Jess- made up an authentic pork shoulder and the best cole slaw EVER-
Really we had too much food- as always.


Dad and K having a little dance party to get the day started.


the crawdaddies




purging-




looking beautiful- as always-




striking a pose-




our boil seasoning-




ready to go for a swim-






some football while we wait




he's helping too-




Jess's pulled pork- YUM




enjoying some pool time in the shade-




our 1st batch of finished veggies- we did corn, potatoes, onions, mushrooms and garlic cloves




scoop!




1st batch of finished crawfish!






the set-up


 and a punting contest-






Let's eat!


seriously the.best.coleslaw.ever.




black bean and corn salad-


dump it out!




that girl can put down some crawfish!




well- hello little buddy-




the 2nd batch-




Redneck golf-








we can't end the night with out some Dice-capades- so fun!






Great great day!

Cooking School & Black Eyes (not peas)

"how do they relate?" you ask- well let me tell  you.



Last week my mom came and got the kids and the hubs and I- along with some of our favoritest friends heading out to cooking school.



We really had a blast- the instructor was cute in a funny little way. It was just like what you would see on Emeril! Lights, cameras, big kitchen, audience.



It was a Tennessee Williams inspired feast! All Cajun food- all excellent.



We started with some red fish and dirty rice


 Paired with a nice Chardonnay-




The Castillos-




Chef Louis (Louie) that up top is a mirror reflection of the yummies he is cooking up for us!




Shrimp Creole-




 hmmmmm- oops- I forgot what this was-
 I think Jambalaya- but I ate it before I took a picture- oops- it was too good.




and I think this is Shrimp Etouffee- I'm not sure- it's been too long-




and bread pudding- this was excellent- not soggy at all! and made with Knob Creek Whiskey-
very good!




The whole night was a lot of fun-
oh- what's that? You want to know about the black eye....


After the class- and after watching some live music- husband was playing with doggie toys.
yup-
He threw it to the dog- only I (eye) got in the way-


OUCH! and that's how I got the black eye. And I had an interview just 3 days later!
OMG-greatgreatgreat-
How can I go on an interview with a black eye?


and guess what? I did- and I got the job!!! so very exciting!


Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The sweetest sound



I just wanted to mark this moment in time-


K has started saying "love you"


awww..... melts your heart right?


like at bedtime we will say "good night- love you"


and he says "ni ni lmm uuuu"


I will capture it on video to post soon-


Ok- so pinch me-

I am pretty behind on our St. Patty's Day celebration- but we had a lot of fun.



Round these parts- we take St. Patty's Day pretty seriously-








what up? they look tough
The kids were on Spring Break- so I took the day off work and we headed out to a festival-






We got our green on-








watched some live music-




 Saw some cloggers too- K loved watching them-





memorized...


Then we hung out with this guy...




He's like an Irish Magnum PI- right? hottie!






 and check out this chick- or boy...hmmm.. she's to pretty to have a stach-




 and this dude-