flowers. for fun.

 

Goode Got Married!

We headed back to Idaho this weekend for our friend’s beautiful wedding.  Here’s a quick recap.

Reunion of the roommates:

 

Some great toasts…

A little pre-cake cutting rug cutting. Is this a tradition I don’t know about???

Spicy Vegan Potato Curry

I made another delicious meal tonight.  I think I’m on a roll this week!

This is the Spicy Vegan Potato Curry from Allrecipes.com, with some modifications, of course.  The recipe calls for garam masala and cayenne pepper.  I had neither, so I left the garam masala out completely, and substituted a sprinkle of chili powder for the cayenne pepper.  I added half each of a chopped zucchini, chopped summer squash, and chopped red pepper and I completely left out the can of peas the recipes calls for.  I served mine over wilted spinach and served Joel’s over brown rice. 

 

I thought it was delicious, but could use a little spice (maybe the garam masala would do the trick – if I knew what that was :-) ).  Joel thought it was good, but need an animal added….so maybe next time I’ll add chicken. 

bathroom projects

we FINALLY finished our big bathroom project….and started on our next bathroom project.  what a productive weekend.

here is the final (well – almost – we still need to add trim around the floor, but we are waiting until we finish the wood floors for that) project.  i wish i had before pictures – but i guess since joel basically built this bathroom from scratch, before pictures aren’t necessary. 

and here is the before and a few “during” pictures of our second bathroom project (at one point the entire bathroom was yellow – so I guess it isn’t a true before picture, but oh well)

Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi

Another delicious recipe from one of my favorite magazines!

Cook 2 servings of angel hair pasta, once cooked mix in a handful (1/8 c?) chopped fresh cilantro.  Melt 1TB margarine or butter and saute shrimp (I used about 1.5 c of pre-cooked shrimp that were about 1.5 inches long).  Once shrimp are cooked through, put them in a separate bowl and add 2 (heaping) teaspoons to the butter.  Cook for about 1 minute and add 2.5 TB lemon juice and about 1/4 c ground pepper.  Add back shrimp and saute together for another minute or so.  Once combined, pour over pasta and mix together. 

(Recipe modified from the March 2009 Cooking Light Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi recipe)