rain rain and more rain...

good thing that i dont mind the rain...

because as of today... it has been raining for six days...

growing up it was always exciting when it rained because it didnt rain too often... and when rainy days came that meant that mom would make soup and cookies... i think i have written about that before...

anyhow... i thought to myself after it had been raining for two days... i cant make cookies everyday or else we will end up looking like the mayor on cloudy with a chance of meatballs (one of jones's favorite movies right now)...

(jan 19th 2010)

so jones and i went to the french pastry cafe... and got a treat for after dinner... i loved the apple tart... they have an apricot one that we should try next time... and this yummy cream stuffed caramelized chocolate dipped thing... i cant remember the name... but it was good too!

(jan 20th 2010)

then we opted for an even healthier snack... baked apples... thanks to martha stewart... they were good but i would add more sugar and obviously i did... with the ice cream and raspberry sauce...

wait i thought i was trying to not look like the mayor on the meatball movie... i cant help it... i love my sweets... and i never hear any complaints from brent or jones... ha ha...

one healthy thing i made that turned out awesome...

my first time ever making pork chops... and we will definitely be making them again!

white jasmine rice with yellow coconut lime curry sauce and a brined/marinated pork chop... we didnt have the ingredients for any of the brine recipes that i found so i made up my own... something like this:

1 cup water

3-4 tablespoons salt

1/4 cup olive oil

3 tablespoons dried garlic chips

1 tablespoon dried onion

2 tablespoons brown sugar

couple dashes of pepper

marinate overnight then grill until done...