in the kitchen

as may came to a close, our school years ended, and summer began, i promised lee that i would get back to cooking more. our lives were crazy throughout the spring for various reasons...mostly good, just too many to name here...and cooking was generally the last thing i wanted to do at the end of a day.

with summer in full swing, i did not think the excuse of spending too much time at the pool or perusing target was going to justify as a reason to not cook dinner. plus, we are also trying to eat healthier and eat out less (which i realize are pretty much the same thing). i have stocked up on lots of fruit, chicken to grill, and salad greens to mix for tasty eats throughout the day, and i am trying to think of filling, healthy meals for dinner.

over the past few days, i have really amped up my time in the kitchen and begun to follow through with my promise. not all of my recent adventures in the kitchen have been healthy, but they have been tasty :).

• saturday night, i made delicious peanut butter chocolate chip cookie bars from the website healthy food for living.
• sunday morning, i woke up and made lee a scrumptious father's day breakfast of almost-made-from-scratch biscuits (bisquick mix), scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, and fresh fruit cups. monday night, i made the baked ziti from cook this, not that that we love so much.
• AND, for my grand finale (at least up to the point of writing this blog), i made homemade whipped cream for the first time!!! i was nervous it was not going to turn out since i only had enough of the ingredients to make a little bit, but it was delicious & the perfect topping for a dessert fruit parfait!

sadly, i did not take a single picture of any of this food...it was just too good to stop to capture it before digging in!