Feature Friday: The Man of the House

You all get a special treat today!

My husband is our feature friday!!!

I have to take a second to brag on my husband. Next Monday, June 3, marks our 7 year wedding anniversary. I really can not believe that it has been 7 years since our wedding! I remember when we were dating, I couldn't wait until we were engaged, then I couldn't wait until we were married, and then I couldn't wait until we had babies (yes, I wanted to be a stay at home momma my whole life, that was my dream job! My momma made it look fun!) I wish I could tell that girl in such a hurry, to just slow down and enjoy that special time! But ya know..I knew how fun and special our life would be...and I was ready for it!

And I must say, that my life is better than I dreamt it would be.

NO our lives are not perfect...by far

And I'm really not trying to portray that AT ALL

But I must say my girls make our lives together that much sweeter!

 

And I am so thankful that I married a man with the same morals, values and life dreams.

So thankful that he wants me to be a stay at home mommy to raise our precious girls even though it means making sacrifices. This man works so hard, puts us first and is truly a special guy!

I really thank God for him everyday!

 

He doesnt cook much..

He grills and he has mastered his grill

but the Gronauer specialty is the Caesar Salad

and it is so good.

it is not your creamy caesar

but a mustard base, so a healthy caesar!

and its sooo delicious

and I bet a bunch of my friends will be happy to have this recipe!

 

So now I turn over the blog to him!

Ladies and Gentlemen, my husband
Jerry Gronauer, Jr.

 

 Hello Everybody!  I hope you enjoy my family's recipe for Cesar Salad.  My parents taught me to make this when I was in grade school and I have been making it ever since.  I feel like we were raised on it.  I tell you this because I have not measured out the ingredients in years (I just eyeball it) so I will do my best to give you easy-to-follow instructions.    Here is what you need:

 Fresh Garlic (2 or 3 cloves), 1 can of Anchovies, Dijon Mustard, Worchester Sauce, 1 Lemon, Apple Cider Vinegar, Olive Oil, Parmisan Cheese, and cracked black pepper. 

 Start by pressing the Garlic Cloves into a bowl. 

 

 Add the can of Anchovies and then mash and cut them into a paste with the garlic.

 Next, add 2-3 table spoons of Dijon mustard and mash it all together in to a paste.

 Now, add 2-3 table spoons of Worchester Sauce and stir in.

Then squeeze in one full lemon.  Make sure no lemon seeds end up in the sauce.
Next is the Apple Cider Vinegar.  I put in two overflowing capfulls. (yes, the vinegar bottle cap).
Now pour in one 1/4 cup of Olive Oil. 
Shake in enough graded parmisian cheese to lightly coat the whole bowl (approx 1/2 cup).
Then finish it off with a couple table spoons of fresh ground/cracked black pepper.

 

 Now just throw in some Romain and toss the salad!

 Tonight Christina made salmon and squash to go with it. 

FANtastic Feature Friday

FANtastic Feature Friday

Do you know someone that has so much talent that you are just in awe???

Well, I am in awe of my friend and fellow sorority sister who is the most AMAZING artist and she is our FEATURE FRIDAY!

That is why it is FANtastic Feature Friday b/c I'm a big FAN of hers!

I am totally obsessed with her art and just her pure talent!

If you have not seen her art, you need too...go HERE

If money were no object I would be buying lots of her pieces....so far we have 2 mini's in the girls room, but look forward to adding to our collection as we can!

Not only is she an amazing artist but she's also the mommy to a precious baby girl and she is going to share one of Heidi's favorite things!

The Moremans!

What an awesome Mommy and me picture by another talented sorority sister, Katie Jeter!

This is their favorite smoothie recipe!

Our smoothie:
Cup of ice
6 big strawberries
Half cup blueberries
Banana
1 cup Greek yogurt- I alternate Fage 0% plain and Chiobani nf vanilla
1 big heaping handful of baby spinach
1/2-1 cup of orange juice depending on how thick and sweet you like it
If the berries are not very naturally sweet you can add a tsp of honey
Sometimes I also throw in blackberries, pineapple, peaches, raspberries- pretty much whatever yummy fruit I have in the house.
Heidi loooooves her smoothies. She sits and whines while I make them for them to be ready. It typically makes a full sippy cup for her and a glass for me. I feel better knowing that if she drinks her smoothie she at least got her day started with some fruits and veggies. As the farmers markets start opening I'm going to try and hide more veggies in the smoothie!

Thank you Jennifer and Heidi and how cute is your lil play blender/smoothie making set!

We need one of those!

I think smoothies is one of the best ways to get healthy vitamins and nutrients in our kids and they LOVE them! We make smoothies alot but I had never put spinach in ours. Well now I do and the girls LOVE them! YAY! Jacquelyn in fact loves them because they made the smoothie "purple"

I also add actual vitamins that I want to give to the girls for the day to their smoothies - an easy way to make sure they get them! 

Jacquelyn gave it the thumbs up!

First Feature Friday

So, if ya'll want I would love to do something I'm gonna call Feature Friday.
I would love to feature you and your favorite family recipe.

So today, we have our first Feature Friday and it comes from my hot sister, Becca!

Becca is the youngest of the three of us, also known as "Scarlett" in my family. Not only is she HOT but she is also pretty smart and a CPA, super passionate, and has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know!
My sisters and I all love to cook. It's funny becauase we all have our own specialties and our own style but we all cook very similar of course because we learned the same way. Didn't ya'lls mom do "cooking school" during the summers too?

So this is Becca's recipe and I copied it straight from the email she sent me..so you can see her ADD a lil bit in the way she wrote the recipe! haaha!

Lebanese Chicken Thighs

Ingredients-

chicken thighs

onion

celery

cherry tomatoes (whole)

carrots

bellpepper

put all in pyrex and season with salt, cayenne, garlic powder, cinnamon, lemon pepper, and think i put some herb de provence, oh paprika, oh and put fair amount of lemon juice and lil bit of olive oil first.. then top with fresh topped parsley...add lil water to bottom of pyrex.. cover with foil and bake....

 

She baked it on 350 prob for a good 1 1/2 - 2 hrs

She served over rice

 

Remember when I told you that we could write a cookbook of just chicken and rice a million different ways....I wasn't lying!