Smarch Snacks

It was the 13th day, of the 13th month...
                                                                                                                     -----Homer Simpson

We have been trying really hard to eat a greater variety of food (Okay, Jen more variety, and Jeff more healthy) so we've taken to cooking a bit more and adding as many vegetables and fruits that we could in our diet, and learning to cook more things.

This month we decided to learn how to make scones. There's a great little grocery store chain called Sprouts that is just down the street from us, and we have been stocking up on fruits and veggies there. They had a great deal on blueberries and strawberries, so we thought we'd try to tackle scones!

It was a lot easier than you'd think, and they came out great. We wouldn't use the cream topping that came with the recipe again, because it made it just a little too sweet, but the recipe overall was a huge success!

The blueberry were the preferred. Good thing because we froze a bunch of berries!

Strawberries and cream scones. The cream was so-so, but the scone was good.

Valentine's Dinner

Valentine's weekend was interesting. Between the holiday falling on the weekend, and that the following day was President's Day, we knew everywhere would be busy, so we opted to stay home and make dinner ourselves and it turned out great! We did a bone-in ribeye steak, vegetables and for dessert, we bought a bag of mini Snickers bars and deep fried them. The whole meal was AMAZING and we enjoyed spending a quiet evening at home.

Birthday Time!

This year, Jen celebrated her 35th birthday, so we decided to throw a little party with her family at our house. We watched the SuperBowl and had a lot of good food, but her favorite part was her cake. Last year a friend of Jeff's made the penguin cake, using the penguins from Madagascar. This year, Jen wanted one that was Harry Potter, and the same friend came through again with this masterpiece! Everyone enjoyed it, and it was a great day!