The long holiday weekend is history, and it’s back to a normal schedule. Although our holiday wasn’t all that spectacular. In fact, it was very normal and uneventful. We went on Thursday (July 4th) to Tim’s Aunt Becky’s house, as we always do. She is setup great for a big get-together (probably 70 people or more), and we always have a great time. We took my dad and he had fun. He enjoys getting out and seeing people. I tried to get us out in a timely manner, but Tim was visiting with cousins and other family members, so we didn’t leave until after 3. That put us back a little late for him going to the golf course. So, he hit balls behind the fence for a while and we watched tv. He made up for missing playing on Thursday by playing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
He had to work on Friday, but they cut them loose a little early (4 PM, which we found hilarious, since Tim works 7-4 this time of year anyway), so he went to play. I cooked fish and roasted veggies, and we tried to eat healthy. Which was a good plan, since we ate out, and badly, the rest of the weekend. Saturday morning, we ran errands, to Lowes and Academy, then stopped and picked up burgers at Dairy Queen on the way home (Tim’s choice, obviously). He played golf till dark and ate chicken santa fe when he got home (one of my oldest and most favorite recipes to throw together). Sunday, we went to church. Our pastor is on a 6 week sabbatical, but they did start a new series in his absence, Recreate. Yesterday’s sermon was about the Sabbath and keeping it holy, a very good message. We went to brunch at Waffle House (again, Tim’s choice, obviously) and then to look at a few houses close to Tim’s golf course. We couldn’t find any in our price range that we liked. No surprise there. After that, Tim left to play golf at The Refuge and I went to Kroger for groceries. I keep meaning to go over to FreshWay produce or maybe the farmer’s market, but keep just hitting the grocery store instead. I did buy two new things, new to me, a fresh pineapple and an eggplant. I’ve never cut a whole pineapple, I always wimp out and buy one already cut up. And I’ve had eggplant out (parmesan, in Italian restaurants), but never bought one and tried to cook it before. I need to get busy Googling ideas for how to cut and cook the darn thing! 🙂
That’s funny about the pineapple. My gram used to by whole ones only, back in the day; I buy whole pineapples almost every week during the summer. Aldi often has them for $1 or a little more. Did you figure out how to cut it up? Messy but worth it.
And eggplant – mmm, one of my favs! My dad always liked it peeled, sliced thin, breaded and fried, served with canned tomatoes. I try to do it in the oven instead (breaded and sprayed with olive oil so they “fry” up. then I top it with tomatoes & grated cheese and broil for a minute or so. But there’s so many yummy ways to make it. Have fun!
I like eggplant too! Do you remember how Dodie used to fix it?! I did it like that years ago but don’t like it that way as much now, although it’s been such a long time since I’ve done it I would probably love it again! You need a tool like mine, pineapple coring thingie, makes it easy. 🙂
I do not miss house hunting. Not one bit! I hope you find something you like in your range!
I have never prepared an eggplant either! We do get fresh pineapple fairly regularly, but T always cuts it up. I’ve only tried once and I was…messy. 😉 I did notice that in one of her more recent magazine issues, Rachael Ray did a cost comparison between a whole pineapple and a prepared fresh pineapple (it’s a consistent section in every issue) and she concluded that the price+less time/effort of the prepared fresh pineapple made it a better deal! So there’s that. I do know that a couple of my friends have a pineapple corer/slicer gadget from Williams-Sonoma that they swear by. That may or may not find its way into Troy’s stocking this coming Christmas. 😉
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