It's a Keeper!

After 23 years of marriage, i sometimes find myself in a rut when it comes to cooking.  

But there will always be our family favorites.

Things like...

• Roast and gravy with mashed potatoes and peas 
• Spaghetti and meatballs,
• Red beans and rice (on Mondays of course, ain't that right Heather )
• chicken and dumplins and fried okra

Those dishes popped up once every two weeks or so.  Especially when all 3 of my girls were still at home. Back then I made out my menus on Sunday night and cooked a big meal every night of the week...except for Saturdays..we usually ate leftovers. or cereal. 

We almost always ate together at the table.  That was a tradition I made sure our schedules gelled with.

I protected supper time something fierce.  Such treasured times around the dinner table.... it was one of my favorite times of the day.

Lately, its just me and my hubs so I am having to completely revamp my cooking repertoire. 

So........I'm having a blast trying the recipes that y'all have been  posting.

My latest new dish was one I discovered from my friend Pamela on her blog, Bleau Cloud.

It's called "Open-Faced  Chicken Caprese Sandwiches" and I recommend you checking out  her amazing tutorial she posted on how she fixed them!

Just click her mouthwatering picture right here...

We have a major abundance of tomatoes right now from our garden,

 so when I saw this recipe I was like.."Yes!"

Just one of the four counters in my kitchen I had covered in tomatoes!!

Here is my version...before they went into the oven for their toasty yumminess.

I just used what I had on hand, so I put feta cheese on the bottom and fresh parmesean cheese on top.

I forgot to get bread and almost ditched the whole plan and then I was like... "Hey, I can so make my own bread."  And that's what I did.  I felt like the Proverbs 31 Woman. Yay me!

 Here is a pic my hubs took of his plate. He's a instagrammer and proud of it! :)

Oh and that is fresh grown squash sautéed down in butter with onions by the way. Yum-O!

Thanks again Pamela for sharing this easy, delicious and oh so good for you recipe.

My family said....

IT'S A KEEPER! 

Stephanie :)

ps. I'm linking up with communal global for Tuesday around the world.