CHUCK COOKS: CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Forget Campbells.

Their "Mmm Mmm Good" ain't got nutting' on my "Mmm Mmm Good" cookin'!

And that's the #truth.

CHUCK COOKS: SUMMER VEGGIE SALAD

Thanks to the family garden I was able to make a

DELICIOUS

summer salad for my lunch and dinner this week.

Enjoy the photo montage:

(Since you can't enjoy the food)

 Fresh Garden Tomatoes

Extra Grande & FRESH Cucumbers
in addition to Cherry Tomatoes

and my summer garden favorite:

Peppers!!

Add a Red Onion and a few Tomatillas

Chop it

and

Mix it

And Put it in a bowl...

And you get Chuck's Summer Veggie Salad 

:)

YUMMY YUMMY IN MY TUMMY

Obviously my creativity is tapped for the evening--did you just read my title?!
Sorry guys.

Thursday night I whipped up this recipe:

 Black Bean, Avocado, Cucumber and Tomato Salad

But I decided to add an extra can of kidney beans, and then double the recipe.
I had every intention of taking the leftovers from Thursday night into work (maybe Monday and Tuesday), but everyone in my house decided they LOVED this snack so much that they ATE IT ALL... I only had enough to bring with me for my dinner tonight.
I figure I'll be making another batch sometime this week.
It was also so well received that I don't doubt that it will get used during the spring/summer months for picnics and parties.

This meal/snack/recipe is RIDICULOUSLY good!

Make this!

I highly recommend it!

Plus, it's healthy :)

NUTELLA AND BANANA WONTONS

I made THESE just now!
Fried Nutella and Banana Wontons!!!

YUM!

So friggin' delicious, AND easy to make!
Check them out, and check out other recipes featured on Tasty Kitchen, a sub-site of the PioneerWoman.com.

STRAWBERRY COBBLER

This is me not studying.
This is me doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the Memorial Day weekend.
This is me baking STRAWBERRY COBBLER!
Can you say Yum?

I found a recipe for Blackberry Cobbler on Ree's site--look at me referring to her like she is my best friend. I've never even met the woman, I just stalk her blog and study her cookbook like it's the LSAT I'm actively NOT studying for... Oh Ree, the Pioneer Woman, I heart you, and your cooking skills... A LOT.
Will you be my friend?
Maybe teach me how to make sushi at home?
I mean we do share a love for wedge heels and boots! And for cooking! And for pretty, quirky, unique jewerly... We have so much in common! :) :)

Okay I'm done begging for your friend-love Ree.
Back to talking aboutmy strawberry cobbler:

I saw the recipe for Blackberry Cobbler on the PW site, and then decided that I needed something to do with myself today.
I went hunting through the kitchen for all of the ingredients and lo and behold, my sister in law has ALL the ingredients stocked throughout her cupboards! Well all that is EXCEPT for blackberries. How am I supposed to make Blackberry Cobbler WITHOUT the blackberries!    <--- That's what I said to myself.
I dug around the fridge...
Grapes!? We had plenty of grapes...
I decided against that.
Kiwi!?
Uh, no.
Frozen strawberries... often used for frozen alcoholic beverages during the spring and summer months.
Uhmmm... OKAY!

So instead of a blackberry cobbler, like Ree did for Memorial Day, I make a Strawberry one! :)

pre-oven

 post-oven

Mmmm... Can you say Delicious!