Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Water Lilies at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Recently, my family and I went to the Missouri Botanical Garden on a lovely summer day. We went to see the Treehouses exhibit but I was captivated by the water lilies...

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

and a few other pretty flowers:

Heart Shaped Hydrangea

Purple!

Friday, August 5, 2011

Summer Cooking!

I've made an unofficial pact with my parents about cooking together once a week - in an attempt to both see them and expand my cooking skills. My parents are EXCELLENT cooks and I have a lot to learn.

Our menu for this day was a recipe found in Cuisine at Home, a pretty amazing cooking magazine.

Cooking A Summer Salad

Grilled Vegetable Couscous w/ lemon and goat cheese, with Lemon Butter Chicken. Sounds delicious, doesn't it? Well, I can tell you it was.

First, we washed and prepped all the vegetables (asparagus, whole bell peppers, red onions, white onions, zucchini) for the grilling:

Roasted Veggies

Then we grilled them to deliciousness:

Roasted Veggies

Roasted Veggies

Roasted Veggies

Then we prepared our colorful couscous:

Couscous!

Next up, grilling the chicken:

Grilling Chicken

Here's the finished product, all sliced up, pre-mixing:

The Finished Product

All mixed up:

The Finished Product

And the final product, before being eaten:

The Finished Product

YUM!

Hungry yet? I am!