My Spring semester of teaching ended mid-May, although grading and meetings continued after that life definitely slowed down. Then I thought I'd be teaching a 10 week ESL summer school but enrollment ended up being too low. So I have this summer off from work. As those with teaching jobs know there is joy and…
Playing tourist with the Grandparents
It's always fun when family come in from out of town; we love to play tourists and being hosts. The season they come during and their personal interests determine which types of activities and locations we get to share with them. This past week my grandparents (dad's parents) came into town for a visit on…
Variations on Teriyaki Chicken
I have always loved teriyaki chicken. It was one of my favorite meals growing up served with broccoli and brown rice and a little pineapple in the summer time. But I fell in love with it even more when moving to Seattle; where everyone has their favorite teriyaki place, which they claim has the best…
Belated Birthday Outings
As I mentioned on Saturday Luke was out of town for his birthday so we put off birthday celebrations until he got home on Friday. On Friday I made him one of his favorite desserts: cinnamon rolls (see Bread of the month: Irish Cinnamon Rolls). Then to continue the celebration had him open b-day cards…
Gluten-Free Low Cal. Meatloaf
Some nights it is just easiest to throw everything into the oven at once and with one dish have all of dinner ready. Luke's meatloaf is one of those dishes but between chunks of cheese and torn pieces of whole wheat bread it was getting to be higher in calories per serving than we were…
Crock-pot Chicken Enchilada Soup
Adding to my fall favorite recipes (see fall food round up) is a new crock-pot soup recipe I've been working on. Much like our Lime Chili Chicken Soup (crock-pot lime chicken chili soup ) this one is inspired off of a Chili's restaurant soup. I have always like the Chicken Enchilada soup. After awhile I start to…
Gluten-Free Low Cal. Chicken Marsala
Luke loves mushrooms and I can't say I dislike them either so awhile back I decided to try to make chicken marsala at home. If you don't know chicken marsala is a typical Italian dish in which the chicken is parmesan crusted and pan-fried served over angel hair pasta with a creamy mushroom sauce (usually made with…
BBQ Teriyaki Bowl
So summer is coming. One day I am getting sun-burnt on a cold windy day at the park, the next I am turning the heat on staring at the rain outside, and yesterday and today have been humid and in the 90's! As the weather warms up, the desire to use the oven becomes less.…
Crock-pot French Onion Soup
Before finding out about my barley allergy, if a restaurant had french onion soup I just had to try it. While I slurped on the cheesy, bread soaked broth I would wonder how they got such a rich savory flavor out of onions. Since I'm extremely curious and can't have french onion soup at restaurants…
Food on the Run
Wednesday nights we have been going to a budget class at church. It has been helpful to get Luke and I on the same page about where/how we spend, save, and invest. But the class starts at 6:30pm and Luke often doesn't get off work until 6:00pm if he is lucky. In an effort to…
A.Greene's Adventures 