the mind of a moonstruck mommy

Hubbs birthday is this week, today (July 17th) to be exact, so, we have been celebrating since Monday.  It’s kind of tradition for him to get birthday weeks instead of days… so spoiled!

Monday started with the “usual” breakfast (in bed, of course!) eggs, sausage, bacon, and pancakes.

Dinner was Meatloaf, home-made onion rings, and sweet corn… with Whiskey Sours!! (Hubbs new favorite, although he says he feels girlie drinking them)  The onion rings were super difficult, because I don’t actually have a fryer, but I made it work and they tasted great!!

Tuesday was Cinnamon Rolls!  They were oh, so delicious and way too much fun to make. All the rolling was hard work, but Nayana & I loved spreading on the sugar and toppings!

Halfway through, Hubbs came down to demand protein with his breakfast, so Nayana was put on icing duty while I made the Birthday Boy more sausage and eggs.Everything turned out great, but next time I make the cinnamon rolls (and that will be SOON) I definitely only need half of the batch… soo many leftovers!

Tuesday night I was off the hook, because we went out to eat with Angat’s parents… and Wednesday morning, because Hubbs had class.  But I made up for it on Wednesday night by making Chicken Cordon Bleu, Twice Baked Potatoes, and corn. It all tasted good, but took FOREVER to make, so I doubt it will happen that often!

And for dessert I made applesauce in the slow cooker. It was the easiest/tastiest applesauce you’ll EVER find!!

It’s just apples, water, sugar, & cinnamon for 4 hours.  Deepu especially enjoyed making a mess with his!

Thursday the true chef in me came out… I was cooking all damn day! lol For breakfast I made Strawberry-Banana Muffins and Eggies McKarin. Eggies McKarin is what I’ve called my mom’s Eggs Benedict for as long as I can remember. She makes it every Christmas and Angat thinks it’s the BEST EVER, so I had to make it sometime this week. And I made the muffins just because the recipe looked/sounded so good (and it was!)

For Thursday night, I wanted to make grilled chicken kabobs, which takes a little prep work!  Nayana was more then willing to be my kitchen helper, so we got to work as soon as we finished breakfast.

We had to marinate the chicken and onions all day before we could stab (spear?) everything onto our wooden skewers. I decided to go with the grilling theme and make Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus to go along. Here was dinner pre-grill….

While I was putting the kabobs together I almost burned the patio down, so I decided to let hubbs do the actual grilling. And he did an excellent job… besides losing one bacon wrapped asparagus.

Today is hubbs actual birthday, but I didn’t have to make breakfast because he had class. For dinner we are going over to his parents to have Indian food and cut the cake. Then tomorrow morning I’m off with the boys (Angat & his dad) to the California-Nevada border.  Angat just has to have dice if he is gambling, so the casinos around here won’t cut it. LOL Plus I know they love all the free alcohol!

So, yea, it’s been a long week… and it’s definitely NOT over! I’m not sure how much more of all this spoiling I can do << trust me, you’ve only heard 1/2 of it >> Can’t wait until it’s my turn, how long until August 31st??

Moonstruck Mommy