the egg

Well we finally pulled the trigger (and stained the table) and got our little [big] green egg!  We had no idea what we were doing, but everyone said "it's so easy and heats up in like 10 minutes."  So here we go.... 2 nights in a row and they were both a big SUCCESS!

Night 1: Hamburgers and Apple Crisp

 burgs...

 apple crisp...

After much research (and youtube video watching) T found that you should start the egg off by cooking things that require lower temperatures.  So we started with burgers.  I'm not a huge burger eater really, but I will say this one was perfectly cooked.  So even. So juicy.  My favorite part though was the apple crisp.  What can I say, I'm a dessert kind of girl.  Remember when I made apple crisp for 2?  Well, we were celebrating Ross' bday on Monday night and I wanted to do a dessert on the ol' egg and thought this might just be the thing.  It was SOOOO good.  I mean I can't explain why, but it was much better than the oven version.  Thank you, green egg, for living up to my dreams of making desserts on you.  MMMM good.  We topped it with blue bell, just for Ross.

Night 2: Pork Tenderloin and Biscuits

We threw out the idea of doing a pizza our second night, but T read those require higher temps so he found this pork tenderloin recipe instead.  He made his own rub, which is now called the "fiesta rub" and it was the best most perfectly cooked pork I've ever had in my life.  No joke.  No part of it was chewy.  I'm telling you, perfectly cooked pork tenderloin.  We put our homemade biscuits on there to cook, too, and they were just as amazing (if not better) as baking them in the oven.

 fiesta rub

The Green Egg has lived up to the hype so far, and I know it'll only continue to be so fun for us!  Like T said on Monday, if you need us this summer, we will be here...

food lover

We love food around here, and love to eat good food.  Lately we've really been trying to eat more "natural" things.  I've been making homemade items instead of store bought, i.e. biscuits (thanks Leslie P!), cookies, waffles, and I've found recipes to make my own tortillas (haven't tried yet)!  I am now more cautious of ingredients listed on the label, and find myself putting items back when there are too many or I don't even know what half of them are.  High fructose corn syrup also goes back on the shelf.

My good pal Audrey showed me this blog and there are so many great/easy recipes on there.  The other day I made some homemade goldfish, which T loved, and then today I wanted something sweet so I made this delicious smoothie!

Why buy pre-made/processed items when you can make them and know the ingredients that are in there?

it's really already summer

I can't believe it... really.  I apologize for the tardiness of this post, but we were kickin' it with the Lott's down in Shreveport for Memorial weekend, so I didn't get to work on June desktop over the weekend.  I hope y'all are all still enjoying these! Sister asks for it on the 1st of every month. :)

You can read about our fun weekend over at Margie's blog, but I thought I'd share a few from the weekend as well.

Saturday, Aaron and T had a cannonball fest.  This is how it went down.

Nice splash boys!!

T was not happy that he wasn't as high or higher than Aaron, so they did round 2.

Well, you still didn't get it, T... :(
At this point he was convinced that he was jumping BEFORE Aaron, making him fall quicker.  So they discussed and counted and jumped on the same count.

Fair chance.... And????????

Sorry,T!  He was done, Aaron just has bigger ups, and T was ok with it [I guess].

Margie and I just chilled on the side [snapping photos]

and admired this beauty [and missed sweet Gib].

And as you might have read on her blog, we attended a fake football match played by the AFL Battlewings that was highly entertaining.  Margie was encouraged to try out for the Fly Girls.  The moment of the night was when the Fly Girls came out and threw t-shirts into the stands... well they made it down to our end, Dudley stood up, and BOOM, right into his hands.  It was destiny, but he gave it to the boy in front of us who was jumping up and down wanting that shirt so bad.  I bet he is wearing it at this very moment.  You made his whole life T, I'm so proud.

I also wanted to share that they took us to Bistro Byronz and I ate the most delicious burger I've ever had in my life.  It was a turkey burger stuff with gruyere cheese [and topped with other delicious condiments], and served with some awesome sweet potato fries.

I hope you stuck with me through that long post because now you can see the June desktop!

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