Easter Egg Treats

 Anna wanted to make some special Easter Egg Treats to give to her teachers at school. Her friend Anna came over yesterday to help decorate all of the mini egg cakes. She got them decorated, packaged and wrote notes to send along with them. Happy Easter!

Corn and Tomato Soup with Goat Cheese

I had some friends over and wanted to make a healthy lunch for us. Yesterday was the perfect opportunity to try this recipe! It turned out great and we had enough leftovers to use for another meal. The lunch and the time with girlfriends was so much fun. I did a little tweaking of the recipe and added extra garlic and chili flakes to my bowl. 

Tomato and Corn soup with Goat cheese
1 TBS olive oil
1 onion chopped
1/2 cup corn
1/2 cup grape tomatoes
2 cups water
2 cloves garlic minced
1 32oz can chopped tomatoes
3 TBS chopped Cilantro
1 tsp hot sauce
3 TBS goat cheese
2 TBS nonfat Greek yogurt
Heat oil in pot. Add onion, and saute for 7 minutes. Add garlic, tomatoes, corn, 2 cups water, hot sauce.  Cook for 15 minutes until reduced a little.  Add cilantro, goat cheese and yogurt right before serving. I served this with the goat cheese on the side and crackers from Trader Joe's.

My favorite view in the kitchen!

Helping Dad with projects



The helper

Mark decided to put in a new floor in our laundry room. He has been talking about it for awhile but finally decided to get started on it last weekend. I came home Saturday morning from a run and found the two of them diligently working on the floor. I had to snap a few pictures of this darling little helper! I love the finished project.  I had a hard time not being able to do laundry for a week and living with the washer and dryer in the kitchen. I am now caught back up on laundry and enjoying our beautiful new floor. Mark is talking about doing the bathrooms next. I wonder how it will go with 4 of us sharing 1 bathroom for a week?



our new slate floor