Weekend Update : RELAXING!

I had a fantastic weekend, I hope you did too!

Here's the rundown:

Saturday I woke up, got my food ready for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive.  It was super easy, they give you an empty bag a few days in advance, you fill it with good dated non perishables, and then set it out on the day selected, and the postal workers pick it up! 

How easy!  Anyways, so I did that, and then went to the gym, hung out on the Dreadmill for a bit, came home, showered, grabbed the hubster and went to the Minneapolis Farmer's Market to pick up some plants for our garden.  I ended up putting them in the window sill until later this week, because it is supposed to freeze tonight(and then warm up to 90!).

While we were there we saw this guy that we had met a couple years ago giving away sample tastes of Mean Green at our local Cub Foods.  We ended up buying 2 bottles.  He has you try it on a piece of french bread, and I swear, I would be just fine the Mean Green like that.

While we were at the Farmer's Market it was frozen raining on us for a brief moment.  Where they would have been rain drops, except that they froze, and never thawed by the time they landed on Earth.

After that we came home, unloaded our stuff, I tried to take a nap, the Hubster went and got a haircut, called me up, and we headed to Menards to pick up some stuff to add to the soil since ours gets so dry and crumbly.  We also ended up picking up a cheap table and chair set for our deck, since I really like to eat outside, it is basically a necessity.

After Menards we went out to eat at the Lone Spur Bar and Grill, where I had a Coronarita!  I at first only ordered a water, however the Hubster was upset that I wasn't drinking.  (what a weirdo)

The drink was only $10. But think about it.  It's a margarita, and a 12 oz. beer.  The Hubster's 2 beers were $12 or something.

Then we napped.  Well, I basically went to bed for the night, he napped, and watched NASCAR. Gross.  Glad I slept through that.

Sunday we woke up, and I scooted over to Caribou for their BOGO offer for Mother's Day.  When I got back the Hubster was washing dishes. He sat down with me to finish watching CBS Sunday Morning, and then we started moving around. 

We finished up the dishes, then moved outside to the deck to take care of the climbing vines from last year's Morning Glory's, 4 o'clocks and Moon Flowers.  And to set up our new deck set.  We grilled Corn on the cob (in it's husk) from the Market, potatoes and chicken.  

It was a particularly lovely day! 

How was your weekend?!

Dinner : Mexican Style Corn and French's Fried Onion Chicken

I first had the French's Fried Onion Chicken in Florida a year and a half ago, when we were attending my Hubster's half sister's wedding, and we were staying at his dad and step-mom's house.

I searched the Internet and came across this recipe for the Mexican Style corn, it is similar, but made with roasted corn cobs off the grill, a chipotle mayo, and a different cheese.  Looks good!

The recipe is super simple.  Basically, you take a can of corn, or a bunch of frozen kernels, and put them in a pan, add a bit of butter, and heat them up like you would normally.  Then, once you have reached preferred done-ness, add half a cup of Mayonnaise (mind you I am generally a Miracle Whip girl, but this needs Mayonnaise), and stir it together.  Then add some queso fresco on top.

For the French's Fried Onion Chicken, just follow the recipe on the outside of the container.  You take some fried onions, and crush them, add a couple tablespoons of flour, pepper to taste, stir.  Coat in egg wash, and then dredge in the crumb mixture.

Bake as you would normally for chicken.