I really having nothing to complain about. I want to start off that I am not complaining about my life. I have two beautiful girls and a great man. Life is, for the most part, really awesome right now.
My Grandad has been on my mind a lot this past month. July 3rd is coming up and this day marks 2 years since he has passed. I have been missing him SO much. It is as if he just passed! The thing is, is that I look back and when I think about that time, I was pregnant, then I breastfed, and then I got pregnant, again. Life was pretty busy! I guess the reason I named this "Does time heal all wounds?" is because it seems that the more time passes, the more painful it gets. It is like the more and more it sinks in every year that he is gone.
I was in the grocery store this past weekend and I was buying Claussen pickles. Those pickles were Grandad's thing. He loved them and he got me hooked on them!! As I was taking them off the shelves, I was telling Sammie about how he loved them and I would do anything to share a pickle with him again! I seriously almost started crying in the store! It made me think. It made we want to tell people that still have their Grandads to listen to their stories! I think I really wished I could get to know my Grandad more as a person! It is weird when you are a child. You don't think your parents or grandparents are real people or something! I don't know. It is just weird. I loved seeing Sammie and my Grandad exchanging war stories! It was amazing how much they had in common!!! Grandad was such a special man. He was such a leader of our family and he really took care of all of us! If I could describe him in one word it would be "respectable".
Anyways, I just had to get that out there! I miss him terribly!
On to other news: The girls are doing well. I am always concerned or worried about something. I feel I need to do better at letting go, but that I also need to think of new fun activities for them! I am sure most of y'all know that Sammie and I have a garden! This week we have actually started being able to harvest some veggies! Mainly squash and zucchini! I love having a garden. It is definitely going to encourage me to try new recipes. The first time we fried up some zucchini and squash, we did it with some butter, salt and garlic powder. Tonight, we made some AWESOME fried zucchini!! It is basically the same way, but with Allegro. It is so good.
One chopped Zucchini (serves two and half people)
1/2 tsp. butter (maybe less)
sprinkle of salt and garlic powder
Allegro Marinade (about 1/3 of a cup. Eye it to your liking)
Melt butter in the skillet. After the skillet has been heated up, put the rest of the ingredients in and cook until the zucchini is translucent or clearish looking. Next time we will add some prosciutto. YUM!! I will probably never cook it another way.
I also have a simple recipe for a meatless spaghetti sauce. It isn't really a recipe. It's more like getting store bought spaghetti sauce and putting a can of diced tomatoes in it. Very good and just as filling as a meat sauce. I plan on taking our cherry tomatoes and doing this instead of using a can and probably adding some fresh onion from our garden, too.
Alright, it is time to go to bed. I know I haven't posted in a while! I hope to keep everyone updated on my journey with new recipes using things from our garden and hopefully take some pictures next time! Hope all is well with everyone!
