I've got ten minutes while the Creamy Citrus Ginger dressing mellows, then I'll have to go round up the children and turn a hose on 'em so they can eat. Ah, it's gorgeous out. AND, I have a child who asks to mix up something called Creamy Citrus Ginger Dressing. Seriously? When I was 12, I failed a Home Ec assignment because my lab partner and I were convinced that if we doubled the brown sugar and the chocolate chips, we'd create the BEST COOKIE BARS EVAH. For obvious reasons, Mrs. Baker (kid you not, real name) disagreed. We could not choke down the cookie bars to save our grades. But here, I have been blessed with a child who makes this, and not even for a grade! Ah. Sometimes, when life is not fair, it's totally not fair in-a-good-way. Mrs. Baker would be proud. Or shocked. But I'm going with proud.
Zorak, turns out, broke. his. arm. on our ski trip. Yeah, I know. I have no clue what can be done a month later, but he goes in tomorrow to see a specialist about how to deal with it. He asked me last night to go with, so I've spent the morning leaving messages with everyone I know who either lives between us and the doctor, or isn't afraid to watch five kids at a Chick-Fil-A playground for an hour. On a day's notice. Wee! (You can imagine how terrifyingly short that list is. *sigh*) I very briefly considered giving Jase a heavy dose of Nyquil and just taking them all with us, but that was only for fun. Nobody really does that. Anymore. Ah, yes. So, I'm hoping somebody will call me back and say, "Sure! I love those fries!"
We spent the weekend thinking about getting some work done on the land. Got the driveway graded, so that was huge. Plus, we got to visit with friends when that was done, so that was cool. You can't hear the Volvo cry out in pain when Zorak leaves each morning, now. It's very comforting. Now, to get gravel on it before it rains. That will be the challenge.
And, I do believe that was ten minutes! Time for lunch! Yum!
Kiss those babies!
~Dy
3 comments:
He broke his arm? oh my, do hope the specialist is able to help. Wish I lived within an hour of you...hope it all works out. Would your chef wants to share the dressing recipe? We loved the burritos-yummy-thanks for sharing. Will definitely make them on a scout outing/campout too.
Thanks, Kathy. :-) Yeah. It's called an avulsion fracture - the tip of the Humerus broke off and is being held in place by the muscles of the rotator cuff. *cringe* He did say he doesn't feel like such a weenie for complaining that it still hurts, though. So there is that, I suppose.
The creamy citrus ginger is from the cool bottle. (I need to write the recipes down b/c they're going to wash off, eventually.)
2 oz. plain yogurt
4 oz. OJ
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1Tbsp. veg oil (for variants, grapeseed works well - olive oil is too heavy and overpowers the other flavors)
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp ground pepper
dash of salt
Mix, shake, and let sit. Easy as pie, huh?
(AND, I just realized, he threw in a tablespoon of lemon thyme - thyme is on the recipe beside this one. oops. But it still tasted great, except to Em, who kept saying, "It tastes like grass. Actual grass." So it's a fairly forgiving recipe.)
Broke his arm??!??! What do you have, a crazy man for a husband? I can't believe he was tough enough to ignore that for a month. My word. I sure hope that the doctor can help him!
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