New Recipes...

So I've been trying out some new recipes this week including a very nice summer-strone one that we all had last night including the ladies who seemed to also approve, tonight I'm trying a watermelon gazpacho with shrimp which the concept just interests me. The summer-strone used couscous to bulk it out and was flavoured with fire-roasted tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, paprika and topped with fresh parsley, grated lemon rind and parmesan cheese, all in all a very satisfying soup that the whole family enjoyed definitely going to have to do that one again.

Rachael Ray's new season starts next week so I'll be getting fresh ideas from there too, Mum and Dad watch out :) I even commented to James last night I just don't miss eating out much at all and the new dinners make meal times interesting and full of flavour. I've kind of mapped out my menus for next week but I'm thinking of modifying them a little as it seems an awful lot of ingredients, alright so I know my fridge is somewhat empty but even so it just seems a lot, admittedly most of it will be from the veggie aisle and I'm using up meat...(ponders the situation at hand).

Hoping today is not going to be as hot as it's forecast...I really don't like the 100's they can go back to where they came from please...I get especially worried about the girls in the hot weather as we still have yet to mount the ceiling fans (hoping this weekend but it has to be cool enough to be up in the attic too for the workers.

I'm also thinking plant pots of herbs...that would help save some grocery bills and we have a nice patio area we could put them on and use them to deter the girls from maybe running and playing too much on the concrete rather than the grass, oh and must get hook. Hey will be nice to have my husband around a bit more this weekend even given the horrific week and weekend he has had.