summer cooking!

We came home from Michigan with a couple loops of homemade sausage. Nick wanted to cook it up on the grill and it turned out perfect. The seasoning was so good and the sausage was so juicy, it made your mouth water just walking out onto the balcony.

They made a wonderful dinner and equally great left overs for the week. Here is my 'garden' growing bigger and bigger by the day. Even our neighbor stopped by and asked Nick about it one day. I'm anxiously awaiting the first strawberry of the summer!

Easter

We decided to celebrate Easter with our friends Matt and Jen. They were making ham, but Nick decided we wanted to bring a little Polish to our holiday. He called his grandma and got her recipe for Glumpkis and City Chicken. I decided to take the dogs for a walk while Nick got started on the food....this is what I came home to....

Nick was making a homemade sauce, in MY apron! After we softened the cabbage leaves enough, we were able to wrap all the filling into the yummy packages! And pour over Nick's wonderful sauce.... They turned out amazing!! We'll be making these again for sure! They we quickly put together the City Chicken, which was pork and veal breaded, fried then thrown in the over to finish. They turned out wonderful as well.

We had a wonderful dinner with friends to celebrate Easter 2011!

This is Bella giving us the accusing look whenever Audie is around. I think there are many times she's upset at us for getting another dog. However, when they play, they seem to have a good time. I think that eventually they'll be best buds :) Audie is close to 10 lbs now....in contrast, Bella is just over 7lbs. Doesn't she just look mischievous??

And then here she is watching me get ready for work, looking all sweet and innocent, like a good little puppy!