Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Daisy v. Thunderstorms

Daisy 0, Thunderstorms 2

The foster family we adopted Daisy from told us she heard thunder for the first time at their place just a week or two before we adopted her and she ran and hid under the bed. They just wanted to give us a heads up. Thankfully they did since it rained for the first time since we adopted her this weekend and she didn't do much better.

Friday night she paced the house in circles until I let her in the guest bath...


Sunday night we were out for a walk and it started thundering when we were at just about the farthest point from our house. She started getting really nervous so Mike ran her back home where she slid into our room under the bed...

(please ignore the creepy dog eye flash reflection)

Poor Dais! She has a lot to learn about our weather. These were mild storms... Hopefully she grows out of this otherwise she'll be spending a lot of time hiding!

She's much happier on days like this...

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Magical Peanut Butter Cookies

My grandmother (known to everyone as Pat) is diabetic. For her upcoming birthday, I made these diabetic friendly magical peanut butter cookies from Paula Deen.

(pic from food network)

SUPER SIMPLE to make. 4 ingredients. 12 minutes for baking. Done.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Vegetable Pad Thai (+ Chicken)

I made Martha's vegetable pad thai this weekend for something quick/lighter and to use up extra ingredients we had in the fridge. (I also baked a chicken breast that I marinated in soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and brown sugar so Mike wouldn't starve.)

I'm not an expert on Thai food so I do not know how authentic the recipe or taste is. I thought it was pretty yummy and really simple to make though. I omitted the peanuts from my pasta but otherwise followed the directions. I really liked the green onions and cilantro. And, we got to use our wok for the first time!