Breaking In

I left you all hanging, I know...So for the answer to "What's for Dinner?" on our movie night, we chose what was deemed as the BEST cast iron skillet baked mac and cheese. I took a recipe off of pinterest and adapted it to what I had on hand. It was originally this 3 cheese (not all common cheeses mind you) baked mac and cheese. The picture, I am a very visual learner, showed it being baked in a cast iron skillet; so, I thought, 'What the heck? I AM a southern girl who DOES know a thing or two about cast iron skillets!' It turned out divine. My favorite part of baked mac and cheese are what we call the "crunchies" and this method left plenty to be had.

Our family is now in day 7 of my grocery store "strike" and today I REALLY wanted to go to the store, not because we needed something, but because Elijah is in the process of breaking in his first tooth finally and I just needed a break from all the whining and crying. Believe it or not the grocery store is generally my break time and I LOVE it!

But I am glad to say that I have not caved in yet. SG and I did go on Friday to get ONLY milk. It was tough looking at some of good buy one get one deals of the week and just passing them by but I did it! Our dinners on Friday and Saturday we not too exciting:
Friday
Pancakes
Cheesy Eggs
Fruit

Saturday
Parmesan Chicken Wraps with Marinara Sauce
Mixed Veggies

Despite the blah menus, I did manage to have the ingredients to make a killer buffalo chicken dip for college football watching with friends (ROLL TIDE!!) and some scrumptious bread machine cinnamon rolls for a friend to take to church. Both were out of this world!

So as I sit here in my first moments of silence in the last 2 hours, if you feel so compelled to hand me your grocery list this week, I would be thrilled to shop for you! Maybe by the time I return, all 4 of Elijah's first teeth will have cut through!

Just kidding! Continually astonished and blessed by our abundance!

Cupful of blessings,
Carri