Yummy recipe

Well not a lot going on this week. Mike's brother, Andy was in town on business and we took him to two of our favorite Austin places, Salt Lick bbq and Chuys. So, yes we stuffed him with really fattening food and sent him back to California but I think he enjoyed it:). Now we are gearing up for the big move; cleaning out closets, selling books we don't want etc. - Mike made over 40 dollars lucky dog!

So, I was thinking something fun to do with this blog would be to exchange recipes. In the past, I was really cooking-adverse but in last few years I have become obsessed with it and I am always looking for new recipes. So, if any of you have a recipe you would like to share please feel free to post it in the add comments section.

I found one today on line that I am going to make tonight. It sounds delicious. I will post it here and let you all know later if it really is as yummy as it sounds.
Zai jian, Love ya
Angie

Braised Salmon with Leeks and Dill

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

1 teaspoon olive oil
2 1/2 cups chopped leek
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped tomato
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup dry white wine
4 (6-ounce) skinned salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick)
1/2 teaspoon dried or 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill


Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add leek; sauté 3 minutes. Add garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add tomato, salt, and pepper; sauté 2 minutes. Add wine and salmon; sprinkle with dill, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 8 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Serve with roasted potatoes.

Born to Run - Wimp OUt

Well I am very disappointed to report that Crishauna and I are not going forward with the Born to Run program. She has community service the day of the race so she doesn't want to keep training. I was so excited about doing it but I couldn't convince her to just keep training even though we won't run the race. Hopefully, I can convince her to go for more walks with me. At first I thought she was just looking for an excuse to get out of the exercise, the community service seems a little convenient, doesn't it? However, her Mom said they had been walking and running together all week to get ready for it and she was very disappointed that she would not be able to do it. Well I tried. Maybe I can convince her to do the Breast Cancer run in November.

New House

So this is it, my first house. Last Thursday we saw it and fell in love with it right away. What is really disconcerting to me about house buying in the Austin market is how quickly you have to make decisions. When we went to look at the house another realtor was already there waiting for his client to show up and this was the first day it was on the market. After we looked at this house we went to couple of other dumpy looking places, told Cynthia we would call her and over Vietnamese food I fretted over whether or not I should buy the place. If it were up to me I would have looked at the house 2 or 3 more times but you just don't have that luxury here with the good ones. The yucky ones stay on the market for weeks but I know that right now I am not up for a huge project house. I want to come home and relax not feel like I have a thousand projects hanging over my head. There are other things I would rather have hanging over my head. So, I decided and I think rightly so, that I was not going to find another so well cared for house for this price. And the two major selling points were the tile floors throughout and the sun room and I hadn't seen anything with those amenities. It also has a sprinkler system, a two car garage and vaulted ceilings. Anyway I keep telling myself that it won't look as cute when we get our mismatched spare furniture but over time we will cute-it-up with nice furniture and paint.