What I Ordered From Omaha Steaks

The Fire Up The Grill package 1 $59.99 $59.99
It included:
(1 pkg.) Boneless Pork Chop 4/4 Oz
(1 pkg.) Cake Chocolate Lovers 6 Inch
(1 pkg.) Filet Mignon 2/6 Oz
(1 pkg.) Top Sirloin Steaks 2/6 Oz
(1 pkg.) Omaha Steaks Burgers 4/4 Oz
(1 pkg.) Chicken Breast, Bnl 1 Lb
(1 pkg.) Potatoes Stfd Baked 4/5.75 Oz
Free Omaha Steaks Burgers 12/4 Oz

While my Omaha Steaks were en route to my house I had an opportunity to ask a friend soon after my order if she ever had Omaha Steaks. She exclaimed, “OMG they are the best.” Nuff said, I was pumped and ready for arrival.

I know C and I have accepted this fact and have continued to improve our home, not for value so much anymore, but more for personal enjoyment. We are probably going to be in our house for at least a few more years and hopefully by that time home values will be normal again.

How are you handling the way the housing market is right now? What stories have you heard?

Do you think your house will be worth more or less a year from now?

Sunday: (turkey)sausage with onions and peppers, mashed cauliflower, salad

Monday: steak, mashed cauliflower with cilantro and cheddar cheese, caesar salad

Tuesday: shrimp, black beans, avocado and tomato salad

Wednesday: turkey chili, salad

Thursday: tilapia, caesar salad, broccoli

Friday: steak, zucchini and yellow squash saute, tomato and mozzarella salad

Saturday: salmon, edamame salad, mashed cauliflower

Oh and a fabulous Phase 1 dessert idea:

Take one “no sugar added” fudgsicle and scrape it all off the stick into a bowl. Add some peanut butter. Mix together and eat like ice cream. It is ridiculously delicious. Tastes like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup!!

Tonight (Monday) – White Chicken Chili

Tuesday – Eggplant Parmesan

Wednesday – Shepard’s Pie

Thursday – Grilled Shrimp and Salad (gotta go light after all those heavy meals)

Friday – Pizza

What’s cooking at your house this week?

What the heck is up with Brian being so cocky already?? Isn’t it way too early for this?

Renny, the New Orleans lady, is so crazy. I can’t believe she didn’t realize how annoying she was in the middle of the night. I thought Jessie handled it fine. He was very calm and just told her that he was sleeping and she woke him up. Big deal – she was going on and on and on and on and kept saying how immature he was. Huh?!?!

April is a freak. Crying over Ollie. It’s like the first day. Oy! I can tell this is going to be a dramatic season.

The veto competition was so disgusting, but I am glad Jessie won. I can’t wait to see who Jerry nominates and who goes home.

It would be so cool if Brian was put up……

Here’s what our week looks like:

Monday: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms, onions, & broccoli

Tuesday: Cheese pizza, broccoli and cauliflower, salad

Wednesday: Pesto chicken, stuffed portobella mushrooms, grilled zucchini

Thursday: Sausage w/ peppers and onions, salad

Friday: Pasta with shrimp and broccoli

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What’s cooking at your house this week?

We went with the Korel tiles from Costco. Measured the area and ordered them online. We couldn’t decide on our glass tiles, plus the granite is busy enough. If you see one section shiny and another not shiny its just light reflecting from that section. All the tiles are not facing the exact same direction and it gives off that half matte half shiny look, but when you stand in front of it its all shiny. I think the flash of the camera makes it worse actually.

Barstools added. We got a great deal on 4 barstools in the style we wanted from The counter also has under cabinet lighting using the Dioder’s from Ikea which are LED lights. They are also used in our under cabinet lighting.

Here they are. Dioders.

The faucet is a Hansgrohe single handle pull out and the sink is Elkay.

We took off our old window treatments and haven’t replaced them yet. Loving all the light that comes in every morning though. You can also see the high bar section on the right in this picture. I really don’t know what to call it – “high bar.” Its where our garbage can and recycling bin are as well as our “home center.”

That red table near the window, also purchased from Ikea, was going to be set behind the couch and used a computer workstation where the display would be projected onto the tv. However, there isn’t really enough room there, plus when sitting on the barstools your legs won’t fit underneath, so we moved it over to the window and we actually think its a better spot for it. One of the things before the kitchen remodel was that we had to replace those high hat lights frequently. However the two above this picture (which you can’t see) are on a dimmer switch and we have rarely had to change those bulbs. So we put a dimmer switch on the main kitchen lights to save energy/bulb replacement costs.

The kitchen and this family room have been Feng Shui’d.

TV stand and shelf from Ikea also. We went Ikea nuts. New TV, HD receiver, Wii, and plant.

So anyway, I have already made my menu for next week. It doesn’t matter what day we have what. I will shop on Sunday or Monday and go with whatever we feel like on that day or how much time I have to prep. I am just determined to cook and eat yummy home cooked meals.

Here we go:

Parmesan chicken cutlets, mixed greens salad

Fish (not sure what kind yet – basically whatever looks good at the market); avocado, tomato and cucumber salad

Spaghetti and (turkey) meatballs, steamed broccoli, garlic bread

Shrimp w/ mango and cilantro salsa

Chicken taco salad with cilantro ranch dressing