The past couple of weeks Ben and I have have had weekend excursions, and last weekend we had the extreme pleasure of going up to his parents house in the suburbs and meeting their new cat, Phina (!!!!). : )
Friends, meet Phina:
She is SUCH a great cat, and so funny (and so pretty!). We are so thrilled that Ben’s parents have such a great, loving, playful cat. They could use a little more sunshine in their lives. : )
Michelle prepared an awesome lunch of gourmet sandwiches and cheddar-beer soup, and we played a rousing game of Risk! (I told you, we’re addicted.)
I promptly died/was eradicated. Ben, obviously, won. (OF COURSE HE DID.)
The last of my calvary. About to be taken over by Ben’s army. Because of course.
We’ve been going nonstop lately, so this weekend we decided to take it easy. Ben made us fancy omelettes (goat cheese, pecorino, and arugala) with extra crispy bacon. I contributed fresh squeezed orange juice, which promptly became mimosas. I love the way my husband thinks. : )
Later that afternoon I made a double batch of oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies, B’s favorites.
Gathering the ingredients (and yes, that is four sticks of butter on the right)
We only baked a dozen for ourselves, and froze the rest so we can have a stash readily at hand. : )
One of two trays of scooped cookie dough
These are my kind of weekends. Hope you all were able to relax and enjoy a mimosa (or two!) this weekend. : ) xo
Oatmeal Rasin Chocolate Chip cookies are my favorite! I might need your recipe
Haha, it’s nothing special, but it’s a great one! I use Quaker Oats oatmeal raisin cookies recipe, but I do two sticks of butter (instead of 1 stick plus 6 tbsp), and I cut back the raisins to about 1/2 a cup, and add an extra half cup (or more ; ) ) of chocolate chips.
Here’s the recipe link: http://www.quakeroats.com/cooking-and-recipes/content/recipes/recipe-detail.aspx?recipeid=474
Enjoy! : )