Mexican Chili Cheese Hamburgers with Roasted Potatoes

I made these a couple of weeks ago when Amy and Scooter cameover to cook out and I do believe they were a hit! Everyone seemed to really like them. I served them with Roasted Red Potatoes. They recommended serving them with regular homemade fries which would be just as great! I have recipes for both types of sides on my blog!

Makes 4 servings, 1 burger per serving

Ingredients
1 pound ground round
1 cup chopped seeded plum tomato, finely chopped
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons minced seeded jalapeño pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Cooking spray
4 (3/4-ounce) slices reduced-fat Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
1/4 cup fat-free sour cream
4 (1 1/2-ounce) hamburger buns
4 iceberg lettuce leaves
8 (1/4-inch-thick) slices tomato
Grilled onions (optional)

Directions
Combine first 9 ingredients in a bowl; stir well. Divide mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping into 1/2-inch-thick patties.

Prepare grill. Place patties on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 6 minutes on each side or until done. Place 1 cheese slice on top of each patty; cover and grill an additional minute or until cheese melts.

Spread 1 tablespoon of sour cream over top half of each bun, and set aside. Place patties on bottom halves of buns; top each with lettuce, tomato, onions (if desired), and top half of bun.

Nutritional Information
Calories:381 (31% from fat)
Fat:13.1g (sat 5g,mono 6.4g,poly 0.7g)
Protein:36.3g
Carbohydrate:28.1g
Fiber:1.7g
Cholesterol:84mg
Iron:4.2mg
Sodium:655mg
Calcium:212mg

-Compliments of Cooking Light

Keeping up with the Rolling's....

We hope everyone is doing well and has been enjoying May so far. We sure have and we just can not believe it is almost over. Everything with us has been great! We have still been busy this month but things have slowed down a good bit for us though. WHEEEWW! :)

We have really been focusing on the house and buying and buying. We sold all our living room furniture we currently have in our house now. It was very easy thanks to Craigslist, but a little scary! We sold everything really fast so in a few days we will be sitting on the floor if we want to watch T.V. in the den. We will also have no curtains because someone saw them in the ad to sell our couch and asked if they could buy them. So I said you sure can! We are having a yard sale with our friends Mary & Brad the second weekend of June. Hopefully after that we will have sold everything we don't want anymore.

The new house is coming along. We thought they were going to have more done then they currently have done but what can we do? They had told us the cabinents were already going to be in but they still aren't so they must have not come in yet. I have not been by there in a few days but I think Justin said they were finally done bricking and they had painted the walls inside. I am going by there this weekend to take some pictures of what they have done so far!
But, we are very anxious!

Our best friends Scooter & Amy are expecting there first child, little Landry, on Friday, May 28th. So we are really excited about that. We are all so anxious to meet her and Amy & Scooter are so ready too! We can not wait!!!!!

As some of you have probably heard by now my sister found out a few weeks ago that something might be wrong with Baby A. Her OB spotted a nodule on her hiney and so they did some blood tests and made her an appointment with a specialist to do more testing and take a closer look with a more high-def ultrasound. Her first blood tests cameback negative for Spinal Bifida and Downs Syndrome so her OB said that was a good sign but not all forms of SB show up so we were all still very nervous about it. So after she went to the specialist yesterday he comfirmed it was not SB but it was a birth defect called Sacrococcyxgeal Teratoma (SCT). The positive side in this is that is can be fixed and she will most likely live a normal healthy life after the surgical procedure. There are only four hospitals that can treat SCT and they are in Miami, Houston, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati and so the specialist is calling the hospitals and whoever can see her first will be the one doing the porcedure. I will enclose a link that explains this all alot better. So we will all be praying a lot to make sure everything will be fine.

http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1536/mainpageS1536P0.html

These are all of our updates we have for now but I hope everyone enjoys the rest of May and has a great weekend!

Rigatoni with Sausage and Tomato Cream Sauce

I made this for us on Wednesday night for the first time and I will have to say to was the best yet! Justin told me it is the best thing I have ever cooked. So that means it has to be GREAT!! He ate 2 helpings of it and said he wanted to keep eating it. I think next time I will add a little cayenne pepper though to give it a little kick. This recipe makes a lot and we ate the left-overs for lunch. It would be a great recipe to make when you have company. I would serve a mixed green salad and garlic bread with this. I hope you enjoy this meal as much as my husband!

Makes 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 pounds mild or hot Italian sausage, casings removed, I used 2 links
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 cup dry white wine
1 1/2 cups canned crushed tomatoes in thick puree (from a 15-ounce can)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 cup light cream
1 pound rigatoni
Grated Parmesan, for serving

Directions
1. In a large frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up the meat with a fork, until it is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove the sausage from the pan. Discard all but 1 tablespoon fat.

2. Reduce the heat to moderately low. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the wine and cook until it almost evaporates, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sausage,tomatoes, and salt. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Add the pepper, parsley, and cream.

3. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the rigatoni until just done, about 14 minutes. Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce. Serve with grated Parmesan.

-Compliments of www.myrecipes.com

Bacon Maple Waffles

I made these for us for dinner on Tuesday night. They were so good and very filling! We could barely eat all of it. This would be great for breakfast or dinner. We love breakfast for supper. This was a very easy recipe and pretty fast too! Hope you like them as much as we did!

Makes 5 servings (2 waffles and about 1 tablespoon of syrup)
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups 2% reduced-fat milk
3 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons butter, melted
4 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
Cooking spray
1/3 cup maple syrup

Directions
1. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Place flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; stir with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine milk, 3 tablespoons syrup, butter, bacon, and eggs, stirring with a whisk. Add milk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moist.

2. Preheat a waffle iron. Coat iron with cooking spray. Spoon about 1/3 cup batter per waffle onto hot waffle iron, spreading batter to edges. Cook 4 to 5 minutes or until steaming stops; repeat procedure with remaining batter. Serve waffles with 1/3 cup syrup.

Nutritional Information
Calories:411 (25% from fat)
Fat:11.4g (sat 5.3g,mono 3.7g,poly 1.1g)
Protein:12.9g
Carbohydrate:64.5g
Fiber:1.4g
Cholesterol:149mg
Iron:3.7mg
Sodium:754mg
Calcium:284mg

-Compliments of Cooking Light, www.myrecipes.com

Sausage, Pepper, and Onion Pizza

This delicous recipe was our Monday night dinner. Thanks to Justin he got this cooked for us! So all the credit goes to him! They turned out great! I brought my left overs for lunch and I can not wait to eat it! He said it was very easy and did not take him long at all . Serve with a small mixed green salad. Enjoy!

Makes 4 servings (1 piece each)

Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 1/2 cups vertically sliced onion
1 cup green bell pepper strips
2 (4-ounce) links turkey Italian sausage, I only had pork Italian sausage
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (8-ounce) loaf French bread, cut in half horizontally
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 450°.

Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add sliced onion and green bell pepper strips, and sauté 6 minutes or until tender.

Remove casings from sausage. Add sausage to pan, and cook 5 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring to crumble. Add crushed red pepper and diced tomatoes, and cook 5 minutes or until mixture thickens.

Spread sausage mixture evenly over cut sides of bread, and sprinkle evenly with cheese. Place bread halves on a baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Cut each pizza in half.

Nutritional Information
Calories:375 (29% from fat)
Fat:12g (sat 5.1g,mono 4.2g,poly 2.2g)
Protein:24.6g
Carbohydrate:42g
Fiber:4.9g
Cholesterol:63mg
Iron:2.7mg
Sodium:967mg
Calcium:280mg

-Compliments of Cooking Light, www.myrecipes.com

Spicy Honey-Brushed Chicken

I made this for us on Sunday night for dinner. This was my first time trying it out and they turned out great. I tweaked the recipe a bit, but I will post the original. The recipe calls for chicken thighs but we already had chicken breasts and we aren't huge fans of chicken thighs so we made do. I tried following the recipe about the baking part but my oven does not cook chicken that fast. So if you do chicken breasts you might want to cut them up in smaller pieces instead of just putting the whole breast in (like I did). They will cook faster that way and not burn the outside. I served bacon wrapped corn, which I will post that recipe as well. I also did not follow that recipe exactly either and will tell you what I did differently. We also had roasted red potatoes. This meal was very very good!!

Spicy Honey-Brushed Chicken
Serves 4 (2 chicken thighs) or can serve 2 (1 chicken breast each, this is what we did)

Ingredients
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs or 2 chicken breast boneless skinless
Cooking spray
6 tablespoons honey, I used 4 tbsp
2 teaspoons cider vinegar, I used 1 tsp

**I did not use all of the rub since we only did 2 chicken breast. I just tossed them both in a bowl with all the spices mixed together and threw out the rest.

Directions
Preheat broiler.

Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl. Add chicken to bowl; toss to coat. Place chicken on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Broil chicken 5 minutes on each side. **(if you cut chicken into pieces then it will be done by this time, just make sure to cut into chicken and make sure it is white all the way through)

Combine honey and vinegar in a small bowl, stirring well. Remove chicken from oven; brush 1/4 cup honey mixture on chicken. Broil 1 minute. Remove chicken from oven and turn over. Brush chicken with remaining honey mixture. Broil 1 additional minute or until chicken is done.

Nutritional Information
Calories:321 (31% from fat)
Fat:11g (sat 3g,mono 4.1g,poly 2.5g)
Protein:28g
Carbohydrate:27.9g
Fiber:0.6g
Cholesterol:99mg
Iron:2.1mg
Sodium:676mg
Calcium:21mg

-Compliments of Cooking Light, www.myrecipes.com

Peppered Corn on the Cob
If I would have followed this recipe as it stated then I know it would have been amazing. But, since I did not read all the directions I would not slow cook it so I just followed the recipe exceot the slow cooker part. I just boiled it on the stove and it was still good!I just did 2 ears of fresh corn. So i will post original recipe but you might want to tweak it according to how many ears of corn you do.

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients
6 tablespoons butter, softened
4 garlic cloves, pressed
6 ears fresh corn, husks removed
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 fully cooked bacon slices (we tested with Ready Crisp Bacon)
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 jalapeño pepper, minced, I omitted

Directions
Combine butter and garlic in a small bowl. Rub garlic butter evenly over ears of corn. Sprinkle evenly with pepper and salt. Wrap each ear of corn with 2 bacon slices, and secure with wooden picks. Place corn in a 5-quart slow cooker. Add broth and jalapeño pepper.

Cover and cook on LOW 3 to 4 hours or until corn is tender. Remove bacon before serving, if desired.

Bacon Bit: If you don't want to wrap the bacon around the corn, simply chop the bacon and sprinkle on top of the corn in the cooker.

**Like I said I boiled mine and just mixed the chicken broth and water and boiled it that way but I suggest following the recipe because I know it is much better that way.

-Compliments of www.myrecipes.com

Honey Peach and Blackberry Cobbler

This recipe is very similiar to the Mixed Berry Cobbler recipe I posted a while back but it is a little different and tastes a bit different too. I made it for dessert Sunday night and it was delicious. It is sweet but has a tart taste as well. We did not have any vanilla ice cream but it would be great with this. I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

Makes 12 servings

Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
8 cups chopped peeled peaches (about 4 pounds), I used frozen sliced peaches, thawed (1 pck.)
1/4 cup honey
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
3 cups blackberries, I used frozen blackberries, thawed
Cooking spray
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind, omitted
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
1 1/4 cups low-fat buttermilk
2 tablespoons turbinado sugar

Directions
Preheat oven to 400°.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

Combine 1/4 cup flour, peaches, honey, juice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; toss gently. Let stand 15 minutes. Fold in blackberries. Spoon mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

Combine 2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, granulated sugar, rind, and baking powder in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk, and stir just until moist.

Drop dough onto peach mixture to form 12 mounds. Sprinkle mounds with turbinado sugar. Bake at 400° for 40 minutes or until bubbly and golden.

Nutritional Information
Calories:283 (20% from fat)
Fat:6.3g (sat 3.8g,mono 1.8g,poly 0.3g)
Protein:4.3g
Carbohydrate:56.5g
Fiber:4.7g
Cholesterol:17mg
Iron:1.5mg
Sodium:267mg
Calcium:63mg

-Compliment of Cooking Light, www.myrecipes.com

We are almost bricked!!

They are almost done bricking the outside as you can see from the pictures! Our front door came in and was installed. I didn't take any pictures of the inside but Justin went in this morning and said the sheetrock was up. I'm going by the house again this weekend and will take pictures of the inside.

Shopping the sales and stuff....

After talking with a friend of a friend a month ago, I was inspired to try to save on our grocery bill. She told me about a blog called "The Fairhope Foodie". She told me she checks it everyday and she posts information on coupons and makes her meals according to what Publix has on sale for that week. So I started following her on blogger and I actually have her website "button" on my blog. I believe it is to the right and it says, The Fairhope Foodie. If you click on it, it takes you to her website. She will post all the good coupons and sales for the month/week and great recipes!

I've been trying to shop the sales and I still felt like my grocery bill was the same or higher. Wal-mart's prices are definitely lower than any place but I'm not sure about the quality of produce and meat. Everything else I think is great! But, I have lowered our grocery bill lately by comparing all the prices of the sale items for the week from all our local grocery stores. Also, I noticed that on The Fairhope Foodie's latest Publix trip, which she saved a lot, didn't consist of our normal stuff I always have to buy every week. So I asked her what she did about her meat and veggies she cooks with and she told me she will see who has a good price on the meats they eat often, chicken mainly and a little ground beef she said, and will stock up when they are priced well. So now I have figured out how all the people save so much on there grocery bills! Instead of just waiting until you run out of something or just buying groceries from week to week, you need to shop for things if you see the brand you use on sale (Publix puts a lot of name brand stuff B1G1, take advantage). So that is what I have done in the past two weeks and we did save more on our last two grocery runs. I wait until I get the sale paper for the week, which usually comes out on Wednesday or sometimes here we get a "savings" paper on Tuesdays with all the local grocery store sales (or look on there websites). Like I said before, we have always shopped at Wal-mart but there produce and meat, to me personally, are not that great. The produce does not last long at all! Half the time my berries are already molded in some spots when I take them out to wash them! So that is why I have been trying to shop at other stores. And if you stick to the sales at Publix, Piggly Wiggly, Bruno's, or Target you can save. I've tried getting into the coupons but not a lot of the things we buy ever have a coupon. But, I'm still new at all this and I will tell you it is harder than you think! I thought oh this is easy just print the coupons and use them or buy this or that. But, you have to be very organized and plan ahead...

One thing we have been bad about is being wasteful. I would let fresh veggies just sit in our fridge and mold or use too much meat or something else because I thought we can just buy more. Then after I started buying so many fresh veggies I realized hey this stuff is not cheap! No wonder our grocery bill went up! So now when I buy fresh veggies for meals I either make sure to use another meal that week to use the left over veggies or I freeze the remainder. A lot of our meals call for onion, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Most of the time it says one cup, etc. So now I buy them by size according to our menu for the week or if they are having a good sale that week on them then I will buy more and cut them up, place in a zip bag (freezer friendly), label it with name and date, and then toss in freezer. **Plus this is a time saver technique I use too**

This week Piggly Wiggly has there ground beef on special for $1.99/lb. So I will be stocking up on it! I have not seen any good chicken deals but I have not looked at Target's weekly ad yet. So let me know if you find any good deals and if these techniques work for you! I will post more tips as I read them. Like I said I am just getting into this coupon world and apparently I have a lot to learn! People are saving by shopping at Publix and other places. I've just got to master how they do it! Also, another good place for coupons and deals is the "I heart Publix" website. I have that "button" on my page as well.

Have a great week and happy savings!!!

Rachel's Special Occasion Lasagna

I finally made, for my first time by the way, a homemade lasagna. I love lasagna, even though Justin isn't bonkers over it, and have been wanting to make it for a while. I first found out about homemade lasagna in high school when over it a good friends house. Her mom cooked all there meals from scratch and made this for us one night and I could not believe it. My family had always just cooked the Stoufer's frozen version, which I love also. So I asked her all about it and thought I could do that. So after all this time I finally did it! I thought it turned out great and Justin said it was good, but I had to ask him! He is not a fan of ricotta cheese, which he would ahve never known was in here, but he asked and I told him the truth. So he had his nose turned up before it was on his plate! I split the recipe in two and made then in two seperate smaller baking dishes. We still had left overs in just our dish and Justin went back for seconds. I took the other one to our friends house because they had just returned from there honeymoon and I knew they wouldn't want to cook. We ate a small side salad with ours. If you are looking for a simple healthy salad recipe that is always good with any Italian dish then buy mixed greens ( I use organic), grape tomatoes, croutons, parmesan, and balsamic vinaigrette. Follow the serving size for the dressing and with balsamic you will get plenty of flavor in just that small serving size. Just sprinkle a little bit of parmesan to top of the salad. Sometimes I will add chopped cucumbers to mine as well.

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients
1 (8-ounce) package uncooked lasagna noodles (about 9 noodles, used 10 noodles
1 1/3 cups (6 ounces) fat-free cottage cheese
3/4 cup (6 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup (6 ounces) part-skim ricotta cheese
1/4 cup (1 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 large egg whites, lightly beaten
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 (26-ounce) jar fat-free pasta sauce, divided, used reg. pasta sauce
Cooking spray
1/4 cup (1 ounce) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

**I added a few shakes each of the following spices: oregano, basil, italian seasoning, garlic powder into the cheese mixture, then stir well to blend.

Directions
Preheat oven to 350°.

Cook noodles according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.

Combine the cottage cheese, cream cheese, and ricotta cheese in a large bowl; stir to blend well. Stir in Parmesan and next 8 ingredients (through egg).

Spread 1/2 cup pasta sauce in the bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange 3 noodles over pasta sauce; top with half of cheese mixture and one third of remaining pasta sauce. Repeat layers once, ending with noodles. Spread remaining pasta sauce over noodles.

Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with mozzarella; bake an additional 20 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Nutritional Information
Calories:284 (28% from fat)
Fat:8.8g (sat 5.2g,mono 2.5g,poly 0.4g)
Protein:15.7g
Carbohydrate:34.2g
Fiber:3.3g
Cholesterol:53mg
Iron:0.9mg
Sodium:657mg
Calcium:179mg

-Compliments of Cooking Light, www.myrecipes.com

Easy Quesadillas

Justin and me ate these last night for dinner. I thought they were very good despite the fact I burned ours! So I can't wait to fix them again without burning them this time! I couldn't find refried beans with sausage so I bought some ground sausage, only used half the roll and mixed it cooked ground sausage in with the refried beans. The reason I burned my quesadillas is because I thought they would be better it I heated them in the oven instead or microwave. I put them on broil and didn't watch them closely enough. I served spanish rice on the side.

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients
3/4 cup refried beans with sausage or
buy sausage seperately like I stated above
4 (8-inch) flour tortillas
1 1/4 cups (5 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend, divided
1/2 cup taco sauce, divided
Sour cream

Directions
Spread beans evenly over 2 tortillas. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup cheese, and drizzle with 1/4 cup taco sauce. Top with remaining tortillas.

Microwave 1 quesadilla, covered with a paper towel, on a microwave-safe plate at HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Repeat procedure with remaining quesadilla.

Cut each into 8 wedges; serve with remaining 1/4 cup taco sauce, sour cream, and remaining 1/2 cup cheese.

-Compliments of www.myrecipes.com

Star Lake with Wyatt & Will

Here are the pictures of Wyatt & Will from Star Lake. We went last week and they had a great time. They loved the ducks, fish, and turtles. We will definitely be going back again soon.

Roasted Bell Pepper & Olive Pizza

I made this pizza for us last Thursday night and it was very easy and was really good. I know when Justin approves because I either have to ask him it is good or he says this is really good. When he volunteers his opinion that means he really likes it! He volunteered his opinion on this one! It said this could be used as an appetizer also but I cut some of the ingredients in half to just make one pizza instead of two. It says one wedge is a serving size but I ate 2 and Justin had 3.

Serves 12, or cut recipe in half and it serves 6 (serving size: 1 wedge)

Ingredients
2 large red bell peppers (I used one)
2 large yellow bell peppers (I used one)
1/2 cup sliced green olives
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons drained capers (I omitted)
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
3/4 teaspoon olive oil
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 (1-pound) Italian cheese-flavored pizza crusts (such as Boboli) or focaccias (I used one)
6 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Directions
Preheat broiler. Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise, and discard seeds and membranes. Place bell pepper halves, skin sides up, on a foil-lined baking sheet, and flatten with hand. Broil 15 for minutes or until blackened. Place in a zip-top plastic bag, and seal. Let stand 15 minutes. Peel and cut into strips. Combine bell peppers, green olives, and next 5 ingredients (olives through black pepper) in a bowl.

Preheat oven to 350°.

Divide the bell pepper mixture evenly among pizza crusts; sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350° for 7 minutes or until cheese melts. Cut each into 12(or 6)wedges.

Nutritional Information
Calories:104 (28% from fat)
Fat:3.2g (sat 1.5g,mono 0.8g,poly 0.1g)
Protein:4.6g
Carbohydrate:15.5g
Fiber:2.1g
Cholesterol:2mg
Iron:0.9mg
Sodium:301mg
Calcium:62mg

-Compliments of Cooking Light, www.myrecipes.com

Frame Walk Pictures of the House

We had our frame walk on Wednesday, May 5th. What that consisted of was us walking around our home with the builder and our Signature representative. They pointed out all our plugs, cable outlets, phone jacks, & etc. Everything was great and now said they should have the permit today to continue with the building process. Our brick had just arrived when we got to the house and so they will be starting that this week as well. So now we will basically wait until it is time for orientation. Shellie, our Signature rep said she would be able to confirm the permanent close date on Monday. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it will stay around June 30.

The two pictures above are of us in the front of our house....

Above is a view of the foyer/front door entrace looking into the front yard....

In foyer looking into Guest Bedroom 1/ office....

Guest bathroom...

A side view of the living room...

The living room and the doorway on the left will take you to the laundry room, pantry, & kitchen. Right doorway will take you into kitchen & dining room....

Laundry room...

Side view of kitchen & keeping room...

The kitchen...

Dining room...

These doors open up to our patio/ backyard...

Patio...

Walking into the master bedroom...

Hallway that connects master bedroom to bathroom & the walk-in closet is on the left...

Walk-in closet...

Mater bathroom...

Master bath, this is where the sinks will be...

Watering closet...

Hallway walking to garage...

Garage...

A view from the stairs looking at the upstairs den & a view of the 2nd guest bedroom on the right...

View from upstairs den into the 2nd guest room...

Upstairs guest bathroom...



These last two pictures above are of the 3rd guest bedroom...

So this is our house! We can't wait to see it with the walls up & everything. They said everything will be moving very fast now! Our cabinets should be in next week! So more pictures to come soon....