Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

That, of course, is what happened on Monday–we’ve been getting our older girls ready for their cousin trip with my in-laws. Tonight is their last night at home–I’m taking them to the airport at an unholy hour of the morning–and I tried a random recipe I found on Pinterest for dinner. (Because–just because.) Except, of course, I made changes.

To begin with, even though it’s a recipe for BBQ Chicken Cornbread Casserole, I don’t buy ground chicken. I did, however, have just over a pound of ground pork in my freezer from someone’s “I’m moving and have to empty my freezer” life event, and since it’s been in there for a bit, I was thrilled to pull it out and use IT instead. Because I don’t cook with bell pepper I was going to use celery instead, except guess what I’m apparently out of? (My daughter put it on the list–I just didn’t look.) I went with grated carrot instead, and my kiddos said the whole recipe tasted like fancy sloppy joes. (They weren’t wrong.) Overall, I think I’d recommend it–most of my family were fine with it, and it made a solid dinner when accompanied by some Hami melon.

Now, to get my older girlies finished packing…