Dinner and yummy water

So tonight was my night to cook dinner again and I had to share. This past weekend I was at the store, and I ended up picking up brown rice and quinoa, to be a bit more healthy and add some variety to our meals. Tonight for dinner I decided to make a quinoa and bean salad. I used the white quinoa, because it was what was at the store. Yes, it's served cold.  So, here it is:

Cook 1 cup quinoa according to box directions, put aside in fridge for 2 hours.
Chop up 2 oz of red peppers, green peppers, purple onion and black olives each, set aside.
Drain and rinse a can of red kidney beans, white kidney beans and black beans.
Drain one can of diced tomatoes.

After the two hours, mix all ingredients together.
Add in 1/4 cup of Zesty Italian Dressing, stir well.
 Put it in the fridge for about one hour.


My yummy water is just one lemon and one full glass of sparkling water.

Kendra's Mac and Cheese

So one thing I haven't really told you about is my husband and I love our kitchen. At the moment, we've been busy with work and school, but tonight was my turn to make dinner. I like it so much, I had to write about it. I adapted this recipe from The Pioneer Woman.

So to start I boiled 1 lb of Italian Trio pasta.
Chop up about 1 oz of green peppers, red peppers and broccoli each. Set aside.
Whisk 1 egg in a separate bowl, set aside.
In a big pot I melted 4 oz of salted butter, whisked in 1/4 cup of flour, cooked for about 5 min making a roux.
Then poured in 2 1/2 cups of whole milk.
Dump in about 1 Tbsp of Golden Spicy Mustard and whisk.
Take  some of the cream sauce and whisk it into the egg. This is called tempering. Then you poor the egg into the pot.
Once this is whisked, pour the egg into the pot and whisk again.Once it's combined, add the veggies.
Shred 2 lbs of cheese. I used 1 lb of Jalapeno Velveeta and 1 lb of white cheddar (the better the quality the better the taste).
Add the cheese and let it melt before adding pepper, salt and paprika to taste.
Mix in pasta.

*It is delicious if I do say so myself. And my husband and his friend liked it too. The only thing I'd change for next time, is use the cheddar, and chop up finely a real jalapeno.

Almost done!!!

I can't believe it. I have less than four weeks of school left including finals week, and still so much to do. Sorry, but I've been so busy, I haven't had time to write between work and school. So my husband and I have talk more about having a baby, and once we go to Colorado, I think we'll be looking into fertility clinics. Until then, I will be researching this summer to learn about IVF and testing and whatever else there is out there. I'm excited to be going to Colorado, because they have some highly rated fertility clinics. I think little by little we're taking baby steps to reach our goal of becoming parents!