Vacations = Food.

I am going to start off by letting you know, this blog has no real purpose. There is no hidden message and no profound thought at the end. There may not be any witty jokes, we'll see. But I figure, since we all love vacations, and we love food and the two are always tied together somehow, I'll let you know about this last week.

We spent 7 days at my Aunt's place in Arizona last week. She is always gracious enough to let Matt and I stay at her place during the Summer, (while she is still in AK), and enjoy her pool and beautiful "winter" home. One thing we love about this place is the large kitchen which we are definitely not used to, because we love to cook together on vacation. Weird, I know, but true! 

The very first thing we try to figure out when we get there is: What kind of food do we want to go shopping for?

So the list begins.

Eggs? check.

Milk? check.
Bacon? check.
Cheese? check.
           ...Matt is very into breakfast, can you tell?



Matt's Breakfast Tacos!

 Here is one Breakfast creation that Matt came up with. Here we have a homemade taco shell, scrambled eggs, garlic seasoned potatoes, jalapeno sausage, bacon, cheese, salsa and cilantro.


Yum! That is all I'm going to say about this one.

I am not, however, going to say how many calories I think are in these special tacos. That would ruin the whole point of being on "vacation" right?


Since this IS vacation, and I hate doing dishes, with a passion, we did occasionally eat out during the week. We also ordered Pizza, which is always amazing. There is a place called "Da Boyz Pizza" in Yuma, AZ that we love. If you're ever there, try it. and get some wings. According to Matt, they have the BEST WINGS EVERRRR!!!



Here we are enjoying our hardy meals



One night we visited a fun restaurant called Cracker Barrel.

It's good Southern style food with a feeling of the Pioneer days. We actually had to come back one more time for breakfast the morning before we  left Arizona. Matt had to try their breakfast. He ordered some kind of everything-sampler and I had some good 'ol home made style French Toast.

This place reminded me of the Little House on the Prairie series. (Did they even have French Toast back then?)

                                                                                                         

All in all, it was a very enjoyable place to eat at. We spent some time in their little General Country Store and even had to buy some Cracker Barrel Apple Butter and Pure Maple Syrup to take home. Yummm!

One night Matt made us some amazing steak for dinner while I grilled some veggies. Another night I just couldn't put down the book I was almost finished with, so he made a chicken dinner all by himself. I'm not sure exactly how long he was in the kitchen, but I got through quite a few chapters... and by quite a few I mean about 2 hours worth of reading. so...

 Let me just say, it was WELL worth the wait! When we finally sat down to eat, Matt presented this beautiful, colorful, stuffed chicken and vegetables! The chicken had cheese and green squash stuffed inside, with avocado, cilantro, bell peppers and grilled squash on the outside.

 Amazing. Delicious. Beautiful. Perfectly cooked. Can I just brag a little bit here? My husband is pretty cool. I love to cook but this guy makes food look better and taste better than I ever could!

So there it is my friends. I think I gained about 5 lbs. this week. In fact, I know I did. But hey, it's vacation right? 

                                   Tonight's special dinner menu:

                                            Salad ...and water.

                                                                                     

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