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I’ll admit: Having no kitchen to come home to doesn’t always make the thought of dinners all that exciting. Sure, the occasional crockpot meal or panini sandwich are always delicious,
but I miss the real cooking…like, with a stove. 😳
I wish there was a part of me had the drive and desire to attempt to create fabulous, no-cook meals, but let’s get real…
I work a full-time teaching job, my kitchen is currently in boxes spread throughout three rooms in my house, and I have a picky (although super amazing!!) hubby who isn’t a fan of too many “weird foods.”
Ahh well…I guess we can’t all be rockstars at everything, right?
Right.
So when life hands you an empty kitchen…take all the dinner invites you can! 😀
Tonight, Jay and I quickly took up an offer for dinner at my in-laws house. It wasn’t until we got there that I realized what a treat I was in for.
Homemade Chili and Cornbread!
Before the main course, however, we started off with a simple salad. Extra veggies are ALWAYS welcome in my book – especially when their lightly dressed in balsamic vinaigrette. 😉
When it comes to the chili, Jay’s dad is the one who deserves props.
Believe it or not, after 11 years, this was my first time trying it. I’ve really been missing out! Jay and I both agree that his dad and our friend Mal should have a chili cook-off…the two of them can really hold their own! 😉
The cornbread was a scratch recipe made by my MIL and it was absolutely incredible.
Super moist, full of flavor…definitely a winner! 😛
I also had half of a Mastroianni roll (one of my favorite local bread bakers!). The rolls are pretty big, so half was plenty.
And as if the delicious dinner wasn’t enough, we were greeted shortly afterward with another sweet surprise celebration…anniversary ice cream pie! 😯
The ice cream pie came from The Lighthouse, which we‘ve had ice cream cakes from before. Usually, I can take or leave an ice cream cake, but these babies are awesome.
You can only imagine my delight when I noticed not only the thick, gooey brownie fudge crust, but it was also strictly vanilla! (Call me crazy, but I really do not like chocolate ice cream.)
Mmmmmm! Its always fun extending a celebration a little longer. 🙂
After a couple hours, we were on our merry way back home…but certainly not empty handed!
My MIL reads the blog quite frequently and noticed the anniversary present that I got for Jay, so she decided to add a little something to help us out on our adventures:
An atlas!
Thank you, thank you for the atlas…and the leftovers! 😯
Yowzahs! I can’t wait to dig back into that cornbread…
Ahhhh, evil ice cream pie staring back at me…you are certainly not helping my sugar addiction…
Friends! Family! C’mon over and share some ice cream pie with us. We’ve still got more Anniversary Cake in the fridge too, and I do not want to be held responsible for eating everything. 😉
It’s past my bedtime…time to hit the hay…g’night!!
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