Fine Cooking

For those of you looking for a great recipe site, I have to highly recommend FineCooking.com. I used to get the magazine, but discontinued my subscription. While I do miss leafing through the glossy pages of yummy food I find the site to be much more versatile. So far over the past month I've made 4 different recipes and they've all been amazing! These are the winners to date:

Quinoa Salad with Apples, Walnuts, Dried Cranberries, and Gouda
Greek Macaroni & Cheese
Quinoa and Avocado Salad with Dried Fruit, Toasted Almonds and Lemon-Cumin Vinaigrette
Curried Chickpea and Summer Vegetable Stew

This is on the menu for tonight. I'll let you know if it makes it to the list of "must make again":

Seven-Layer Grilled Southwestern Chicken Salad

3 Months

Gwen is 3 months old today and is changing and growing more every day. Literally. The past week alone week has brought us a full pound in weight gain (she's finally over 10 lbs.!), her first real laugh (once), and an 8 hour stretch of sleep (once).

I've heard people say that they wish they could "bottle up" these moments and this morning I experienced just that. As Gwen drifted off for a nap after a morning feeding, I watched her little mouth continue to suck as if she were still nursing, her bottom lip quiver, and the sleepy smiles. I tried to burn this picture into my brain because I know this stage won't last forever. Thankfully, there will be more magical moments in store for us in the months to come.

Up to no good...

Gwen and Daddy having some snuggle time







Gwen hanging out with her buddy Rory

Good Morning Gwen

Embark!

Anyone know this guy?