sunday family dinner
May 17th, 2009 @ 8:17 pm | domestic, food, girl time | Post a Comment
The worst part about Sunday nights is how quickly they turn into Monday mornings. The best part about Sunday nights is our tradition of “family dinners.” We only have one family member within 100 miles, so we use the phrase loosely; it’s usually my DC-BFF and occasionally a few other friends.
Together we plan the menu (full honesty: 75% of the time it’s homemade pizza or tacos), pick up ingredients, then chop, cook, clean, and best of all – eat together! Sometimes we even get really wild and eat at the dining room table instead of the coffee table. We get to catch up on gossip from the week and plan when we’ll hang out during the week ahead. And since my DC-BFF doesn’t have cable, we usually manage to sneak in an episode or two of trashy television without too much complaint from the husband.
Tonight we branched out from pizza/tacos and made a really yummy quiche. It’s so easy: storebought pie crust, any veggie you can imagine, eggs/milk, cheese, salt, pepper, then bake until it looks done. No recipe needed. Tonight we included: zucchini, mushrooms, bell pepper, asparagus, spinach, bacon, and two kinds of cheese. And we made enough for leftovers for weekday lunches.
I know that someday we may not live here, or our friends may not live here, but until that time comes, I hope we have many more Sunday night family dinners together.
aw, I love that you do family dinners like that. I don’t have any family nearby and am always wanting to do something like this with my friends.
written by Holly
May 18th, 2009 @ 9:39 am
My MIL does “family dinner” with her friends several nights a week! Sounds fun, I wish I could join you. You can come have family dinner any time you want at my house if/when you come back to Colorado!
written by the ambitious mrs
May 18th, 2009 @ 11:05 am
YUM
written by alexa
May 18th, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
Sounds like a fun time!
I have recently started liking quiche, so I think I need to make on sometime soon!
written by Jackie
May 18th, 2009 @ 1:45 pm
that is such a fun tradition i love it. and heck a delicious one too!
written by katelin
May 18th, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
Janet, that sounds like a lovely tradition. And yummy quiche!!
written by lesli
May 18th, 2009 @ 5:20 pm
the quiche was delicious even as a leftover! glad we have this tradition!
written by Liz
May 18th, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
What a fun tradition! I love that idea.
written by Janssen
May 18th, 2009 @ 9:11 pm