We had the delight of several tasty meals this weekend, including a new recipe we tried out. Friday dinner was delicious Ruby Tuesdays (I'm in LOVE with the way they cook their broccoli! I never ate broccoli until this past summer and now I'm addicted!). Saturday lunch was the wonderful Harry & David chicken noodle soup mix...
Saturday dinner Eric cooked steak and potatoes...
And Sunday we tried out this new recipe:
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Chicken and Pineapple Slow Cooker Recipe
Ingredients:
-2 Chicken breasts cut up into cubes
-1 can of canned pineapple chunks
-1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Teriyaki sauce
-Dash of ginger
-Dash of cayenne
-Thawed bag of sugar snap peas (we used mixed veggies above)
Directions:
Mix pineapple, chicken, Teriyaki, ginger, and cayenne in slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 hours. Add in sugar snap peas for the last 30 minutes.
*NOTE: I couldn't find a bag of just sugar snap peas at the store, so I picked up a mix of veggies. It was really good, but ended up being a little too "busy", so you might try to swap out the pineapple chunks with either juice or of larger pieces of pineapple.
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On Sunday, we got a nice little surprise outside our back window (that even almost made us late to church we were staring for so long!)
Eric opened up the blinds to find this...
Look closely or click to enlarge...
You'll see 5 deer hidden in the trees! :)
We've never seen them behind our building before - it's always been behind some of the other buildings. One of them actually got so close that I thought he was going to fall off the edge of the brick wall and land in the alley!
Speaking of church, we went to The Crossing again yesterday. It's a Presbyterian-based contemporary church that started in 2000 (that's always filled to the brim!), and to be completely honest, it's been a lot different than what I'm used to. Very casual, a lot of technology, and a more "loose" structure to the service. The church has theater seating (much more comfortable though than Catholic pews! :), screens everywhere, coffee bars in the lobby (and everyone drinks coffee during the service) and a large stage. No altar, no pulpit, and I don't even think there was a cross on the stage this week. I'm still not used to the lighting effects and amped-up musicians. The service consists of a lot of singing, a few readings/prayers, and the sermon. They pretty much always have a really good message, but I'm still warming up to the whole "pop concert feel on a Sunday" idea...I'm much more traditional.
In other news, I'm currently working on some blog updates (you'll notice I got the comments link to work thanks to Kalyn pointing it out!, and I've added labels to the left) so be looking for more little changes soon! :)
