Gadgets

Just wanted to share these neat gadgets I have been using a lot because of all the cooking - the recipes seem to use a lot of fresh lemon juice, I got tired of throwing out the other half of the lemons after I squeezed one so I was excited to find the lemon keeper here at Tesco! I had bought the onion one at Bed Bath and Beyond while I was in Boston for Easter, I was surprised to find something similar here (I never would have found this in Dublin!). I know I could just use some tupperware, but these are much cuter.

And since I like to torture myself, I went back to Tesco again today. I was trying to prepare today's lunches (Chicken Satay Wraps) last night while I was cooking dinner, but while I was boiling the chicken the glass pot cracked so I ended up throwing everything out. I also needed something for dinner tonight, I was planning on making some salmon and since today was Thursday I was hoping to get something very fresh. I thought it would be a quick visit but of course I was wrong, it was nearing lunch time so the kids were getting antsy and I was looking all over the store for artichoke hearts which of course I couldn't find. I did manage to find baby corn for another recipe - in a jar so at least they will last. I timed myself from the time we left the house until we got back, and it took just under two hours.

Two hours for just this. And yes that is a half eaten hot dog sitting there, they had a cafe so I grabbed some for the kids but of course Jack didn't like his

And can you believe right before I pulled in our driveway I realized I had forgotten the salmon for dinner. UGH!!!

Here is the Quinoa Tabouleh recipe for Alisa and anyone else who wants it : ) If you google Patrick Holford you will find his website which supposedly has a lot of info and maybe somer recipes on it, but I have never bothered to look