Here’s what I came home to on Friday night (yep, I still sometimes call my parents’ house, “home”!)

Complete deliciousness!  It was just what I needed…a yummy, local, homecooked meal without having to do any of the cooking   And really, how often do I buy steak?  Never…too expensive for my purse!  But it was such a treat.  Thanks Mom and Dad!

My mom is sending me the squash casserole recipe…stay tuned!  Have a great day…It was hot and humid all weekend and now rainy and chilly.  Not sure which one is worse.  What is the weather where you are today?!

Nathan and I had a great Saturday evening spending time with our friends Sommer and Jason.  Sommer and I actually went to high school together but had lost touch over the years since graduation.  When Nathan and I recently moved back to the Asheville area, Sommer contacted me on Facebook.  We met up for lunch a few days later and have been hanging out ever since   It’s so fun to remember great memories from high school and catch up on where our lives our now.  She is actually 6 months pregnant with her first child, and I loved hearing all her recent updates including picking out furniture for the nursery.  Nathan and Jason get along well too, so needless to say Saturday night was lots of fun. 

I was in charge of bringing the meat, and ended up making kabobs.  I purchased some chicken sausage… 

and added some veggies from our CSA box.  Eggplant, zucchini, squash, red pepper, and onion. 

Complete yumminess!

Jason did a great job grilling and they ended up tasting really good.  Only added a little olive oil   Simple goodness!

That was our first time grilling out this summer, and I’m looking forward to a few more times

Found a quick and easy recipe in one of my new library books, Robin Rescues Dinner by Robin Miller.  Can you believe I actually had ALL of the ingredients already?!  I love when I find good recipes like that…Never like running to the grocery store for one random ingredient that I may  never use again or spend too much money on.  So this one really hit the spot!

Here are the ingredients:

• chicken breast
• salt
• pepper
• ketchup
• maple syrup
• Dijon mustard
• Worcestershire sauce
• ground cumin
• heavy cream (I used regular milk)
• frozen corn
• frozen shelled edamame
• rice

In essence, you make a BBQ sauce with the ketchup, syrup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and cumin. 

I used an old jar and shook it all up together!

You then coat the chicken with the sauce and bake it until the juices run clear!

I boiled some brown rice…

And steamed the corn and edamame in the microwave…

My Dad was in town for a night earlier in the week and dropped off an avocado…I couldn’t let that go to waste!  So along it went on the plate with the rice and veggies.

I then heated up some of the remaining BBQ sauce and added a splash of milk.  When I placed the chicken on the plate, the sauce followed!

This was a great, quick, go-to meal.  I need to find a way to add a bit more flavor, but overall, a success!  And you can’t beat a new recipe that uses at-home ingredients!