Kitchen Therapy

Today was errand day..... 

After spending two wonderful hours with my Prayer Shawl Group and my hubby finishing up practice with the band, we headed off to Sprouts.  We LOVE Sprouts.  There are just so many goodies to choose from....  all the fresh fruits and veggies.... the meats... ahhhhhhhh lots and lots of inspiration.  And we really needed to do this too... our cupboards were bare! 

Came home with a car full of yumminess (is that a word.... well it is now).  All the fruits and veggies into the sink for a good soak - strawberries and blueberries, pears, green and yellow peppers, a whole bag of little sweet peppers, roma tomatoes....  

The pork roast in the freezer, hubby making hamburgers to freeze (he loves to make his special hamburgers with garlic powder and Worcestershire sauce and they are very very very good when he grills them...) and cutting up the chicken into bite size pieces to freeze for a later time.  

Then it is off to Wal-Mart for a new crock pot... ours finally made one too many meals....  and all the cleaning supplies and can goods.  

So it was a busy errand day.....  The kind of busy errand day that just knocks all of the wind right out of you.....  makes your feet hurt and your legs feel like rubber.  You are pretty certain you cannot go any further! 

But then I made pico de gallo salsa....  I love how the tomatoes, green onion, garlic, lime and cilantro smell all together.... then you add the heat - one jalapeno.... I must admit right now that I take all the seeds and ribs out -  but it still has a nice bite to it.  All the feeling of spring and summer right there in your bowl... 

mmmmm.... 

While I was dicing, slicing, juicing and mixing..... the smells all rising up to my nose.... the pleasant rhythm of my knife...... there was another warm aroma coming from my oven..... oh does it ever smell so delicious.... 

Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake  from Pam at For The Love Of Cooking.... oh my... my kitchen is just the best place in the world to be right now..... 

So I am really really REALLY happy that we had errand day........