Golf and Grill

Last Saturday we were invited to Tuckaway Country Club for a golf and grill event by my brother in law and sister in law.  Tuckaway is located in Franklin, WI and has a beautiful golf course, pool, tennis courts and club house.  We spent the afternoon at the pool with our niece and nephews.  By late afternoon DRS and his brother left to start their first 9 holes of golf.  My sister in law and I spent a little more time at the pool alone (after the kids left for the babysitter) then met the guys at the turn.  We played the back 9 with them and had a blast!  After a successful round of golf, we got all dolled up and headed into the clubhouse for dinner.  It was a special pick your meat dinner with a seafood, soup, salad and potato bar.  Everything was amazingly delicious!

We had a wonderful time at Tuckaway with our family!  Events like this make me so happy we are back in Wisconsin!

 

Masskrugstemmen

Last weekend DRS and I joined my cousin Katie, her husband Mark and their daughter Nina at West Bend's Germanfest.  It was a fun evening full of food, beer and music.  During dinner, the band announced they were going to have a Masskrugstemmen contest later that night.  DRS and Mark jumped at the chance to participate!

In case you don't know, Masskrugstemmen is the sport of holding a liter of beer in a large glass mug with your arm extended out in front of you.  If you google it you will find this is a real thing with a national championship and everything!

Mark ended up winning and DRS came in a close second!  It was so much fun to watch them participate and cheer them on in the crowd.  Congrats Mark and DRS!

Farmer's Market Day Three

The last item I bought from the Farmer's Market was pickles.  My cousin recently posted about making our grandma's refrigerator pickles on her blog.  Since hers turned out great, I thought I would take a go at it too!  You can find her post and the recipe here.  

Thanks for the great idea Katie!

Farmer's Market Day Two

The second ingredient that I bought from the West Bend Farmer's Market was blueberries.  I like eating fresh blueberries and I love baking with them!  Sunday morning I made blueberry waffles for DRS and my parents.  I still had some leftover, so Monday morning I made blueberry muffins.  I have made a lot of blueberry muffins in the past with a variety of recipes.  This time I tried a recipe from Gwyneth Paltrow.  I rented her cookbook, My Father's Daughter, from the library a few weeks ago.  The recipe comes from her mother, Blythe.

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
3/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Line 12 muffin cups with papers.

Whisk the butter, eggs, and milk together in a bowl.  In another bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.  Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold in the blueberries.  Divide amount the muffin cups and sprinkle the muffins with a small amount of sugar.  Bake until a toothpick tests clean and the muffins are golden brown, 23-30 minutes.  Best to eat warm!

The recipe was a keeper!

Farmer's Market Day One

I went to the West Bend Farmer's market this past weekend with my cousin Katie.  I came home with some very delicious items including corn on the cob, blueberries, pickles and zucchini.  I have already used up everything that I bought to make some very yummy things!    

Today I am going to share how I used the zucchini.  I bought three medium sized zucchinis which ended up being about 5 cups of shredded zucchini.  The first thing I made was zucchini bread.  This is one of my favorite home made breads!  It made two loaves which is good since the first one is almost gone already.

I used the rest of the zucchini to make a zucchini and goat cheese crustless quiche.  It was amazing!  I forgot to snap a photo but you can find the recipe here.    

What recipes do you use with zucchini?  

Door County

DRS and I were in Door County last week for a week long family get away.  We stay in Ephraim which is a small town between Fish Creek and Sister Bay.  We spent a lot of time outdoors at the beach, going on bike rides, walking to Anderson Dock, playing a kids vs adults game of kick-ball, celebrating a birthday, having breakfast at Al Johnson's and playing in the park.  But the most fun of the week were the memories we made as a family!

I love spending time in Door County!

The beautiful view from our beach.

Alterra on the Lake

We took Magnolia to Alterra on the Lake our first week back.  It is one of DRS and my favorite places to be in Milwaukee.  She loved being by the lake and people watching!  DRS and I loved sipping Alterra drinks!  It is good to be home!

Road Trip

 Here is a short overview of our road trip back to Wisconsin.  Two days and about 18 hours on the road but we finally made it home! 

Pilot Mountain, North Carolina

Big Walker Mountain Tunnel - Appalachian Mountains, Virginia

Magnolia's cozy spot in the van

Chicago, IL - almost home!

Welcome to Wisconsin!!!

Our Last Meal

We put a lot of thought into our last meal in North Carolina.  We decided on The Q Shack, our favorite BBQ restaurant.  My dad was in town to help us move so he was able to join us.  Beef brisket, mac and cheese, salad and hush-puppies with a glass of sweet tea to wash it all down.....yummy!    We then headed to Fosters Market for a piece of home made pie for dessert.  Definitely a meal to remember!