Crawfish Etoufee and Green Bean Bundles

Crawfish Etoufee

1/2 stick butter

1 large yellow onion (chopped)

2 stalks of celery (chopped)

2 cloves of garlic minced
saute vegetables until they are soft

add 1 can of cream of celery soup and 1/2 can of water, maybe a little more.

Cook until incorporated.

Add crawfish, red pepper, black pepper and salt.

Cook for abt. 10 minutes.

Add green onions or fresh parsley if you want it.
Serve over rice.
Green Bean Bundles

1lb fresh green beans
bacon- I used pepper bacon, any bacon is fine, thick bacon would probably be better than thin
Snap off the ends of the beans, boil them for 3 minutes and then blanch them.
Pour a little bit of olive oil over the beans and salt and pepper. I also added Tony's.
Make a bundle 5-8 beans and wrap 1 piece of bacon around it.
I used a pan with foil on it to pick up bacon grease. I poured a tiny bit of melted butter on top. Bake 350 for 20-30 minutes.

I used fresh green beans, but will probably use can green beans next time. I like can green beans so much better than fresh.

Update on school

Long time, no post. Let's see- I started back to work on August 13. School doesn't start until August 24. I have been getting my room ready and had way too many meetings that made me want to pull my hair out so excited for school to start! This year, I will be teaching 5th grade science. I will have 3 classes per day, 90 minutes each.

Here is my schedule...

7:45-8:15 Kids arrive, announcements, etc

8:15-9:45 Block 1

9:50-11:00 Block 2

11:05-12:05 Lunch/Recess

12:10 -1:00 Specials (Health Fitness, Art, Music)

1:05-1:25 Block 2

1:30-3:00 Block 3

I am very excited that I only have to plan for 1 subject versus the 5 that I am used to planning for. However, it will be more stressful than last year in 2nd grade due to the Science TAKS test. The TAKS test is similar to LEAP in Louisiana. They have a Reading TAKS in March, Math TAKS in early April and Science in late April. The science is their last test so they are pretty much done by that point. The science usually has the worst scores out of the 3. It covers things they have learned since kindergarten and obviously there is not enough time to review all of that plus cover the new 5th grade material. The point is- I will be under a lot of pressure to get high scores on the science TAKS.



On another note......


Not much longer until Zoey Marie Veron is here!!

Wes and I celebrated 2 years of dating on August 9. We went to Mark's, which was very nice. The building used to be a church so the interior is very different from a normal restaurant, but it's extremely pretty and romantic inside.

Not much to say

Sad that the weekend is over.....

Parents were here but we didnt do too much. Some shopping and some eating.

I cooked a Bakerella cheesecake for our dessert on Friday night.... At this time, there are only 3 pieces left.

I also tried out PW's recipe..... It was pretty good. I added some Tabasco though and a little red pepper.

Now, I am afraid it's time to go back to school. I was there today to confirm that I will be teaching 5th grade science next year....scary.....I definitely won't be looking forward to that TAKS test at the end of April.

Wes and I are going to dinner this weekend to celebrate our 2 year anniversary....he didn't tell me where we are going.

Adios