November 8th, 2009

Sunday Dinner at Our House

Andrew and I have always had weird work sched­ules so we really never had a din­ner rou­tine. When Mya was born our work sched­ules changed a lit­tle but we still could not sit down together for din­ner. Because I was work­ing dur­ing the day (as a teacher) and he was work­ing at night, Andrew would cook din­ner for us in the crock pot so that Mya and I had food when we got home. It was help­ful and made him feel that we were eat­ing din­ner with him.

Now that I am work­ing from home and his hours are still less than nor­mal, we don’t get to eat meals together all the time. It’s some­thing that I actu­ally long for because I want Mya to know what it is like to have fam­ily din­ners with both par­ents. I want her to have that tra­di­tion and that “fam­ily time”.

Sun­day have become more impor­tant to me that ever before. It’s is our fam­ily day and I make sure that Sun­day din­ners are home cooked meals that we eat at the table (now that I have cleaned off the table). Tonight we had Sloppy Joes, tater tots, and mixed veg­gies. It was a very Amer­i­can meal.

Kristina’s Sloppy Joes

• 1 lbs of ground turkey
• 1 large onion
• 4 gar­lic cloves
• 1 medium carrot
• 1 can of tomato sauce (15 oz)
• 1/2 cup of ketchup
• 1 cup of BBQ sauce
• 1/4 cup of Worces­ter­shire Sauce
• oregano, basil, pars­ley, Adobo Seasoning

Saute onion, gar­lic, and finely minced car­rot in olive oil. Add ground turkey and brown. Add dry sea­son­ings being sure to crush them in your hand before adding to meat. Add tomato sauce and stir well. Next add Worces­ter­shire Sauce , ketchup, and BBQ sauce. Mix well and cover. Sim­mer for 20 min­utes. Serve on ham­burger buns with tater tots and mixed veggies.

Enjoy!