Juan's Cooking Success

The lovely dish to the left is none other than an imitation of Beckie Clough's famous Spanish Tortilla that she learned to make while living in Spain. Although we received the recipe from her for this dish months ago, we finally (well, I should say Jon, as I was being lazy and watching TV on the couch while he slaved over the stove) got around to testing the recipe last night. It's basically a combination of potato, egg, onion, garlic and milk and is a well-known tapa in Spain. Jon did an absolutely superb job on his first try and he's already thinking of ways to spice it up a bit with jalapeno peppers, his favorite cooking staple. Speaking of jalapeno peppers, he made a great dinner on Saturday night for a group of us and our Aussie friends, consisting of spaghetti with alfredo sauce, bacon and jalapeno peppers. Although our friend Dave was sweating profusely the whole time he was eating it from the "heat," he absolutely loved it. So, you can imagine that I'm feeling a bit like the un-useful house wife, considering Jon's been picking up a lot of the cooking slack lately. What a guy! But, I will say that I master the cleaning like none other..., so at least I'm good for something.

We had a pretty low key weekend as we were dog-sitting, which served as a great reminder why we don't need dogs while in Germany, no matter how cute and cuddly they may be. Although we had the opportunity to feel like real Germans when walking our two dogs in the parks numerous times this weekend, we felt chained to our apartment and to Wiesbaden due to the dogs "going out" schedule. It was fun for a weekend, but I don't think we'll be tempted to adopt dogs anytime soon.

Part of the reason Jon and I have decided to take things easy for the past couple weeks, is due to the fact that we have a crazy few weeks ahead. A week from Wednesday, we head to Virgina where we will spend a week visiting Jon's family. We can hardly wait! Two days after we get back to Germany, we will host my sisters for about 10 days. It will be SO GREAT to have them here and we are planning an event filled week highlighting the best of Germany's quaint village charm. So, not to worry our few yet faithful blog readers, there will be some exciting blog entries ahead! To all, have a fantastic week!