Jesper and I decided we need to cook at home more, so this weekend we had some yummy meals. I followed these instructions and made a fine grilled steak (even though we left it on the grill a little longer than we meant to). The saltiness was perfect, equal to potato chips. I was trying to recreate an amazing steak I had last September at Matt's in the Market. I made some excellent mashed potatoes that went with the steak perfectly.

Diana's Mashed Potatoes
1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes (about 2 large potatoes)
1/4 cup cream cheese
2 Tab fresh grated parmesean cheese
2 Tab. Margarine
Add Garlic salt to taste

Mash together thoroughly.

Sunday night I made a roast chicken for the first time. What?! Why had I never done this before?? It was so delicious! It took as long to prepare as it did to pre-heat my oven. I'll definitely be doing this more and will stop buying the greasy rotisserie chickens. It's two days later and I'm still in shock that I never did this before. When trying something classic like this I always turn to my Joy of Cooking book. It is the best reference I have.

Tonight I am going to try this recipe for the steak leftovers.

Last night I sewed up 1 curtain panel for our basement sliding door. Jesper erected the curtain rod which put me in motion to sew the fabric up. It looks pretty good. He's volunteered to sew the curtain strap to pull them back.

Last night we had some friends over for dinner and I had a chance to make some recipes I wanted to for a long time. The Spicy Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup was so delicious. I also made Coconut bread and it was also so incredibly delicious.

The point of the meal was to serve Marlin tacos. We still have a lot of Marlin left in the freezer, I think the tacos are the best way to go. I baked the Marlin steak slices in the oven with melted butter and garlic poured over them.

For dessert we had raspberry-blueberry pie. Yum!