{ A busy Saturday }

Saturday was spent basically running around and being super busy.  I had my brother and sister in law come over for dinner, and I made one of our favorites which is Bacalhau com Natas, Cod Fish in a Cream Sauce.  My husband doesn't like cod fish or any fish actually, so anytime I make fish, I make him something separate.

 

First things first was obviously getting groceries put away, which takes a year and 10 days.  *snicker*

 

I do a mixture between Walmart and the base commissary.  I usually do a pick up at Walmart of the bulk of the groceries, then head to the commissary for all the meat and some of the vegetables and fruit that I prefer to pick myself.   As much as I like the pickups, I have said many times that it's often a risk, because it has happened that I either don't get something I ordered, get the wrong size and so on.

 

It used to frustrate me at times, because in the middle of the rush putting everything away, I would often just get it all done, and not notice that something was missing until I went to make a meal and couldn't find the item.  It was annoying to say the least, so what I have started doing now, is, as I take the items out of the bags, I have my grocery list with me and check them off.

 

Whatever, if anything, is missing, I then circle and the next day head to the store to pickup.  It's been a life saver, honestly, no more frustrating meal time when one of the main ingredients is missing.

 

While I did this I got the boiled eggs going in the instant pot, made the dessert for dinner, which was Toucinho do Ceu, a Portuguese dessert that when translated word for word, means Bacon from Heaven.  It's a funny name but it is delicious and if you've never made it, it is so quick and easy  but so delicious that I promise it won't last very long.

 

 

 

You can get the recipe over on my food blog. 

Of course, putting away groceries couldn't be possible without my little helper.  He has to inspect every single bag, sniff inside, give a quick bite to the plastic and move on.  He is so cute ♥

 

Here is the salted cod soaking, it needs to soak for up to 48 hours to get all the salt off otherwise it is extremely salty.  I change the water every few hours, and just keep changing until I cook it.  

 

We ended off the day with a yummy dinner, followed by some equally yummy dessert and even had some leftover chocolate covered strawberries that I had made for Valentine's Day.

 

And just like that, another Saturday came to an end!