A bit about us...

We're a vegetarian family that loves to eat.  But we're busy.  My husband and I both work and our two teen age girls are serious about school and active in sports and music.   So, there isn't a lot of time.  But we love to eat together.  And we often get asked about being vegetarian.  Especially, "what do you eat?"  So, I'll try to share what we actually eat.  I won't post recipes unless you ask because we often just make things up.

So here goes.

Tonight was special even though we only had an hour to help make and eat dinner.  Hubby pulled out the raclette grill after 8 months or so in the box.  Beforehand, he lightly steamed Brussels sprouts (really - they were amazing), potatoes and asparagus, then sliced onions and a yellow pepper, chopped some day-old focaccia bread, and put out baby pickles (sounds strange but a family favorite), and some Light Life Chick'n strips.  We sat down and each threw a chunk of cheese on our individual melting grills, a bit of olive oil on the big grill on top and threw on veggies and bread.  It was amazing.  To finish, we grilled some fresh pineapple and a few of us put a slice of chocolate on top. 

Hubby and I had a small glass of Boulder Creek Viognier with the dinner.  It was a tad sweeter than the preferred Chardonnay, but it was what we had on hand and was nice.

All in all, a wonderfully satisfying and fun meal...