Cooking Question...

Ok all you chefs out there I have a cooking question. Karl wanted stuffed portobello mushrooms for his father's day dinner, and I found a fantastic recipe on the food network using plum tomatoes and kalamata olives. It turned out pretty good except it took me forever to cut up the olives because they still had the pits in them.

Does anyone know a quick easy way to pit them? Karl wants me to make the recipe again but I would love to find an easier way to do that part. Thanks!

I've Got A Bug...

A cooking bug that is. Lately it seems all I want to do is cook, and for anyone knows me you know that is not one of my favorite things to do. Before Karl and I got together I lived off of cereal and PB&J's. Partly because cooking for one is virtually impossible and not that much fun to boot. Let me just give you a taste of what we have had for dinner this week:

Monday: Salmon Croquettes (a version of a crab cake) with Red Skinned Mashed Potato Bake

Tuesday: Pepper & Garlic Tenderloin, Crusty Potato Wedges, and Broccoli/ Carrots Veggies with a light butter sauce

Wednesday: Tangy Baked Chicken and 4-cheese Tortellini (that I did not make myself)

Thursday: Roasted Red Pepper & Turkey Meatloaf with Tossed Salad and homemade Buttery Biscuits. I also made a raspberry & blueberry Vanilla pudding desert, but somehow I did something wrong with the graham cracker crust so that wasn't very delectable. I guess you can't win them all....

I have not yet decided what we might have for dinner tonight....but I can assure you it's going to be something good! The other thing that we have started doing is actually sitting at the table for dinner. I really want this to be a big part of our family once Max gets older and our 2nd comes along. I always loved having sit down family dinners so I really want to get in a habit of doing this. It's nice to turn the TV off, maybe have a glass of wine and just enjoy dinner instead of pigging out in front of the TV while we only have pay attention to each other and less attention to what we are shoving into our mouths.

By the way if anyone would like the recipes for my vast array of dinners so far just let me know and I will gladly share them! Bon Appetite'...