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... enter and sign in, please

Hi, guys!  Winnie’s hubby here.  Win got a huge number of orders for Mother’s Day and First Communion cards, and is in the basement creating away.  So she turned today’s blog post over to me.

I thought I would pull a Mario (and I suspect most of you will get the reference, if not, you can click on the link) and take you “Behind the Scenes” at Winnie’s Inky Fingers.

On weekdays, Winnie crafts during the evening, right after dinner.  The division of labor was a snap to figure out from the beginning of our marriage, and for those of you who’ve been following the blog it’s pretty obvious:  Win does the cooking, and I do the cleaning up.  She’s a fabulous cook, and I like the Zen of doing dishes.  Okay, so occasionally I forget a pot or so, but for the most part it works well.  She’s fun to shop with as well:  we hit Giunta’s Meat Farms and Stop & Shop and she’s creating menus on the fly.  You’ve already seen some of the great things she comes up with (thank you, Ree Drummond, Rachael Ray, Homesick Texan et al. for the ever-developing bay window around my midriff).  Once in a while we’ll see something fun from our youth and pick it up as well.  Which brings me to last night’s dinner.

We knew yesterday would be a busy day since, as I mentioned, Winnie had a number of orders (upwards of twenty cards) to take care of this weekend. We fortified ourselves on Friday night by treating ourselves at Carrabba's, where she had the lentil-and-sausage soup (ditto for me) and chicken parmesan, and I had The Damian (wood-grilled salmon, spiedino di mare - translation: sea scallops - and lobster ravioli). We split a John Cole (vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce and roasted cinnamon rum pecans) and came home content.
So yesterday morning I was checking out the larder to find something quick and easy for Saturday dinner.  And I came up with: Yep.  SPAM.  In a spasm of health-consciousness, we had picked up the 25%-less-sodium version.  Win fried it up in a pan, and we had it with Stop & Shop Tater Bites (which beats the name brands in taste by a mile) and their baby peas. And, yes, we washed it down with a nice Chardonnay.

And, oddly enough, it was pretty yummy. The lower sodium content actually improves the taste from what I remember as a kid.   And it accomplished its main mission, which was to feed us both and get Winnie back down to the basement while I cleaned up.

And now you know why I leave the cooking – and blogging – to my talented wife.
Posted by Winnie at 6:19 PM Labels: Carrabba's, dinner, First Holy Communion, Homesick Texan, Mario Rossi, Mother's Day, Rachael Ray, Ree Drummond, Spam 
I *love* Spam! Too bad I can't get my husband on board or we'd have it more often than once a year!

Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 7:05:00 PM EDT 
Wow Allan you and Winnie make a great team! I never really liked spam but the plate looks yummy. I do however love tater tots and wine he he. Tell Winnie no sweat with cards she will do a beautiful job. Marcia

Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 10:47:00 PM EDT 
Ha! This is such an adorable post :) Love hearing from husbands/boyfriends :) And you know, I've never tasted Spam...hmmm...maybe I should try it!


Monday, April 30, 2012 at 3:10:00 PM EDT 
Sounds like you two are a great tag team! When I go to my boyfriend's place he does most of the cooking and I clean up. At my place, I do both and let him relax.

By the way, I love Spam! I recently tried the bacon flavored Spam. It was good but way too salty. Next time, I'll get the low sodium.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 3:27:00 PM EDT