If Mother Nature had a mood ring, I think it would explode...

Okay, I realize that this is nothing compared to some parts of the world, but seriously, what is going on with the weather?  We have snow today and while I'm grateful that it's not a snow tornado or anything... it still feels kind of cruel.

Here's how things looked yesterday...

And today...

Yesterday...

Today....

I'm not crying though.  Even though I transplanted my tomatoes out yesterday.

I knew this day was coming and had originally planned to keep my plants inside until Monday.  That plan changed.  I decided, after the baby managed to pull the tray of plants off the counter and scatter them across the kitchen floor, that they were probably safer and better off outside, in the ground and covered by the trusty old wall 'o water.  I didn't peek while I was outside, so we'll just have to wait and see.  The plants looked a bit worse for wear anyway, what with being bounced off the floor and all.  I bought four of the tomato plants for cheap because they had been frosted a bit.    They were starting to make a comeback... we'll see.

I tried a new recipe yesterday.  Gyros, or as we knew them in Germany, doeners.  Since I had left over lamb from Easter, it seemed like the perfect time to try this one out.  I made pitas for the second time in my life.  I still can't figure out how to make them poof up like they are supposed to.  Two of them did it, the others not.  Then, I made tatsiki, which is an absolute must if one eats a doener in Germany.  It consists mainly of plain yogurt, cucumber and garlic.  I think I went a little crazy with the garlic.  The kids could barely eat the sauce and they really tried.  It sure tasted good though. 

Although, as with most new to me recipes, I made way too much.  Now we have a bowl of tatsiki sauce sitting in the fridge, with no lamb to put it on.  I mixed some into tuna fish and stuffed it into the leftover pitas for lunch.  The girl liked it, the boy not so much.  I thought it was fine with a bit of cheese melted in there.  So now I'm trying to come up with new and fun ways to use up a very garlicy creamy sauce.  I'm thinking I'll bake up some fries to dip?