Memorial Day weekend

Sorry we've been MIA for a while - no real reason, just got busy and out of the habit of posting. Jon and I had a good Memorial weekend though - 3 day weekends where we're both not working and not traveling somewhere are rare for us! We got lots of stuff done around the house, took some walks around the neighborhood, went to the local farmer's market (are fave vendors still aren't there yet), and did some cooking. Saturday Jon grilled hot dogs for lunch and make BBQ ribs for dinner - yum! Sunday we got sushi while we were out grocery shopping - california rolls for me and spicy tuna and salmon for Jon.
Today was overcast and got progressively colder during the day - Jon grilled burgers for lunch, but we had to postpone our planned dinner of a shrimp boil (one last practice before the 30+ people crawfish boil we're hosting Saturday!). By 3pm it was in the low 50s outside and started raining. I made a noodle soup with onions, orzo, and the last of our frozen Colorado carrots from our CSA last year. I've been cooking with baby carrots exclusively over the past few months, and I had forgotten how much more flavorful the real carrots are! I think I'm going to have to switch back! I used chicken boullion cubes and the soup turned out very yummy - nice for the chilly weather. I also made a batch of Amy's stuffing. Amy was one of my roommates in vet school, and she made up a stuffing recipe that has lots of different yummy flavors - sausage (I used veggie sausage in this one), onion, celery (we didn't have any), apple, torn up bread, and raisins (we didn't have any of those either). There's also some sage and thyme. It came out yummy and was a good way to use up some stale bread and leftover veggie sausage.
Chocolate cupcakes that I made last night - chocolate always looks pretty with red and white, don't you think?