Easy Breezy

Nothing exciting to post, but I did want to share this:
As much as I love to cook, I have recently discovered how much time it takes out of my day- especially with a long commute and trying to fit in time for Lost, American Idol, and training for the 13.1. I'll save the fun yet time consuming recipes for the weekends. So my latest quest is to find great recipes that I can throw together when I get in from work. This is my current favorite:

Brown Butter Tortellini

1 family-size package Three Cheese Tortellini
1 large red bell pepper, diced
1 8oz. ham steak (we use chicken sometimes too), chopped
1 10oz. bag fresh baby spinach
1/4 cup unsalted butter

Brown butter in a large pan while you are boiling the tortellini in salted water. Place spinach in collander. Add red bell pepper to browned butter and reduce heat to low. Add ham or chicken. Drain tortellini over spinach in collander. Shake to remove excess water. Add this to the pan of butter and peppers. Toss. Top with fresh grated parmesan, s&p.
Simple, fresh, all in under 25 minutes.
Now that is good time management!
(thanks to Emily D. for the recipe, and helping me stock my kitchen with every Pampered Chef gadget a girl could dream of)

New Arrival

Our awesome friends Emily and Corey welcomed their new baby girl into the world yesterday, and we stopped in for a visit last night. Emily was a trooper, I hope that labor and delivery will be that easy for me one day!

Molly weighted 8lbs 2oz, and has the most beatiful head full of black silky hair I have ever seen. Master is in full big brother mode, and its hilarious. Molly, you are a lucky lucky girl!

Here's the beautiful new addition to the Teague family-

We're fans...

All we have to say is this kid rocks. Go see Step Up 2. You'll understand.
Dance on,
B&D

XOXO

Best wishes for sugar, chocolate, and love galore!
From our kitchen to yours-
Happy Valentines Day!

Predators Down Under

Well, last night was one of the more memorable events that has happened to us lately, so we just thought we would share:

3:30pm I win tickets at work to go to the Predators vs. Hurricanes hockey game at 7pm. Ben and I have never been to a Predators game, so we are pumped. Call Ben, make plans to meet and go to the game.

4:00pm Check the weather. Interesting. But nothing coming our way until atleast 11pm, so we are in the clear.

5:00pm Meet Ben, drive to downtown Nashville, park, walk, loving the evening. We are so excited to be going to our first Preds game!

6:30pm Funnel cakes, Mountain Dew, and GREAT SEATS. Thank you, GNAR.

7:00pm I now have an immeasurable amount of awe for hockey players. Their speed, flexibility, energy, and understanding of the chaos that I am watching in the ice amazes me. Ben and I agree we wouldn't be able to make it through practice, let alone the actual game.

9:20pm First (and only) score of the game! GO PREDS!!!

9:21pm Concerned friends call us, telling us tractor trailers are flipping over on the interstate. Ummmm...... thats not so good.

9:25pm "Ladies and Gentleman, with 3 minutes left in the game, we just wanted to interrupt to let you know that there is a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning for the downtown Nashville area. Please do not leave when the game is over." Oh. Boy. But what if we leave now, before the game is over??

9:32pm Predators win, we are loving it. But wondering - why we didn't leave an hour ago? We knew bad weather was coming. Stupid, stupid, stupid... we listened to a weather man.

9:33pm " Ladies and Gentleman, please make your way out of the Sommet Center arena and into the tunnels." TUNNELS??

9:34pm "What did they say?" "Where do we go?" "Why aren't they letting us leave?" People, please. TORNADO W-A-R-N-I-N-G!!

9:35pm The Human Flood of hockey fans gets corralled into the underground tunnels of Nashville, and we wait. And worry about our dog. And tell eachother we love eachother. Gosh, we're dramatic.

10:00pm We're released. Freedom! We walk up and out of whatever tunnel we were in and almost get thrown into the nearest building from the wind. At the same time a tornado siren goes off. Please Lord, just get us to the parking garage.

10:10pm On our way home, and Ben swears he sees a cow flying across I-24. "Just a little windy", he says.

11:00pm Get home, give thanks, get in bed.

Predators 1 - Hurricanes (or tornadoes) 0

(I can't leave without asking that you please pray for those families and neighborhoods that were significantly affected by the storm. I can talk about our evening as just eventful, but it was really bad in several areas close to us, so we are praying for those people who did experience the worst of it.)

Til next time, peace, love, and Zamboni's-