Day 100: In Honor of LauraC

I tried to think of an awesome way to celebrate my 100th post on my Project 365 blog. So before we left the house this morning, I grabbed my camera and took this picture. (It's not a great picture--I had wanted the whole flower to be in focus, instead of the front of the flower and the leaf in the bottom right corner. But that's okay. It looks nice if you don't zoom in.)

The dogwood in our front yard is finally blooming. Yay spring!

Dinner:
Stuffed French Toast, Ham and Potato Chowder, popcorn, and fruit (grapes and strawberries)
How's that menu for our 100th recorded dinner in 2010? I had planned to do the baked omelet, but it takes 40 minutes to bake, which is too long. Not to mention the fact that I was pretty sure William wouldn't eat it. I really need to use up some ham that has been in our freezer for too long, so I made the French toast and chowder instead. For the chowder, I didn't follow a recipe. I think this is the first time I've made something like this completely on my own, with no recipe. I had searched through a bunch of different chowder recipes, but when I got home, I decided to wing it. And it turned out pretty good.* So, William ate the French toast, popcorn (that was his request) and a small amount of fruit. Seth ate the French toast, a few bites of chowder, a lot of his fruit (the grapes anyway), and a few bites of popcorn. Since they got syrup on their French toast, that counted as dessert. William was fine with that.

*For the chowder, I cooked chopped (frozen) onions in butter in a pot. Then I added frozen diced potatoes (from the freezer that needed to be used up). After those cooked for a few minutes, I added a can of chicken broth, the ham, and some crumbled bacon. I let that come to a boil, then mixed some milk with 2 Tbsp. of flour and added that to the broth mixture. It thickened right away (2 Tbsp. was too much, in hindsight, but that's okay). I added frozen corn and let it simmer for a few minutes.