Mac&Cheese&Sausage&Peas Reci-pea

Hey Guys! Happy 4th of July eve!
My stay-cation starts today.  I took the rest of this week off of work to just hang out, go to the beach, and enjoy the (hopefully) nice weather.

If I'm not too busy soaking up the sun rays this week, I'm hoping to have a lot of quality time to blog. :)


What does it take for a meal to be complete?
Obviously opinions vary, but for me, I need meat(or meat substitute), a carbohydrate, a veggie, and cheese certainly doesn't hurt.

If this sounds like your recipe for a perfect meal, then boy, do I have a treat for you!

Let me introduce you to the best meal my brain has ever cooked up:

Mac & Cheese & Sausage (!!!) & Peas! (please excuse the not so great photo quality, my fancy camera was dead)

Pros:
Easy
Quick
Fast
Simple
Awesome
Tasty
Speedy

Cons:
a depressed feeling may occur when your bowl (or plate) is empty

A few weeks ago my Mom's coworker made a request for a Mac&Cheese&Peas recipe because I didn't have one anywhere on the blog! I was like "oh yea, I should probably make one since it's the NAME OF THE BLOG."  So, here it is!

Recipe:

1 box Annie's Shells and Real Aged Cheddar
3 Hot Italian Sausages
1 Cup Green Peas
1/4 cup milk


Directions:
Boil water for the shells.
While waiting for the water to boil, prepare the sausage.
Cut a slit down the sausage to remove the casing.  Break the sausage up in a skillet and cook until heated all the way through, and no longer brown.
Transfer cooked sausage to a paper towel to drain off some of the fat.
When the water is boiling, dump in the shells, after about 5 minutes, dump in the peas.
Bring to a boil again and cook for about 5-7 more minutes, then drain.
Follow directions on package to make cheese sauce
Add shells and peas back into pan, and mix with the cheese sauce.
When it's completely mixed together, add in the cooked sausage.
Enjoy!

 I'm obsessed with the way the peas nestle in the shells. <3

                             This recipe tastes best when eaten out of a disgruntled bowl.


Today is my very dear friend Meaghan's Birthday, so I wanted to say:
Happy Birthday, Meaghan!  I love you!

Warren Tavern & the best movie theatre in the world

On Saturday, the bf and I had to dog/house sit in Charlestown.  I suggested that we go to the Warren Tavern to check it out.  I've been there a few times, but not recently, and the bf has never been there.  It's a really cool place because it's so old.  It has been operating since 1780!  I thought it was the oldest tavern in Massachusetts but I found out that a few other places also claim that title.  Bell in Hand claims to be the oldest Tavern in America (est. 1795).  Hmmm that’s a few years after Warren Tavern...but it’s the Green Dragon that has the oldest date of establishment, 1654.  The Union Oysterhouse calls itself the oldest restaurant in America, but it wasn't established until 1826.   

Anyways, we watched the Bruins and ordered some food and beer.  We both got the Shipyard Pumpkin with the Cinnamon and sugar rim, of course.  He ordered the burger with cream cheese and I got the crab cakes appetizer.  

The food was delicious! My bf didn't even know that I liked crab cakes.  But I didn't know that he liked cream cheese on his burgers, seemed weird to me!

Also, very exciting news:  I  noticed that they served a variation of macaroni and cheese with peas  called Polish Mac&Cheese! I can add this restaurant to my list! For that, I award Warren Tavern 5 out of 5 peas!

Here's some grainy photo-graphical evidence: 

On Sunday, we went up to the BEST movie theater in the world called Chunky’sCinema Pub.  It’s an actual pub, as in they serve drinks and food while you watch the movie.  It’s a fun place because all the chairs are actually old car seats from old Cadillacs and Lincolns.  The menu is really cute because they name all the entrees and drinks after movies.  I had already eaten dinner, so I just ordered a Butter Beer float.  If you aren’t a nerd like me and don’t know what that is, it’s a drink from the Harry Potter books/movies.  

 
Guess what movie we saw?

The MUPPETS!

I <3 Kermit.