Sunday

Today's goal, like every Sunday, is to bring your family together in some way. Maybe you have a very close family who share everything with one another. Maybe you have a more formal family who need a little encouragement to let loose around each other. Whatever the case may be, you know your family, and as a mother, you will just know how to bring that sense of closeness into the day. It's your choice whether to do this with your own husband and children, or with an extended family including grandparents, etc;

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. ~Joyce Brothers

Dinner Tonight

Yummy Panini

(Perfect for hot, sunny evenings!)

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 1/2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar

1 clove garlic, minced

sliced mozerella cheese

sliced tomatoes

fresh basil

fresh artisan bread, anything with a good crust

Whisk olive oil, vinegar and garlic in a small bowl, salt & pepper to taste. Slice bread into sandwich slices and brush outside of bread with olive oil. Layer mozerella, tomato, and basil on top of the bread. Drizzle lightly with the dressing (oil, vinegar, garlic) and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put other bread slice on top. Place sandwich in a hot panini press (I use my sandwich maker griddle) and grill until bread is toasted and cheese is melted.

*Also good with a piece of pre-grilled chicken layered on sandwich.