It rained here in Los Angeles last week (and effed up my tomato plant, but I don’t want to talk about that right now – so mad!!), so I do have an excuse to make stew in July. I know I said last week’s meals were all planned out, but this stew was actually an unplanned meal. I was going to make chili in the crock pot, but after making the other meals (breakfast quiches, Caprese Caesar pasta salad, etc.) I noticed I had leftover veggies and stuff that I could easily make… Read more >
I had such a chaotic day at work, and the weird part was it was totally stress free and enjoyable. For breakfast I had three leftover pancakes from earlier in the week (I always make extra for work and then end up eating half the extras, which leaves me with a measly portion to take to work). Luckily I had banana bread muffins too. My lunch was leftover Caprese Caesar pasta salad. AKA my favorite dish on the face of the Earth. We had this for dinner the previous night. I can’t… Read more >
July 17, 2012 dried papaya, follow your heart, pancakes, pasta, pretzels Read more >
I really really really wanted stuffed shells for dinner. I saw Jenna’s post when I was planning dinner, which is when the craving hit. We were already planning on having lasagna, so I had everything on hand…minus the shells. I went to 3 grocery stores. No shells. Anywhere. Ugh. After obsessing over it all day, I had no interest in anything else. Finally I found manicotti pasta. A mediocre substitute, but oh well. There were 14 shells in total, but the stuffing was only enough for 13, so now I have one random shell… Read more >
I forgot to mention the new addition to our garden! We have a lime tree now. Wee!! It’s the one on the far left above. So the sprinkler situation above is our out-of-town solution to watering our babies. The hose is attached to a sprinkler and timer and we set it to go off for 2 minutes at 6 am and 6 pm. It has tons of settings and is pretty convenient. Kyle’s parents let us borrow it while we are in Cabo for the week. If the plants are alive when we come… Read more >
More pasta? What the? Let me explain. Kyle likes noodles. And he really likes noodles with tomato sauce. I think they’re okay, but Italian is really not my thing. I make it every so often to appease him (also it’s probably the quickest and easiest meal to make). Boil water. Congrats, your a chef! So yeah, here’s how I cheat and make him think I’ve turned water into wine ground beef into hearty vegan sauce. When the noodles are almost done but still al dente, I drain the water and add two frozen veggie… Read more >