Santa was here.
Mia was here.
And here.
[Ewww]
Elise was here.
🙂
I know these TJ’s pita chips are called “reduced guilt” but when you eat multiple servings in a row, I think that idea is null and void. Not that I ever really bought into the association of food with guilt. These are a treat for me because I’m way too cheap to buy them myself (eating a family sized bag in one sitting is not economically sound, even if you’re Donald Trump). My parents, on the other hand, have their pantry stocked in case of 75 earthquakes…with the stuff that foodie dreams are made of.
And I’m known to be quite “the finisher” of said treats. 😉
I made myself real food too.
Step one: toast bread
Step two: add avocado
Step three: add hummus
Step four: add organic free-range egg
Step five: put those hands together
Step six: halve the sammie
Step seven: eat the smaller half
Step eight: savor the bigger half
And now a night at the hippie household…
Please disregard the following:
(a) hideous wet (non) hair-do
(b) makeuplessness au natural look
(c) disaster scene that is my parents kitchen during the holidays always
Instead focus on this:
(a) root veggies galore
While trying not to lose any fingers on account of my parents’ ghetto a$$ peeler, I managed to prep two huge bowls of veggies.
Butternut squash, carrots, rutabaga, turnips, Brussels sprouts, Acorn squash, and zucchini.
Oh sweet heaven. All this has is veggies, EVOO, salt and pepper. So simple. I like my veggies on the mushy side, so don’t be turned off by the crispy brown edges and mash that will soon follow.
My little helper 🙂
While the food was roasting away, it was project time!
Crafty hippie mom working her magic…
Annnnd…centerpieces done.
I was so freaking hungry, I had to break into the bread before the rest of the meal was ready (oh please, don’t act so surprised).
Salad by sister, carbs by Metropolis Baking Company (a local Berkley company). So. Dang. Good. Northern California has one too many bakeries that call to me…I can see myself uprooting my perfect So Cal life for something like a nice fluffy loaf. Crazy? Nah.
One roast a-ready…
And then the next… (Plus a bird for the meat-eaters)
Plate-full number one.
Dear Metropolis Bread, I own you. Get in my belly.
For my second serving I truly got down to business and added a heap of hummus on top. I think I single-handedly ate an entire tray of the veggies. I’m really not exaggerating.
Third trimester fiber baby – check!
Food was here.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Xmas Elise!
Your natural look is perfect. Love it! any woman who does her hair or puts on makeup to stand in her own kitchen is a woman with too much time on her hands 🙂
Your veggies look…PERFECT! I want that whole tray full!
I’m working my way through the same tub of hummus and pita chips right now. I love coming home to a stocked pantry and fridge. 🙂
I love going back home because my parents are always stocked full of yummy food for me to eat.
Merry Christmas!
That sandwich looks delish!!
Merry Christmas 🙂
What is it with parents and their “antique” kitchen utensils?? Every time I cook in my mom’s kitchen, I fill the need to throw all of her stuff out and buy her new ones! In fact, for Mother’s Day this year I got her a freakin’ bad a$$ chef’s knife…and she actually uses it!
That centerpiece is gorgeous!
all that food looks delicious! esp those roasted veggies!
That pic of you next to the heaping bowl of veg is totally priceless.
My parents are stocked in case of the apocalypse…with the weirdest, most random food you could imagine, like eighty jars of roasted red peppers in oil. I love the “Elise was here.” Wish I could send you the remains of the 5 pounds of hummus I made!
Hahahaha – loved this post, Elise!
I thought I was the only one who ALWAYS start by the smallest half…
Hehe. Food looks delish, as usual! I wish I ate hummus more often.
Merry December 26th, girl!
xoxo
Those are my favorite pita chips everr! Luckily, my mom always has the house stocked with the best of the best snackage foods, too 🙂
And what do ya know! I’m about to make myself some lunch…and was planning on throwing together a toasted egg, avocado & hummus sammie with pita chips on the side! Twins, i tell ya!
Hope your Christmas shift wasn’t so bad! Happy holidays Elise!