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 >
My AM meals were boring and hardly worth an explanation so I’ll get them out of the way quickly. Breakfast: Cascadian Farms’ multi grain squares + co-op bulk bins flakes & clusters cereal + nectarine + almond milk Lunch: leftover Caprese Caesar pasta salad (I added carrots and extra iceberg lettuce to bulk it up) [Unpictured snack: pretzels and hummus] [Lots] And now for dinner. We decided to do a pizza night, but we cheated a bit by using pre-made crusts. We decided to try Rustic Crust’s organic pizza crusts. One for each of… 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 >
In my last post I mentioned that we’d be starting weekly meal planning. We’ve never really done this before, but our budget is tight and grocery shopping is pretty much the only area that we spend. Plus it makes sense now that Kyle’s working and his schedule is consistent (as opposed to when he was in school and constantly had random meetings or events or clubs or whatever). Now we know when we will be eating and we can plan things out. BYO lunches. Home-made dinners. Repeat. That’s the plan. Here’s how the first week… Read more >
July 16, 2012 broccoli and cheese quiche, eggs, greek yogurt, Uncategorized Read more >
I made a comment last week to Kyle about how the 4th of July and watermelon always make me think of Pollyanna. He didn’t really respond and then a few minutes later mentioned he didn’t know who or what I was talking about. When I said it was a movie, he claimed he’d never seen it. [What!?!?] Growing up, Pollyanna was pretty high in the rotation at our household. Along with The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, The Music Man, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The King and I, and Fiddler on the Roof. So now… Read more >
July 15, 2012 avocado, menchie's, soup, tempeh, whole foods Read more >