Weekends are going by way to fast! Although I am excited about this week – Hannah comes home from Germany this week! We talked to her on the phone yesterday – her host family has treated her so nice and actually said they wanted her to come back to visit at Christmas!
Since it was stormy yesterday morning, Tony and I decided to take our Sunday papers and go out for breakfast. I got something called a “Farm Steak” and really wished I would have gotten Tony’s chopped steak. The only way I can describe this “steak” is that it was kind of like gyros meat – not actually sure what it was but it was shaped into a steak!
I ate the eggs, 1/2 the potatoes, 1/2 of the”steak” and 1/2 a piece of rye toast.
One of the things on my menu this week is homemade ravioli. I decided to make the dough ahead of time and made six ravioli as a practice run. Two things I need to do next time – roll out the dough thinner and cook the ravioli longer. I make my pasta dough in the food processor – so easy!
- 2 cups flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 4 tablespoons water
The dough should look like this:
I then dumped it on my counter and kneaded it for about 5 minutes. I had seen on t.v. where someone had put herbs in the dough so I thought I would try it. My dough wasn’t rolled out thin enough to see it though!
you can barely see the herbs!
My lunch: 1/2 cup of my marinara sauce and four ravioli. The ravioli filling is just ricotta cheese, salt, pepper and fresh picked basil. Later in the week when I make it again, I think I’ll add marinated artichokes to kick it up a notch.
We were disappointed with the .39 cent tomatoes at the store yesterday. Most of them were yellow, or bright orange. I picked the darkest ones to make more baja fresh salsa!
Using our fresh picked cilantro brought this batch over the top – I could seriously eat it with a spoon!
afternoon snack 
I decided to make the steak I had on the menu last night, and decided to grill the green beans too – they were good! Nice and cripsy. I cooked them naked, then tossed them with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.
We went with ribeyes:
My plate: I ate 1/4 of the baked potato, all the green beans and 1/3 of the steak.
the steak was so juicy!
I want to give a shout out to one of our 101 days of Summer Challengers! John just finished his first triathlon of the season – only the second one of his life! But here’s the kicker – John weighed in December 31, 2009 at 344 pounds . . . now weighs 250 pounds and is going to do another tri in just two weeks! You have to check out his race recap – way to go John!
Hope everyone had a great weekend. My goals for the week: Jillian 30 day shred 3 times this week, and don’t do exercises that I don’t love!
I would love to try my hand at homemade ravioli. I want to get one of those ravioli pans!
I love homemade pasta – SO good! I always love looking at your blog too, your pictures are always awesome!
I’ve never had green beans on the grill – what a great idea!~
YUM – those ravilois look SO good – i’d love to try making some, too! And welcome home to Hannah!
I know you must be so excited!
I am so proud of you using charcoal for your steak. Love those grilled veggies too!
I can’t believe how quickly the weekends go by either! Yay for getting to see Hannah soon!
Everything looks great as always!!
I’m giving your salsa a try this week, I’m super excited! I bought everything yesterday, but didn’t have time to make it yesterday!! I’m hoping today is the day!
My blog also started with a lament about the weekend being too short!
Thanks for pointing out various accomplishments or needs of our fellow challengers. I really do try to get around to most everyone but don’t always make it. I really enjoyed reading John’s race report!
Lovely ravioli. I bought a pasta attachment for my kitchen aid mixer, tried spaghetti noodles once, not very successful…never tried ravioli.
I have GOT to make homemade salsa like yours. It looks soooooo good!!
Ooh, grilled green beans – great idea!
I need to get that ravioli thing! Awesome with the herbs!
What is that cool little ravioli making contraption!
Grilled green beans? Must try that one!
You can buy the ravioli maker on Amazon.com – its only $15 and comes with instructions on the box
Norpro Ravioli Maker With Press
Thanks!! And I answered your legal assistant questions on my blog comments if you’re interested!
wow that salsa looks soo good. sometimes salsa and chips is all you need!
Homemade ravioli? You are a better woman than I! Those look fantastic!!! Your breakfast out looks mighty tasty, too! Let the countdown begin for Hannah’s return to Chicago! I’ll bet she can’t get her quick enough
Mmmm, yummy looking ravioli – they would have looked really cool if the herbs showed through
Still need to whip up some of your salsa!
Best of luck with your Shred challenge this week! I love that work-out…totally kick butt!
- Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
oh dont deny how excited you are for monday! hehe lol JK
actually if i had those eats infront of me (particularly ur afternoon snack and baked potato) im sure id love monday much more!
I’d love that recipe for beet hummus. I love beets anyway I can get them. My children, however, act as if I’m trying to poison them when I serve beets = ( !! Maybe you could e-mail it to me when you have a chance. bonnie353@sbcglobal.net
Best,
Bonnie
Hello again Biz! I don’t know how I got behind 11 posts but that’s what my reader said tonight! As usual my mouth was watering going through all the posts looking at the great food. Love bacon added to anything but you know I use to eat 1lb of bacon 3 times a day at one time? Back in 2003 I did the Atkins thing and bacon and me became lovers for about 6 months
Ah, gotta love Atkins – all the bacon and cheese you can eat!
Darn it I forgot. Thanks for the shout out on today’s post! I’ll try and get back to e-mailing you before Sunday.
Your welcome – you did a great job!
look at your homemade ravioli! so impressive!
you must be so excited for hannah to return…
We just watched your movie White on Rice – loved it!
I think you an tony should be my host parents just so I can go over and eat at your house ALL the time! lol
I would love to be able to make my own ravioli. How fun! I think the artichokes and fresh basil would make a fantastic filling. Or sun-dried tomatoes!
My goals for this week: Jackie Warner DVD on Tuesday, 2-3 mile walk/run on Wednesday, Jackie Warner Thursday and then I’ll be on vacation! I plan on hiking, swimming and staying active on vacation though!
I just ate dinner and I WAS full….lol Your blog always makes my tummy growl!
love your goals for the week. i have been loving losing it by jillian-so motivating!
Homemade ravioli is on my ‘someday’ list. I dont have the patience for dough. I like the addition of the herb leaf to them.
Homemade ravioli! Wow, I’ve never tried to do that ,but it look great.