Tony and I spent the better part of yesterday painting our bathroom and installing a new fan/light. My arms are so tired from painting. The color we chose was called shitake, but it’s really a chocolate brown – what do you think of the color?
When we moved into our house, the whole bathroom was pink – even the toilet! We had painted it a tan color, but I really like this color – it goes nice with the white trim.
I knew I was going to have an egg sammie on my fresh baked bread yesterday. I had a fried egg sammie, using the 75% reduced fat cheddar cheese on top.
Just so happens that Menard’s is next to Portillo’s so I picked up lunch 😀
Saturday I put together Beth’s chicken pot pie – but we didn’t have it until last night. I was glad I had made it ahead of time because I was too tired to cook anything! I followed her recipe to the T, except I added two teaspoons of this:
I cheated though – I used a refrigerator crust!
I also cooked mine for 40 minutes.
My plate:
Since we were working on our bathroom, I did not grocery shop or meal plan! This should be interesting on what I can throw together today!
Check out the BSI Round-Up for Carrots – Wow!
Okay, off to figure out what to put together for my breakfast and lunch! 😀
I use the same bouillon! Isn’t it the best!? 🙂
I have been feeling tired too lately… urgh hate it. 🙁
Biz I love that brown color- so warm and cozy!
Your food pictures are so amazing 🙂 I haven’t tried the chicken flavor brand of Better Than…I think it’s GF?!
I think I like the name shitake-brown better. 🙂
Good for you for doing the painting yourself! Guess you really get in touch with your wall, hee hee.
p.s. Have been seeing more of your lovely pics on Tastespotting…Congrats! 😀
Thanks Sophia!! Um, foodgawker still says they are mostly dull/unsharp/uninteresting! 😀
Yum looks good. And the colour is great! It does look like chocolate brown, but I’m very partial to chocolate brown, myself. There’s something so elegant about it.
I love the color, it looks wonderful!!!
And Portillos!!!??? You just made me very homesick! They have the best fries and chocolate cake. Is it sad that if I were going through the drive-thru right now that’s what I would want to order? : )
hzope you’re having a great week, Biz!!!
the chicken pot pie looks really yummy and easy to make! I just had it while dinning out yesterday 🙂 and plan to make one myself!
I like that color! I really really really want to paint our house, but am too lazy/scared to do it myself and too cheap to pay someone. How much of a pain is it?
First of all, it’s always going to take you four times longer than you think it is going to be – but we saved HUGE DOUGH doing it ourselves – I am so lucky my husband is handy and knows what he’s doing! 😀
I’m glad the pot pie was voted a keeper! I like it alot!
great color for the walls, beautiful! don’t you love that better then bullion, i use it all the time.
Your bathroom looks great! Love the color…….
And you egg sammie is not too bad either 🙂
Have a good night!
I love the color! great choice…
I loooooove chicken pot pie but I don’t think I want to eat meat anymore and now I am just sad lol….
Oh my gosh – I LOVE the brown! I’m thinking about painting my bathroom that color, too.
You both did an awesome job painting. It looks terrific.
The homemade bread has a wonderful texture and looks delicious, but it is your chicken pot pie that I’m drooling over:D I love those down home comfort type of foods.
I love that color. I think brown and white accent each other so nicely.
Sounds like I should buy a paint sprayer when I get around to painting. Love me chicken pot pie!
That is a fabulous color, so rich and warm. And your food photography is outstanding!
Your bacon and egg sandwich pic is gorgeous!! It belongs on Food Gawker 🙂
– Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
Biz! I love love love the color! I am crazy about deep vibrant colors- I’ve had enough of the beigey SAFE colors. I think it is gorgeous 🙂
p.s. i am making your cheesy chicken and broccoli bake tonight! wish me luck!
oh, if I were 12 years old, what i couldn’t comment on shitake and that color…
But I am a grown up, so I will say that that is a wonderful color and it looks terrific… last time I painted a bathroom, my wife wanted new towels
Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog. It is a pleasure to discover yours and I look forward to exploring and visiting. The colour looks beautiful and the pot pie delicious.
Our bathroom is pink too! But we are renting so it will stay that way. We have a very shiny white and pink toilet with seashell tiles around the tub.
Great looking pot pie. I found a recipe today for a vegetarian version and I may give that a try.
I like the brown! And the pot pie looks yummy. I have a recipe very similar that uses everything you said.
Perhaps we are just two peas in a pod who use the same recipe?
these new color looks awesome. i have a color similar to that in my dining room.
The brown looks really nice! Painting a bathroom is hard – so much cutting in to do in such a small area – nice job getting it done! Are you going to use blue towels in there? I love the chocolate brown/blue combos that I’ve been seeing lately!
I love the color – I think it looks super sharp contrasting against that white!
I know! I haven’t meal planned either – eek! Trying to do it today and go to the store and cook – we’ll see!
I love that color. It is so clean and modern.
I am sure that you will whip up something fantastic for tonight.
I love the color! I have always wanted to use chocolate brown but have been to chicken, buy yet I will paint with red! HA! SO you can paint, just with your husband?! My husband HATES to paint, so I am usually on my own. I remember my grandma having a pink toilet. When I was a little girl I thought it was the coolest thing ever! Then as I got older I thought, who would put a pepto bimal pink tiolet and sink in a bathroom. Who would even make one!? I think it was a post depresion thing. They loved color after that!
Good luck with the eats! You always come up with great stuff!!
I love that color for your bathroom. How funny that the whole thing was pink before– a teenage girl’s bathroom, perhaps?
I’m sure you’ll come up with something great for food today. You’re always so creative!
Love the new color! I feel you on how hideous pink is in a bathroom. My old apartment had a pink toilet too!
The color is very nice. I hate painting and have a bunch to do. Want to come over?
I think the shade is really pretty!
I really like that color in the bathroom! And that bread and your breakfast looks delicious, too!