April 10, 2010

I was shocked when I asked Tony what he felt like for dinner and he said pizza!  We only had pizza a couple of times during lent because he isn’t a fan of no meat on pizza! But first I have a bit of advice for you on how to make good coffee.  Turns out you have to put the top on the carafe before...

When we were driving Maxi to the aiport, she said “I feel so weird, I am not sure if I am happy to be going home or sad to be going home!”  We met the other exchange students at the airport, and one by one they checked in, showed their passports and got their plane tickets.  They were flying into Paris, then taking another plane...

He buys me hot shit! Oh my gosh – these are delicious!  And you get 33 in a serving!  Although I know today I am going to have to portion them out into individual servings, because I have no doubt I could eat the whole bag on one sitting! I am still flying by the seat of pants meal planning wise.  I am continuing the...

I’d like to say that I didn’t do too bad without a meal plan in place for yesterday!   My inspiration for breakfast yesterday was 4 small new potatoes left over from the night before.  I diced up 4 ounces of potatoes, 2 ounces of leftover Easter ham and scrambled it with 1 egg and 1/4 cup diced red pepper.  My idea was to make a...

Tony called me yesterday afternoon that tell me  it was a perfect day!  While I am not sure how many baseball fans I have as readers, yesterday was opening day for both the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs.  Tony and I are avid White Sox fans, so the perfect day for us is when the Sox win and the Cubs lose.  Sorry Mara! ...

Last week Olive Spelt Bread was selected in the HBinFive club.   Only problem was I could not find spelt flour anywhere, so I used garbanzo bean flour.  And I didn’t have plain yogurt so I substituted buttermilk.   The dough actually came out really well! But the flavor was just “meh.”  I think I needed to add a bit more salt – Tony and I both...

Taking the day off . . . enjoy time with your family and friends! 😀

Tony found a copy cat recipe for Portillo’s chocolate cake recipe.  Since our neighbors were buying the crab this time for Crab Fest 2010, I offered to make two desserts – something I rarely make!  But these two desserts are show stoppers.  Both are super simple, but taste as if you were a pastry chef! I kept thinking yesterday was Saturday since I was off! ...

Yep, my office is closed for Good Friday today, and I am proud to say that I woke up at 10:45!!  😀 I’ve really lucked out on buying the best oranges!  They were so good, I ate the oranges before my breakfast sammie! Any my typical egg white/spinach/ham sammie: I bought the WW 1-point pita breads and I am a bit underwhelmed.  I was trying...

It still amazes me after 42 springs in Chicago that we can go from 20 degree weather on Monday morning to 80 degree weather yesterday!    It was absolutely gorgeous! My Aunt got me a magazine subscription for my birthday – suprisingly one I don’t already subscribe to – Cuisine at Home!  One of the first recipes that caught my eye was English Muffin Baskets.  You actually roll out the...