Much like the rest of the world, I am sick of winter. The snow isn’t really melting and right now it is 1 degree, with a wind chill of –10. I feel sorry for my sister who has to take the train to her job in Chicago, the only part I hated about working downtown was when I had to walk 8 blocks to my office in freezing cold.
I had the second half of the breakfast sandwich Hannah made me from her work. Look at all that glorious melty cheese!
I’ve been loving the cuties – I actually like to let them sit out of a while and the skin gets really dry, but then it bursts with flavor when you bite into it.
I ended up kicking up my cardio on the treadmill yesterday – incline of 15 for 2.25 mile! I have to tell you, I really wanted to stop it, or go at a slower pace, but I told myself just to hang on until 2.25 miles, and guess what, I was able to do it. Sometimes it really is mind over matter!
I made soup last weekend and ended up having that with half a grilled cheese sammie. I think chicken noodle soup is one of Hannah’s favorite soups I make.
Work was. Boring. As usual. The day felt like it was never going to end. But when I walked outside at 5, I loved that it was still pretty light out – which means each day we are one day closer to summer.
It took me about 15 minutes to do strength, and while I wanted to end the day with a 5k, at 2.5 miles I could feel my blood sugar dropping like a stone, and I ended up having to buy a granola bar to boost up my sugar so I could drive home. Damn sugars!
I declared last night, and probably tonight again, leftover night. We have so much food that still needs to be eaten up. Last Sunday night we ordered pizza, so I heated some of that up and made salads. When I took the pizza out of the oven, then looked at my salad, I thought, why not use the pizza as croutons?!
And then I realized that I was missing something, duh – Frank’s hot sauce!
I still ended up with decent steps yesterday:
So I had an interesting email yesterday. I got an email from a sports writer from the Chicago Sun-Times. He said that he read Tony’s obituary, and loved the fact that he liked to remind Cubs fans that they haven’t won a world series in well over 100 years, and that he refused to call the stadium where the Sox play, Cellular field. He said that it perfectly summed up baseball fans in Chicago, and that he thought there could be a column he could do. So he’s calling me at noon today to talk to me for his article. As I was driving home from the gym, he emailed me and asked for any pictures of Tony in White Sox gear – um, I have dozens! But I sent him these:
The email asked that I send pictures to an editorial email address, and I got a return email saying they could use any of the pictures I sent and that the sports writer will use them in Sunday’s column! Now I don’t know if that means this Sunday, or not, but I’ll let you know. Tony would have loved it – I just wish he were here to speak for himself. I miss that face so much.
For once in a long while I have nothing planned this weekend! I am looking forward to being Bizzy in My Kitchen – I am entering another recipe contest for Sargento Cheese so plan to recipe develop tomorrow for that. Also, my Sebastiani pizza contest I am a finalist in begins voting on Monday! I’ll be sure to post the link as soon as I have it and would so appreciate your votes!
Have a great weekend! Follow me on Instagram at My Bizzy Kitchen if you want to keep up with me over the weekend. Make it a great day!
I loved the article, such a lovely and cool tribute. I even mentioned it to R. because I found it so special.
We haven’t had a real Winter here this year but I am ready for Spring too. This morning when I arrived at work I had daylight and it’s light till after 6 pm now. Loving it!
Pizza in salad totally works for me! I put all kinds of things in salad…from chicken nuggets to steak and potatoes! For some reason my kids like it, so whatever works to get them to eat veggies. That is very cool about the article! I know you miss him like crazy. *hugs*
I always get jealous when I see your soups. I wish my family were soup people. I need to figure out a way to make soup for one. Excited to hear about the article on Tony. Post us a copy if it isn’t too hard. Have a great weekend.
I’ve never had pizza on my salad. I think that would be a good way to use leftover thick crust pizza, like a pizza hut pan-style. I never eat pizza without a salad on the side, I just love having greens w/an Italian vinaigrette and then a bite of pizza. Have a good weekend in your kitchen – it will be a good one for it. Deep freeze tomorrow and then just plain cold through the month…I’m done with this sh*t! ( At least we’re not in Boston – EEK!)
Ahh. Look forward to reading the article (as long as you post it, because in NC we probably won’t see it). You and Tony posts always makes me go aww.
Haven’t really been active on fitbit lately…got a desk job…NO MORE RETAIL!!! Hoping to get more active once I get use to my schedule.
How cool. We will be pouring through the paper Sunday and clipping the article to keep. It all came from your wonderful obituary.
Thanks Cindy – my brother gets most of the credit
Oh, I love that there is going to be an article about Tony – his legacy is going to live on forever!!! I hope you share the article when it comes out!!!
Enjoy the time in your kitchen this weekend!
Brent requests panzanella salad all the time. When I showed him your instagram photo he said …its like pizzanella. Please make that. 🙂
Love it! It’s actually a great way to use up leftover pizza – I think the veggies and the cheese cancel each other out! 😀
Those pizza croutons are a stroke of pure genius! I never would’ve thought of that. I haven’t made chicken noodle soup in a long time, that needs to change.
That column is a really neat idea!
And I will take pizza croutons, please. Or just pizza.
What a wonderful tribute that column will be to Tony…You know he’s smiling down on you for this!
Your chicken noodle soup looks so good! Hannah and I have the same likes and dislikes when it comes to meals. For your cheese, I have been seeing these yummy cheese crisps on Caesar salads and soups. They are baked and taste delicious. I am sure you cam master that one! Way to go on the sports story, TONY LIVES!
You and Jenn both should move closer to Charlie…just SAYIN’ 😉
How very cool about the sports story with Tony; Charlie must be pretty pleased that his way with words caught that writer’s eye. Looking forward to reading the story.
Pizza croutons!!
You have been inspiring me. We’ve been eating a ton of leftovers this week. I made black bean soup and spanish rice this weekend, so we’ve been eating burrito bowls.
Mid-week I made BBQ chicken in the crockpot. So we ran out of rice. Yesterday, I made a BBQ chicken, cheese, and pickle panini! Your paninis have been making my mouth water (I tried to give up wine, bread, and sugar for Feb like I did in Nov and I have failed, miserably).
The black bean leftovers are going on to nachos tonight, and then whatever is left after the nachos is going into the freezer for some other Friday “crap what’s for dinner??”
My kiddo the toddler was eating cuties like crazy yesterday.
OMG, your panini sounds amazeballs – why haven’t I added pickles to mine?! 😀
It’s so cold here too that your chicken noodle soup looks so delicious. Where can I get your chicken noodle soup recipe? I don’t do pinterest. Thanks. Have a good weekend.
I don’t really have a recipe for my chicken noodle soup – it starts with a whole roasted chicken, I pick off half the meat for the soup and use the other half of the meat for chicken enchiladas or chicken sandwiches. Cover the carcass with enough chicken broth to cover it by an inch and simmer for an hour and let cool. Pick out all the bones and scoop out any of the meat that fell off the bones. Add in chopped carrots and celery and cook for 15-20 minutes until the veggies are soft. Bring up to a boil and add half a box of cut spaghetti – if your store doesn’t sell cut spaghetti, just break up angel hair pasta. Cook for about 4-7 minutes, remove from heat, add back in all the chopped chicken, 1-2 tablespoons Italian seasoning and salt and pepper to taste. That’s it! The skin and bones make such a flavorful broth. 😀
Thanks!
Look forward to seeing the story on Tony. Hopefully in this story they will be able to publish the smells like ass quote. Enjoy your time in the kitchen this weekend. Good cold weekend to be at home.
I love to cut pizza with ranch dressing and Sriracha. My husband does not like hot things and looks at me like I am crazy. Last night I made hamburgers with cheese and I had some jalapeño poppers all ready cook so I heated them up and put them on my burger. It was so good. Let us know if the article is an online article about Tony. 🙂
That sounds amazeballs! You and I could lunch together very well then with our love of spicy shit. 😀
Had leftover frozen pizza last night from our “pizza night out.” It looked so sad sitting there alone on that plate and I just closed my eyes…er kept them on the TV screen and downed most of it. I love salads and what a divine idea to save a frozen pizza and make a salad from it! Genius! It is those “little ideas” that can turn a so-so meal into a good one. Thanks!
Thanks for the shout out B. I had to wait 10 minutes for the train – my face hurts from the cold. Why don’t we live near Charlie? It’s 60 degrees warmer than here today! Lucky
Have a great, bizzy weekend! I will most definitely NOT be bored at work today. I have to somehow fit about 27 hours of work in today.