About a week ago, blog reader Jenn M. (hey Jenn!) posted on my Facebook wall that King Arthur flour had an everything bagel seasoning. What?! I clicked the link and saw this!
But then I saw the price tag – $10! So I decided to make my own. I already had the poppy seeds and sesame seeds, so I bought dried garlic and yes. . . I bought dried onions! I mixed in a bowl 1/3 cup of each and mixed it up. Then when they came out of the boiling water, sprinkled them generously with the seasoning.
OMFG – so good! And guess what? I didn’t mind the dried onion. I had a bagel sammie yesterday morning.
It was super chilly and windy, but that didn’t stop me and my co-worker from getting our steps in. Although the path that we took got rained out and we had to turn around. I’ve been walking on this trail for a few years and I’ve never seen it like that before.
I bought these lo carb wraps over the weekend – I love how “fluffy” they are – not sure how to describe them! Each one is 120 calories and 13 grams of fiber!
I made a chicken, black bean, spinach, refried bean panini quesadilla – with the beans my lunch was about 36 grams of fiber! Thankfully, I didn’t crap my pants later in the day.
Later in the day I got a notification that my Timehop was ready. It’s funny because 99% of the time it’s all about food, but yesterday I got this. When I see a picture like that, it’s just a wave of emotions, but bottom line is I miss him so much.
Hannah is working late three days this week, but last night she was home. I decided to make one of her favorites, potstickers and fried rice. Making potstickers isn’t hard, it’s just time consuming. I made 36 wontons and then got my big skillet out to steam and pan fry them up. Look at how pretty they are!
Only when it was time to get them out of the pan? No budging. WTF? I’ve never had that happen before. I was starting to get really frustrated, and Hannah was so sweet, so kept telling me “but they will taste good Mom!” As I was putting elbow grease into getting them out of the pan, I stopped getting mad. What the hell am I getting all worked up about? People in Nepal had just suffered another earth quake and here I was getting pissed off about ugly potstickers? It was so childish of me.
So here’s the deal to the all the Momma’s out there with older children. If you start to have a hissy fit if a dish doesn’t turn out, your child will pour you a glass of wine, and tell you to sit down, they will clean the kitchen.
Before (I am a messy cook!) And yes, I know I have a horrible ugly kitchen, missing cabinet doors and all!
After:
I played the lottery last night, and when I woke up I got an email that told me I won! Well, I won $6, so I guess I better get out of my pajamas and get to work. I got my steps in yesterday though!
Make it a great day!
Nice work on those bagels – they look incredible. $10 for a jar of seasoning is ridiculous!
I see the new snowman in the window!
I love it Momma!
I thought the pricetag of the topping was pretty hefty for what it was too. Glad you made your own! It looks perfect!
Hannah is awesome and congrats on your winnings! 😀
Thanks for the idea Jenn! 😀
Hannah can come to my house and clean my kitchen anytime !!
Wow, what a great daughter you have. Hannah is surely a keeper! She must have learned her cleaning skills from you and her grandma. Food looks good.
The bagels are GORGEOUS!!! Nice work! I love how you cut your apples, I’m going to start doing that 🙂
I think you get more of the apple that way – I just eat around the core 😀
$6 woo hoo! I wanted to tell you that the cheese is awesome. We’ve tried the extra sharp and the alpine so far. I hope to try some others later. Totally plan to blog on it eventually. And the cookbook…so many good recipes to try. There’s a breakfast polenta, that’s kind of like pizza. Must try it!
A friend of mine added me to a clean eating facebook group this week, so I’m trying to be good. Which means: No bread. No bagels.
I love bread. Ah well. It’s working, I’ve lost 4.2 lbs (of course the week before, when I was prepping for the auction, I gained 4.8, so…it’s all water weight.) Just cannot seem to break the 140 lb barrier, but right now I’d be happy to get close to 140.
Need to teach the boys to cook!! Today my 9 year old helped clean peanut butter off the couch (toddler was having breakfast). It’s a start!
I knew you would love the cheese – I nearly always have at least one package of Cabot on hand at all times – pretty sure there isn’t a day I don’t go without cheese now that I think about it!
Bagels look good….shall have to make that mix too for my breads. Potstickers yum, I have some in the freezer…sounds like a good meal for tonight. Tis good to have someone that cleans up after you, isn’t it.
It is very nice – I had gotten used to doing everything when Tony was sick, but it’s a nice bonus to have a cleanup crew!
Mark is a huge fan of everything bagels. I love ’em if I’m not in public!
I keep a toothbrush in the bathroom because after I eat one, I have poppy seeds in almost every tooth!
WHAT? You didn’t mind DRIED ONION!? What is this world coming to? 😉
Well, you eat broccoli now, so I guess we can change as adults!
Love that pic of Tony. Those bagels look DELICIOUS!
Hey, six bucks is more than I’ve ever won at the lottery! You crack me up 🙂
Yesterday I was waiting at our food market and they have our bank there. They had messed up our account and credit card badly and keep messing up even while trying to get it straightened out. I then had to wait for it all to reset and I was so exasperated. So I got a cup of Tim Horton’s coffee and went to the food court in the store to wait. Saw the massive quake on CNN and like you, felt ashamed of my complaining! I just felt like crying for them…..so much suffering.
Yep, I am with you on that Joyce – we sometimes have to pull back and look at the big picture and then our problems don’t seem so bad!
Your kitchen is not horribly ugly! I am a messy cook too. It would be nice if my daughters would clean up after me once in a while! I am majorly impressed by Hannah! She’s a keeper!
You are too nice Kimberly, but if I were to rip out my kitchen, it would be a domino effect for the rest of the house – new cabinets would be nice though!
Hannah should hire herself out to be a kitchen cleaner – what a fantastic job she does!
Listen there’s nothing wrong with feeling what you feel, even if it’s minor annoyance. The difference is if you stay there and agonize for days, or let yourself be aggravated that your cooking didn’t turn out the way you want and move on! Yes there are tragedies but you are allowed to feel pissy about potstickers.
Helen, you would think this is sweet, but when Hannah was 12 she made up flyers of her Organizational Business and handed them out to neighbors, and NO ONE took her up on it – she was so disappointed!
And I did feel pissy about the potstickers, but quickly recovered 😀