Today is my MIL’s birthday! Hope you have a great day Bonnie!
While she is in sunny Florida, um, let’s just say that I am not a fan of seeing this temperature in October:
I usually never wear a coat to work until at least December, but I had to put a sweater on yesterday – there was frost on the ground too.
While I could have eaten another naan breakfast pizza, I decided to make egg white, spinach and cheese tostadas with my salsa verde. I am pretty sure you could put that salsa on anything and I’d eat it!
The morning dragged at work, so I couldn’t wait to get to the gym. After strength, I decided to run/walk for 2.5 miles. Although someone was on MY treadmill. I don’t know what it is, but there are probably 20 treadmills to choose from, but I always use the same one. Except someone was on mine yesterday, so I had to use one of the newer ones – I adapted though while watching The Chew!
The shows theme was “Thrifty Thursday” which you know I am all about saving money on food. But one of the dishes was a black eyed pea and kale salad. Can’t get around that recipe! Every New Years Eve or New Years Day, my Mom would give each of us ONE black eyed pea for good luck and it would take us about three glasses of milk to swallow that one pea! Still haven’t been a fan of black eyed peas since.
I used more of my leftover rotisserie chicken to make a bbq chicken panini at work. My co-worker brought in this habanero Cabot cheese, and on tasting it by itself, it literally was too hot for me. But, put on the sandwich balanced with the sweetness of the bbq sauce, it totally worked.
I’ve had a craving for red meat all week. Last week at the store, I scored and got two 7 oz. steaks for 75% off because that was the last day of the sell by date. I brought them home, salt and peppered them, and individually froze them. I defrosted one yesterday when I was at work. Tony opted for a skinny burger and some of my pomme frites. Just something about the combination of steak and pomme frites makes me feel like I am eating at a fancy French bistro!
The trick with the frites is to fry them twice. Cut your potato in matchsticks, then heat your fryer to 350 degrees. I only cut up one potato, but I had to fry them in three batches so they didn’t overcrowd the basket. Cook until slightly browned, then drain on a paper towel. Once all the batches are done, turn the fryer up to 375, then finish them off until medium brown and they are nice and crispy. I fried a stalk of rosemary too, then chopped the rosemary and sprinkled the fries with salt and the chopped rosemary. I love our cast iron grill pan, even though it smokes up the whole house!
I did my customary 2x2x2x2 method – cooking each side of the steak for 2 minutes exactly in one direction, then flipping and cooking 2 minutes on each side in the opposite direction – I am all about the grill marks!
And I always put a pat of butter on my steak while it rests. Damn that was good if I do say so myself!
So here is one of my pet peeves at work. People eating my food. Specifically, my boss. I brought in probably a 3/4 bag of tortilla chips earlier in the week. I was sharing my salsa verde with one of my co-workers who loves that shit. I usually keep my chips on, in or around my desk, but my boss just helps herself. All the time. So I hid them in a cabinet in the kitchen. Yesterday when I was pulling out my tostada shells for breakfast out of this same cabinet, I moved the bag of chips out of the way and noticed that it was super light. Huh.
Work food thieves have been present in pretty much every job I’ve had, and I will never understand it. I’ve had sandwiches missing, whole lunch bags that had my name clearly written on it. It’s just so insensitive! Have you ever had food go “missing” at work before?
For some reason I can’t sync up my Fitbit, but I got in 11,646 steps yesterday. Bam!
And today I have Bahn Mi Pork Meatball to make a Bahn Mi sandwich. I pickled carrots and daikon radishes too last night. I love Thursday night football night – let’s me spend more time in the kitchen!
Make it a great day – Happy Friday!
Oh, and please vote for my recipe! I realized that you can vote once every 24 hours, so if you voted the first time at 4 in the afternoon, you have to wait until 4 in the afternoon the next day. I appreciate your votes – you can click on this link to get there. Hugs!
Man! I’ve never gotten grill lines that nice, maybe my grill isn’t turned up high enough?
We had a problem in my office where when lunch was provided by vendors some people would take LOTS extra and hide it in their office to take it home to their families for dinner and often many of my coworkers or myself didn’t get any because none was left 🙁
UGH, coworkers!! I’ve had things go missing a lot lately since moving to this new building, so I am going to buy a small fridge and put it in my cube. Grr!
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your MIL! I’d love to be in FL right now – it’s getting cold here at night and I need an electric blanket!
I would have never thought about frying up a sprig of rosemary – what a great idea.
And, I would be super bothered if people ate my food without ever replacing it – it’s one thing when you offer things to share and another altogether when they just help themselves – RUDE!!!
Happy Birthday Bonnie! And happy weekend to you Vat! Grrr to the food thief. NOT ok!!! I feel your pain.
I worked in a doctors office and had someone eat my fresh strawberries I had brought for my lunch. They were sliced and in a container in my lunch bag. So I put a note on the fridge reminding everyone to please not eat food that isn’t theirs. They had the nerve to get upset about the note 🙂
Happy weekend, Biz!!! Hope you have a good one – and btw, now you’ve made me hongry for steak!
I personally haven’t had a problem with work thieves, but I know others have. We have certain spots that are “fair game” (the kitchen table, one particular office space). Everything else should be labeled if you don’t want to share.
Anyway, I bought my own little fridge for my desk a few years ago, so I don’t have the problem. But then again, I don’t bring in big bags of things – I pack my lunch daily.
You should put a note on your chips with the suggested donation amount. We had a “chip fund” cup at one point in time.
Or you could sell snacks. Bag your tortilla chips in small bags and write $1 on each of them.
I always put butter on my flank steak when it comes off the grill. It’s SO GOOD!!!!
Happy Friday, Biz!
My old boss had his lunch taken from the fridge on several occasion so he put razor blades in his sammie! He told us prior to lunchtime what he had done and we suggested he get his lunch from fridge and remove the razor blades. The sad thing about this, he still thought it was funny if someone would have bitten into the food and cut their mouth! I just cringed at thinking how sick his mind was to do this. : (
My mom’s name is Bonnie 🙂 And my parents both believe in the “black eyed peas for good luck” thing…many a New Year’s Day was spent with me staring at my plate refusing to eat them. I did the ‘swallow them whole’ thing too! See, we’re practically BFF’s. lol
And the steak looks AMAZING!!
Many thanks for the birthday wishes. You are a very special lady and I am so grateful to have you in our lives.
Bars sound great – will do the voting.
Love you
Love you too Bonnie! Hugs! 😀
I voted both days….10 votes and please keep the link up daily so it reminds us….I know, some of us tend to have that senior moment. But we ALL need daily reminding.
I wondered when you make such fantastic food at work how you kept if from being “pilfered!” People being people…….well, you know what I mean. Sadly.
I actually LOL in my office, by myself, at the photo of the chip dregs…the nerve! I also have my own dorm size fridge in my closet of an office, so my precious num nums are never violated. Have a great weekend, Biz.
I LOVE black-eyed peas! One of my favorite beans, truth be told.
I am lucky because I have my own mini-fridge at work. Well, actually it’s my bosses but he never uses it. Food theft at work is frigging annoying. Actually I have to worry about that more at home – if Mr. Helen runs out of “his” treats he will go after mine every time LOL!
I can’t imagine someone taking my food. I have heard so many horror stories. I had a friend who worked in a pharmacy. Her son had a bully at school who always took his sandwich. One day she added a little something extra to it ( it didn’t change the flavor) The bully spent the whole day in the bathroom after consuming the sandwich and he never took her son’s food again . I knew then never to make her angry 🙂 I can take or leave black eyed peas. I do eat them on New Years just in case there is something to the luck thing 😉
Back when I was super picky I wouldn’t touch black-eyed-peas with a 10 foot pole. But now I love them with some siracha squirted on top…super yum!
That steak with frites is calling my name! I have that same grill pan which means I never have to announce when dinner is ready. The smoke detector goes off and people gather around the table!! Have a great weekend.
Best,
Bonnie