Speaking of school, sorry for the quick post but the dork in me just can’t resist setting up my binders and getting to bed early!
What was the tastiest thing you ate this weekend?
*Updated to add – The husband just offered to make me eggs and (turkey)bacon; guess I’m staying up a little longer 😀
***Disclaimer – between crappy lighting, cheap camera, and no photography skills, I could not get a usable picture of dinner. But where I lack in artistic prowess I achieve in kitchen creativity; this recipe is a taste winner! So please ignore the lack of photographs and go ahead and try it anyways.
On the agenda for dinner tonight were Stuffed Poblano Peppers. I’ve had, and loved, chile relanos at restaurants before and I’ve always wanted to recreate them at home. I didn’t really look at or follow any recipes for inspiration but I did have a couple of goals in mind –
Here are the steps I took for 4 servings (measurements all approximate, eyeball things for your tastes) –
Name that movie –
“She’s making her famous stuffed chile relanos!”
“Relanos means stuffed.”
I really try not to be too much of a Debbie Downer on the blog, but I don’t have many positive things to say tonight so I’ll keep this quick. The husband and I got really jazzed about having a fancy date and it basically was a bust. (Although that’s not to say that we didn’t have a good time being together :D)
I read about Groupon on Meghann’s blog recently and was excited to join. Today’s deal was a $40 gift certificate for $20 at a spot we’ve been wanting to try, The Wine Thief. I’ve been telling people about how I wanted to try their lobster for months so we decided to snatch the deal up.
It’s been a hectic (and stressful!) time lately so we were really excited about a fancy dinner date together.
We decided that I would order the lobster and Adam would order the scallops and we’d do some sharing. Before I show you the food I want to show you an actual shot of the entrée menu –
Here was Adam’s dish.
A portion of scallops with a side of rice topped with chutney. (Sidenote – Adam hated his scallops but the rice/chutney was pretty darn tasty)
Now here’s my dish –
Go back up and read that menu. Here, I’ll even give you a shot of the two meal descriptions, from their menu.
I was not served lobster with a side of risotto, as the menu implies, but risotto with lobster mixed in. Now that is either the most poorly designed menu on earth, or the description of my entrée is meant to deceive the consumer. If the dish is “Lobster Risotto,” why does the menu read “Australian Lobster: risotto…?”
Sadly, the lack of class I think the menu shows is almost besides the point because the risotto had 4 measly pieces of meat in it and was not even a properly done risotto. *Steam* Major fail, Wine Thief, major fail 😦
Adam hated his scallops – I thought they were actually pretty good, I ate 2.5 – so he only ate his rice and I ate a few bites of my mush and we both left hungry. Our dinner date ended up being pizza from Wegmans.
Ugh.
What do you think – was the menu misleading or are Adam and I idiots?
My agenda so far today has been one in which any 6.5 year old would be thrilled to take part! Popsicles, kids’ meals, nary a vegetable in sight; who wants to come over and Skip-It with me?
First, I dressed like a watermelon. If you’ve noticed that I often seem watermelon-y in hue, yes I’ve noticed, but those colors make me happy!
Next I walked over to the local bookstore to meet up with the Diary of a Wimpy Kid promotional truck that just happened to be giving away free goodies.
Is there really anything more fabulous than a grape popsicle?
Katie couldn’t get out of work in time for the ice cream so we made a lunch date instead. I had yet another free $5 off so to Moe’s we went. Kid’s meal quesadilla? Heck yes!
With a side of chips with queso dip.
And an oatmeal cookie.
Not only does Moe’s keep giving me coupons and letting me order off the kids’ menu, but they also always let me upgrade my diet coke to a large free of charge; I think I’m going to move in!
What was the last thing you did that made you feel like a kid again?
It’s almost Friday! Weekends have been pretty much meaningless to me this past unemployed year, but now that I’m starting back to school next Monday they are exciting again.
I spent forever running errands today because parking was ridiculous everywhere I went. Also helping orphans catching up on “Make it or Break it.” I managed to make time for some amazing meals though; I’m seriously excited about every single thing I ate today.
Chicken Enchilada Suiza Lean Cuisine.
Frozen meal win, this was delicious. A chicken enchilada with cheesy sauce,
and a pile of rice that got mushed around in the cheese sauce.
With an Orange Zevia (free sample).
I’m usually not one for orange sodas but this guy was totally thirst quenching.
Also, a mini bag of kettle corn.
I spent some time wifing it up in the kitchen, baking some chocolate chip cookies for the husband. I stole a tiny one.
I would have eaten more, but I had already stashed 2T of dough away into the freezer for something amazing. Keep reading…
Dinner was kinda off the hook.
Think tasty leftovers x10billion. I topped a bed of roasted green beans with 1cup of corn, a serving of shredded bbq chicken, and some homemade bbq sauce.
Shredded chicken, corn, and roasted green beans are all pretty big favorites of mine and together they were unstoppable! The balance of spicy-salty-sweet was perfect here.
But nothing was topping dessert.
I’ve had food-processor-envy all year, but tonight I envied no man; tonight, I got to make Gena’s famous banana soft-serve!
Only my batch was extra fabulous because it also had frozen cookie dough blended in.
This bowl was 2frozen bananas and 2.5T frozen cookie dough. Swoon!
Have you gotten to try banana soft serve yet? Thoughts?
Howdy-ho! I hope all my readers had a good transition back to the work week. It’s been a strange but satisfying day around here.
Not gonna lie, I definitely ate a Breyer’s Cookie Dough ice cream sandwich for breakfast.
Healthy living blogger fail, but a big “happy living blogger” win (thanks, Heather!). And (thanks, Rachel) sorry, I’m not sorry. It was only 160calories, it made me wickedly happy, and I felt full and satisfied all morning.
I spent my morning doing blog work and getting some house things organized; I start school in exactly a week and I want to make sure everything is squared away.
Around 1pm it looked like rain outside so I hurried to get my running shoes on. Normally rain wouldn’t thrill me, but today it meant I could go for a mid-day run without overheating or sunburning. I did fuel up first though. Coconut water,
and 1/3 a serving of Wonka Apple Fruit Chews as a really ghetto attempt at Clif Blocks.
Apparently this was the perfect fuel combo because I had a great run! I kept it quick (as in short, not speedy) but fabulous. 1.92miles in 19.25minutes. A couple of notes – 1. Usually I’ve been taking walking breaks but today I ran the entire time minus three stops: a cross-walk, a dachshund petting, a sports bra adjustment. 2. All of my various leg injuries felt a-ok; but I spent some time stretching afterwards just in case. 3. Running makes me so fricking happy!
In the afternoon I got a very special box from my parents.
Heck yes! We got the food processor and the stand mixer as wedding gifts almost three years ago, but this is our first apartment that they’ll fit in. Actually, they technically still don’t fit as they’ll be residing in the office, but the siren song of homemade pesto was just too strong.
I also stopped by campus to pick up my textbooks.
This was an expensive yet exciting purchase.
I had another $5-off coupon at Moe’s so I made dinner out of a kids’ meal. Quick sidenote – I absolutely adore restaurants that will let me order off the kids’ menu!
I got the mini masterpiece, a kid’s quesadilla with cheddar and corn salsa. As Caitlin would say, it was epic.
Also a side of chips with queso, sour cream, and pico.
I was actually not hungry at all, but my day was begging for some veggies so I rounded things out with a bowl of cole slaw.
No measuring, but I used cole slaw veggie mix, plain yogurt, rice vinegar, raisins, and a sprinkle of sugar. Don’t the raisins sort of remind you of lions stalking prey in the tall grass of the Sahara?
Just me? 😀
What was the last thing you ate that made you deliriously happy? No pot brownie answers please, that’s a cop out!
I wasn’t in the mood for breakfast this morning, but I was all about the pizza pizza!
I roasted up some broccoli, put it on a single-serving crust with marinara, and topped it with 2% sharp cheddar.
Mmmn, broccoli and sharp cheddar made the perfect pizza combo.
A bit later I snacked on some sliced green apple and a few pretzels (way to finish the whole bag before I got any, Adam!).
And for dessert, Activia Desserts.
I buy Activia for the husband because he has some tummy issues and it seems to really help. I usually just stick to Greek yogurt but the Strawberry Cheesecake flavor sounded so divine that I had to try it. Good decision; the cheesecake flavor was spot on, nothing like the “cheesecake” fat free yogurts I’ve tried in the past that just scream artificial sweetener. This was creamy and sweet and pleasantly thick for regular yogurt. All for 140calories, I think I’m a fan. If you’d like to try some yourself go here for a $1 off coupon.
We’ve got a tasty dinner planned, but I’ve got my eye on a mini bag of kettle corn in the meantime.
*Update to Add – I’m going for it, mini bag of kettle corn here I come!
I managed to hold off my snacking urge all afternoon, but we did decide to switch up our weekly meal plan and head to some take out! Dinner is being repurposed for my lunch tomorrow and my restaurant leftovers are going toward the husband’s lunch so in the end it all works out.
We went with Moe’s, always a good choice.
I was in the mood for a quesadilla but instead I ordered something I was sure to have leftovers with; a rice bowl. I topped my rice with black beans, chicken, mushrooms, peppers, onions, cheese, lettuce, jalopenos, black olives, medium salsa, corn salsa, and cilantro.
The flavor storm was great and as predicted my rice bowl ended up ginormous. I ate about 1/3 and packed the rest up for Adam.
I probably should have stopped there but I got a side of queso dip so I also scarfed a sort of disgusting amount of free tortilla chips.
Soooooo full.
We are currently Netflixing the show “Tru Calling;” we are only 1 episode in but it seems pretty good!
Eating Chalk 