What do you get when you put bread, butter, bananas and peanut butter together with a skillet? Grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich of course! I came home from work last night and could not decide on dinner. Benzo was gone so I was on my own. While I was thinking I ate a whole bunch… Continue reading Grilled PB&B
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Mustard Chickpea Salad
Well happy Monday to you! I seem to have taken an impromtu hiatus from blogging over the weekend. Benzo and I were really busy and either ate out or ate cereal for about every meal it seems. So not much cooking was going on in the homemade household. I did however whip up a new… Continue reading Mustard Chickpea Salad
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Dog Days (Nights) of Summer
Wow is it hot. Look what my car thermometer said on the way home: That does not count the heat index either! Because of the heat our dogs have been on a reverse schedule. They stay outside all night and inside all day. Gotta watch out for your pets when the heat is on like… Continue reading Dog Days (Nights) of Summer
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Noodle-y Lettuce Wraps
So if you read my meal plan for this week you know that I made lettuce wraps for dinner on Sunday night. I actually found the recipe through the Whole Foods "app" on Benzo's new iPhone. Neither one of us has had smartphones before so we've been checking out all the new apps. The Whole… Continue reading Noodle-y Lettuce Wraps
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Rigatoni Peperona-ta-ta
Good evening. It's getting a bit late but I wanted to share tonight's dinner. I made Rigatoni Peperonata from the August issue of Real Simple. It. Was. So. Good. It was very easy to pull together. It does require chopping three bell peppers but that went a lot faster than I expected. And make sure… Continue reading Rigatoni Peperona-ta-ta
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Cute Curried Lentils
Last night I came home and immediately went to work in the yard (after changing my clothes first of course!). The front flower bed that we cleaned out and planted back in April had gotten a bit out of control again around the edges. I pulled weed after weed after weed and got covered with… Continue reading Cute Curried Lentils
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Potato Salad & a MIRACLE
Last night I made the best potato salad ever. This morning something occurred that was nothing short of a miracle. What do you want first, potato salad or the miracle? Let's go with the miracle: I FOUND MY RIGHT HAND RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can't believe it. If you remember, I lost this ring over three… Continue reading Potato Salad & a MIRACLE
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Artichoke & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
Last Saturday Benzo and I vowed to come straight home after church group and cook dinner instead of going out. We're trying to be good for the next few weeks about not eating out much, since the past few weeks have been an eating-out extravaganza. My original meal plan was to make pizza on Saturday… Continue reading Artichoke & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
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Veggie Pizza
It's late but I wanted to do a quick post on the bestest pizza I made for dinner tonight! I started out with a white-wheat crust using half of my favorite pizza dough recipe. To make it white-wheat I used half white bread flour and half whole wheat flour. Benzo made a quick pizza sauce using… Continue reading Veggie Pizza
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Veggie Fried Couscous
Do you love fried rice but don't want to wait for the rice to cook? I have the solution for you. Fried couscous! I'm at work right now, but I'm in a bit of a lull. Maybe it's the eye of the storm? I'm scarfing down some lunch while I can and thought I would… Continue reading Veggie Fried Couscous
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