we had the carpets steam cleaned today--all ready for the upstairs furniture to be delivered on friday and the new changes in the guest bedroom. i can't wait for family and friends to come and share our home!
so, not only did i finish grading compositions and my other work AND plant my roses AND walk 4 miles, i was also able to cook up a bunch of great stuff for the coming weeks! i did the asparagus frittata--very easy and gave me the chance to use the iron skillets that my mom gave me so long ago. i just had a piece--of course with ketchup, since i'm one of those "eggs with ketchup" people--and it was great. surprisingly filling and tasty for only 60 calories a slice!
i also finished making the lasagna--i still couldn't get the food processor to work, so i just decided to mix it by hand. i honestly can't believe that i didn't think of that the other night--the recipe only called for 10 seconds of food processing, so i wish it had occurred to me to look and see if i could just do it by hand. of course the noodles that i had cooked were mostly stuck together and wasted, but luckily i had six unused ones left over, so between those and pieces of the others, i was able to piece together the equivalent of 12 noodles. i would have just bought some more, but the only place i've been able to find the tinkyada lasagna noodles is in easley (grrrrr...), so that wasn't possible.
anyway, after a small taste test, i think it turned out great...i froze it for the next sunday when the family has our traditional lasagna meal. perhaps i'll stop by ingles in the morning to pick up some of the french bread mix that i saw.
i have to say, i am seriously craving some french bread and some doritos (not together of course!). i know, i know...a strange food identity to reference, but i love both so much!
i was also going to fix up some zucchini tempura chips, but i realized that the recipe called for a dehydrator, so i'll have to figure out a way around that or table that one for a little while. i did take the leftover veggies (asparagus, yellow squash, extra zucchini, and green onion) and sauté them with some jalapeno pepper flakes to then be mixed with rice. i think at this point i have enough food for 3 weeks, but it has been fun!
as an aside, the vegetarian times website has been an amazing resource. on this site, you can not only read interesting articles, you can search for vegetarian recipes with an amazing number of specifications, including gluten-free, low-calorie, low-fat, dairy-free, and vegan. it seems like filtering vegetarian recipes for gluten-free and low-calorie would turn up 0 results, but this site has an astonishing number of options! even when i added dairy-free to those options, i still got pages and pages of results. also, every recipe comes with a nutritional breakdown, which is very helpful for dieting and also for ensuring appropriate levels of proteins and other nutrients.
i hope that one day i'll be adept enough at this cooking venture to post pictures of what i actually make--not the recipe photos! of course, that would also require me to find my camera...hmmmm....
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