Turkey Pizzas

LV had a dinner to go to, so I was on my own. I decided to try to use up the rest of the bread, topping it with BBQ sauce, turkey (Perdue Shortcuts Carved Turkey Breast is my new favorite thing), and mozzarrella cheese. Then I stuck it in the toaster oven for a really long time. And forgot to reset the timer back to normal. LV's PopTart was charred this morning. (But the little "pizzas" were really good!)

Chicken in the morning...

So, we bought all kinds of groceries to always be prepared for dinner. But things always seem to expire or be forgotten by the end of the week. The chicken was set to expire the 6th, so instead of waiting to see if it would still be okay that night, I just started cooking it that morning. When we came home from work that night, all the hard work for preparing dinner was already done. And the next day, we had more chicken, pasta and asparagus for lunch.

Chia Watch 5

The little guys are all still growing. Except Chives. I don't know what its deal is.

Hamburgers with Parmesan Potato Wedges

I really wanted to make hamburgers. And not the "take a pound of ground beef, divide into quarters, place on grill" kind of hamburgers. I wanted to make the kind that look like your mom made them--onions and peppers and other nonsense mixed in by hand. There's something really gross about having chile powder stuck under your nails, but LV raved about the burgers.

I used a toaster oven to make the hamburgers, which seemed odd but at least they were cooked all the way through with no charring. We ate the leftovers two days later. They were a bit tastier coming from the broiler.

Chia Watch 4

Herbs continue to grow... (I swear these are different pictures than on Chia Watch 3. At least, there's a real difference when you're the one watering them twice a day and wondering if they're ready to come out of their sandwich bags.)

Turkey-Ham

LV really wanted turkey-ham for breakfast. He also wanted a fried egg after seeing the breakfast sandwich I made for myself the day before.

There's so much meat that comes in a package of turke-ham, we (I) ended up feeding some to the little one-eyed kitten in our garage. He wasn't thrilled to wake up and see me, though. So he ran away and some bigger stray cats ate the food.

Lemon-Capers Sauce (minus Lemon and Capers)

We had pork in the house, but I didn't feel like breading it--that just didn't sound good with the bottle of Chardonay we had just bought. So, I thought I'd try to use up the capers that were in the fridge. They smelled funny. And the garlic was spongy. And there was no lemon to grate. So, it's pork with olive oil, white wine vinegar and red onion. At least the rice turned out much better than it has lately.

Chia Watch 3

They all seem to growing now...

Happy Birthday, Star Wars!

LV woke up early to make breakfast for me on my birthday--shopping for milk, slicing fruit, creating the perfect omelette. It was all very lovely and I had no complaints (except having to toast the not-so-toasty bread on my plate).

Then I made an ice cream pie... We completely forgot about it after I opened SingStar Pop. Scrappy went to bed, and then I realized that we hadn't taken out the pie. She had already sung Happy Birthday enough times I didn't feel like anything was missing.

Chia Watch 2

Dill (foreground) and Sweet Basil (end) are growning well. Their sandwich bags can be removed for a few hours. Parsley is still too small. Chives grow below the surface, so I can't tell how they're doing. I only know that I don't see them. And their sponge hasn't taken up much water.

Burnt Rice

I got really wrapped up in updating my portfolio site and completely forgot about the water boiling on the stove. It occurred to me that I should probably add more water to the pot now that so much had been converted to steam, but I decided not to. A small silly voice in the back of my head said the rice would absorb the water faster if there were less water to absorb.

LV is never allowed to complain about how bad his rice is ever again. This was sooooo bad. White rice just shouldn't be brown and crunchy.

The broccoli was fine. (Though, not if you ask Scrappy.) The pork was better. (She brushed it with BBQ sauce before we broiled it.)

I don't think Scrappy ate dinner that night because she helped make it so much as she just needed to eat something that wasn't junk food. Her class trip to a baseball game that day turned into a parade of chips, pretzels,and popcorn followed by ice cream after school. (I was willing to get water for all those kids, but not Dippin'Dots. I still wanted ice cream after school.)

Leftovers

It's been a while since we made any Chef Boyardee at our house. A really long time in fact. When Luis asked me to combine the macaroni & cheese and meatballs in spaghetti sauce that were sitting in the fridge, that's all I could picture. He asked me if that was gross to combine the two. Um... Isn't that why The Chef is so popular with kids?

Chia Watch 1

We thought it would be a good idea to plant something with Scrappy. Now we have a Chia Herb Garden. They make it hard to go wrong. Water the sponges (yeah, sponges), sprinkle the seeds, cover with a sandwich bag, wait.

Something Colorful

We decided to start cooking regularly again, but we weren't looking to make life hard on ourselves so we bought some Perdue chicken that was ready to be thrown into salads or casseroles. The pasta & vegetables that LV had made in April was good, so I decided to try it again with fresh vegetables. I thought Scrappy might want to try the asparagus since she had added it to her book of vegetables (a collection of pictures she's cut out), but she ate only chicken and frozen veggies with her pasta.

Pork with Melon-Tomato Relish (pt 2)

I don't know why I wasn't around when dinner was being made, but I gave LV directions on how to make the pork with melon-tomato relish and how Scrappy could help. I got home late, dug right in, and then realized that it was really pretty and much better than the time I made it. After I said as much, LV argued it was much better when I made it. We decided that food is just better when you don't make it for yourself.

LV Cooks (with some help)

Yesterday I prepared a bunch of wings for the Mayweather-De La Hoya fight, but never actually put them in the broiler. After having LV cut celery and broil the wings himself, I've decided I could start some sort of prepared food business. Right after I get those photography and illustration businesses going... Side business or not, I still have another set of wings for tomorrow's 24/Heroes-fest.

I was still working on the photo/illustration thing when dinner time rolled around, so LV and Scrappy made pork and rice. I didn't cook it, so I thought it was wonderful.

Grilled Cheese

I don't think I've given up cooking... I just have other things to focus on right now--like whether Ashley Tisdale's lyrics "You see my body, not who I am" make the kind of song I want Scrapy dancing around to. (I don't care if everyone else in 1st grade loves to dance and sing to "Sexyback," the song "He Said, She Said" is definitely not making it on the abridged version Headstrong.) But here we are with a grilled cheese sandwich as the only thing I've cooked in the past week. Wee...

Pasta and Vegetables

I was going to be coming home late from class, so LV wanted to know what to make. I suggested pasta with frozen vegetables. That's not a meal for LV, so he threw in the leftover chicken. It was really good.

Pork (and more Pork)

I didn't realize until I started catching up on posts that we've eaten an unusual amount of pork lately. This is broiled pork with Maple Sugar Pepper (or something like that) and egg noodles. There's really not much else to say about it. Except that I'm getting along quite well with my new flash, seeing as the pork from late March looked quite unedible compared to the pictures from this batch.

Chicken with Lemon-Capers Sauce

After having some awful sinus infection/allergy nonsense for like two weeks, LV and I decided to throw caution to the wind and go get a bottle of wine. We still had a bottle of capers in the fridge and bundle of parsley I'd completely forgotten about, so I decided to remake the sauce from Valentine's Day for sauteed chicken. It was quite lovely. We ate it in front of the TV...