I have had the flu, thus I have not been posting. I haven't forgotten about the blog, but I have literally done nothing for the past week other than lay on the couch. I came to stay with my parents and have been eating lots of mashed potatoes, hot chocolate, and not cooking. Cooking and crafting will resume once I am human again :)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Papi's
I'm terrible. I have no photo evidence that is the goodness of a Papi's Cuban sandwich. That's because I ate it so quickly there was no pausing for photography. It has become a tradition on my team at school (a team is 4-6 teachers, teaching different subjects but the same students - you had that in middle school right?) to get Papi's on early release days. We have 2 early release days twice a year to hold parent conferences, and on our "long" day - the day we stay until 7PM when the kids leave at 1 - Liz's (math teacher) boyfriend Rocky picks up Cubans for us. AMAZING! Side note on Rocky... his brother is the choreographer for the dance group Twitch - and they made it to the finals of the Paula Abdul (bleh) show "Live to Dance." Can't stand Paula, love the dancing.
Anyway, should you crave a Cuban, YOU MUST GO TO PAPI'S.
That's all.
Anyway, should you crave a Cuban, YOU MUST GO TO PAPI'S.
That's all.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
a little crafty...
So, I have been spending more time on work and less time on blogging (which is good, in a way), but it means that for the past two weeks there have been no SOTW (sandwich of the week - duh!). Last week was full of lean cuisines. This week has been partially lean cuisines and partially left overs. Tomorrow's meal is SUPER exciting and I will definitely talk about it.
The craft bug is still in me - especially after going to Binders this afternoon. My dear friend Claire's mom has really talked it up to my mom... so by word of mouth, I heard Binders was awesome. Also, I just HAPPENED to have a 50% off Scoutmob for Binders that expired TODAY! Meant to be, for sure. I was able to get my new self-healing mat and a fabulous (I hope) rotary cutter for $25. Super fab!
I'm meeting up with my cousins Jami and Brant tonight for sushi (thanks to a groupon) and I decided to take her a little something:
So simple, but I am pretty pumped. My new bloggy friend Kristen over at peace, love, and crafts totally inspired me to get felty with some adorable paperclips she created: Girlie Paperclips
Easy, too! and inexpensive! I just washed out an old spaghetti sauce jar, filled it with bath salts (Thanks to my sis for giving my 25 lbs of them.... AKA a lifetime supply!), added some ribbon, a felt flower, and a button. I went monochromatic but the finishes are all different :) Pretty excited.
The craft bug is still in me - especially after going to Binders this afternoon. My dear friend Claire's mom has really talked it up to my mom... so by word of mouth, I heard Binders was awesome. Also, I just HAPPENED to have a 50% off Scoutmob for Binders that expired TODAY! Meant to be, for sure. I was able to get my new self-healing mat and a fabulous (I hope) rotary cutter for $25. Super fab!
I'm meeting up with my cousins Jami and Brant tonight for sushi (thanks to a groupon) and I decided to take her a little something:
So simple, but I am pretty pumped. My new bloggy friend Kristen over at peace, love, and crafts totally inspired me to get felty with some adorable paperclips she created: Girlie Paperclips
Easy, too! and inexpensive! I just washed out an old spaghetti sauce jar, filled it with bath salts (Thanks to my sis for giving my 25 lbs of them.... AKA a lifetime supply!), added some ribbon, a felt flower, and a button. I went monochromatic but the finishes are all different :) Pretty excited.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Addiction...
I feel like if you have an addiction, or if you have the idea that you might have an addiction, you are at least semi-conscious of it, yes? Here are things I would assume I could possibly be addicted to:
Back to addiction - apparently I have an addiction. It's pretty serious. See for yourself:
And I might mention... after I took this picture, I found another flavor of Laughing Cow lurking in the cheese drawer. INSANITY! What is your unknown addiction?
Oh, and as an aside, I also had cheese tortellini in there. So.much.cheese.
- Anything made from a potato (tots, fries, mashed, baked, with thyme, latkas.... I feel like Bubba Blue)
- Bacon
- Books
- StoryPeople
- Tervis Tumblers
- Auburn University!!!!!!!
- Teaching
Back to addiction - apparently I have an addiction. It's pretty serious. See for yourself:
And I might mention... after I took this picture, I found another flavor of Laughing Cow lurking in the cheese drawer. INSANITY! What is your unknown addiction?
Oh, and as an aside, I also had cheese tortellini in there. So.much.cheese.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
First is the worst, second is the BEST!
Well, first may not be the worst, but it's definitely in second place! This week I headed back to work, which meant time for a new weekly sandwich. The first sandwich wasn't bad, it just wasn't memorable. This week's sandwich is delicious, and I look forward to making it each night before work! Apologies in advance for the plethora of pictures, but I truly loved every bit of making this sandwich! It will definitely become part of my rotation.
Sandwich of the week: Roast beef, Gouda and apple, courtesy of Real Simple
I made a sad little sandwich on Monday during my running around for the MLK holiday - the roads were clear in Georgia and I was well enough to be in public - but not well enough to visit my friend Abby and her precious new little Baby Luke. I had to occupy my time - which consisted of a very concisely planned day of stopping by Kiehl's, Bobbi Brown, the Container Store, home for a quick bite, the spa, and then off to visit some friends to watch the Bachelor (trash) and eat pizza (eat trash and watch trash!). My sad little sandwich squeezed in was good - ham, a little mayo, and bread. Great, typical, not exciting in the least. This, however, is something to be excited about. I'm not going to hate on my Nature's Own Honey Wheat, but much like the Vivienne Westwood dress in the first Sex and the City movie, this challah bread "kicked my sweet little suit's ass."
I think my love for whole grain mustard might stem back to the parable from the Bible about the mustard seed. My mom always told me the story, and in college she gave me a necklace with a mustard seed in it and the verse inscribed on the back. Matthew 17:20 if you are interested.
Next came the layer of the roast beef, some Gouda cheese, then 1/4 of an apple... which was harder to slice than I'd like to admit...
The last step AND the last ingredient I could find in the grocery store was the addition of watercress. I don't know about you, but I had no clue what this stuff looked like. I initially looked in the canned veggies section, but realize those were in fact water chestnuts and not water cress. I headed to the produce aisle not having a clue where water cress might be, and started searching - well, scouring the varied things I have never purchased.
After several minutes of standing, feeling stupid, perusing the sale circular to pass time, a failed phone call and a few texts to my mom, I started to get antsy. Mom's advice: it might be near the parsley (people buy that???) and it's green. Let me tell you - LOTS of things are green. Lots of leafy things near parsley are green.
Up in the very top of the greens section, I see something sad and squished and slightly resembling cilantro - with NO LABEL. Thanks Kroger. I love your deals, but your labeling skills sorta stink. Why label red onions and blueberries but not water cress? Is this an every day staple in the American home that I have never been made aware of? For those of you like me, THIS is water cress:
According to my mom (knower of all things, or at least a fabulous researcher. Hey Mom - you could totally work at Foy!) water cress doesn't last very long - 1 or 2 days. It has hollow stems and loves water, and sometimes comes in a bag or is stored in water. In order to help preserve my water cress to last the week, I soaked a paper towel, wrapped the water cress in it, and am currently storing it all in gladware. So far, so good!
And to be random... for those of you that don't know about Foy, get the number in your phone! I learned to remember the number this way (3-3-foy, 8-foy-foy, foy-2-foy-foy - OR 334-844-4244)
Do you have a fabulous sandwich to recommend? Please share! Made this? What was your reaction?
Sandwich of the week: Roast beef, Gouda and apple, courtesy of Real Simple
I made a sad little sandwich on Monday during my running around for the MLK holiday - the roads were clear in Georgia and I was well enough to be in public - but not well enough to visit my friend Abby and her precious new little Baby Luke. I had to occupy my time - which consisted of a very concisely planned day of stopping by Kiehl's, Bobbi Brown, the Container Store, home for a quick bite, the spa, and then off to visit some friends to watch the Bachelor (trash) and eat pizza (eat trash and watch trash!). My sad little sandwich squeezed in was good - ham, a little mayo, and bread. Great, typical, not exciting in the least. This, however, is something to be excited about. I'm not going to hate on my Nature's Own Honey Wheat, but much like the Vivienne Westwood dress in the first Sex and the City movie, this challah bread "kicked my sweet little suit's ass."
Check out how gorgeous this bread is! It's incredible what beautiful bread will do to you! I don't know if I can ever go back to "plain" bread - that ol' sliced stuff. Whoever came up with "that's the best thing since sliced bread!" obviously never had this amazing carbfest!
In addition to incredible bread, everything that goes on the sandwich needs to be top notch. I have never liked yellow mustard, but give me whole grain dijon and I will gladly eat it. It's so nice to see food how it is supposed to look, instead of over-processed junk. This mustard... is beautiful.
I think my love for whole grain mustard might stem back to the parable from the Bible about the mustard seed. My mom always told me the story, and in college she gave me a necklace with a mustard seed in it and the verse inscribed on the back. Matthew 17:20 if you are interested.
Next came the layer of the roast beef, some Gouda cheese, then 1/4 of an apple... which was harder to slice than I'd like to admit...
The last step AND the last ingredient I could find in the grocery store was the addition of watercress. I don't know about you, but I had no clue what this stuff looked like. I initially looked in the canned veggies section, but realize those were in fact water chestnuts and not water cress. I headed to the produce aisle not having a clue where water cress might be, and started searching - well, scouring the varied things I have never purchased.
After several minutes of standing, feeling stupid, perusing the sale circular to pass time, a failed phone call and a few texts to my mom, I started to get antsy. Mom's advice: it might be near the parsley (people buy that???) and it's green. Let me tell you - LOTS of things are green. Lots of leafy things near parsley are green.
Up in the very top of the greens section, I see something sad and squished and slightly resembling cilantro - with NO LABEL. Thanks Kroger. I love your deals, but your labeling skills sorta stink. Why label red onions and blueberries but not water cress? Is this an every day staple in the American home that I have never been made aware of? For those of you like me, THIS is water cress:
According to my mom (knower of all things, or at least a fabulous researcher. Hey Mom - you could totally work at Foy!) water cress doesn't last very long - 1 or 2 days. It has hollow stems and loves water, and sometimes comes in a bag or is stored in water. In order to help preserve my water cress to last the week, I soaked a paper towel, wrapped the water cress in it, and am currently storing it all in gladware. So far, so good!
And to be random... for those of you that don't know about Foy, get the number in your phone! I learned to remember the number this way (3-3-foy, 8-foy-foy, foy-2-foy-foy - OR 334-844-4244)
Enough of that tangent and back to this magnificent sandwich! Behold!
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| My coworker came in and saw me eating this Tuesday. She said "Oh wow, that looks great! Where did you get it?" My gleeful response: "I made it!" |
And here's everything that went into it. You MUST make this. MUST.
Do you have a fabulous sandwich to recommend? Please share! Made this? What was your reaction?
Oh a fortune cookie! Wait... what?
That's right. I opened up my fortune cookie after lunch Sunday and this is what I saw:
That's right. Empty. As in "Hello, you have NO FORTUNE!"
I refused to eat the cookie, as it is my firm belief that you must eat the cookie in order for your fortune to be realized. Unfortunately, with the January I have had (full of lots of small unpleasant events that added together are slightly overwhelming), I'm starting to believe my no-fortune fortune cookie.
The good news is, I had the most fabulous lunch that was big enough to serve as dinner as well. I love Pad Thai, but this time I went with Pad See Ewe, in honor of Babe the pig... you know... bah-ram-ewe?
I had to take a picture of the cute cup they served my green tea in!
If any of this looks good, check out ricebowlatlanta.com - I found it to be delish (but warning, they DON'T take Scoutmob.... it's only the Decatur location).
Where is your favorite Chinese place? I LOVE Asiain cuisine. Share!
Where is your favorite Chinese place? I LOVE Asiain cuisine. Share!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
That's knit! I mean, neat!
After being stuck inside (and on the couch and sick) for a week, when my cousins invited me over to watch the Falcons game - which they ultimately lost - and have dinner, I was really excited. Jami - my cousin - has cooking in her blood. Her mom is famous for pretty much everything, but especially her greens on New Year's Day... at least in my book :)
Jami, for some silly reason, is watching her weight and made a FABULOUS Weight Watchers chili. It was delicious and had a definite kick. So much of a kick that it totally kicked through my cold! Pardon the pictures in this post, but I only had my BlackBerry with me!
Jami also happens to be pretty crafty. She knits and has her own etsy shop! We were talking earlier in the day about my recent inspiration to become both bloggy and crafty, so she took the time to pass her craft on to me! I learned how to knit - starting with a dish cloth. There is still plenty to do... but here's what I have so far!
Jami, for some silly reason, is watching her weight and made a FABULOUS Weight Watchers chili. It was delicious and had a definite kick. So much of a kick that it totally kicked through my cold! Pardon the pictures in this post, but I only had my BlackBerry with me!
Jami also happens to be pretty crafty. She knits and has her own etsy shop! We were talking earlier in the day about my recent inspiration to become both bloggy and crafty, so she took the time to pass her craft on to me! I learned how to knit - starting with a dish cloth. There is still plenty to do... but here's what I have so far!
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| With my cute ball of yarn, called a skein. This is what it looks like to "cast on" |
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| So cute! I love the loops! |
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| Jami being awesome and teaching me what to do (notice the Falcons game is still on... shortly after the channel was changed to watch "Extreme Couponers" followed by "I have a strange addiction" |
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| My progress by the time I left... a little sloppy, but definitely progress! |
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