I have a few pics that I haven't gotten posted yet, so here is what I did to enjoy my left over tortellini from scratch. Some I can't believe it's not butter spray and black pepper. It was fantastic.
To warm up the other day I made some hot chocolate with skim milk and reduced sugar Hershey's syrup.
I am working at the school all week, so I have been packing my lunches. This was my super lunch from yesterday. Gotta love leftovers. I added a laughing cow cheese, kiwi and an apricot.
Ok, so on to my new and delicious snacks and such. I added some of this yummy PB to a choc rice cake...
and the result was heavenly. This is my new snack after the gym.
This was my breakfast from over the weekend. It was so good I had it both days. This is oat meal, frozen strawberries (which get heated with it so they are not so frozen) and a spoonful of TJ's almond butter. So yummy!
Ah, so I took a little of this...
Added some (frozen, but thawed) strawberries and cherries...
Then topped it with a crushed one of these...
To make this amazing dessert. You can't even see the yogurt anymore with the rice cake on top.
QUESTION: Any new favorite snack or food combo that you just can't get enough of right now?
FROM SCRATCH WEEKENDS: The idea came to use when we wanted to make some tortellini's at home. We googled for recipes and had a hard time since most called for prepared store bought tortellini. Then there was a post on Yahoo! Answers where the person asked for a recipe from scratch and got a response for a sauce from scratch and tortellini from the store, so the original author then had to clarify. I thought FROM SCRATCH would imply just that, but it means different things to different people.
So, our idea is to cook one FROM SCRATCH meal over the weekend. For us this will mean as from scratch as possible, so bread, pasta, whatever. As much as from scratch as possible. At some point we will have to draw the line since somethings we may not be able to make. I plan to make any bread we will use for the meal from scratch and anything else that is within reason.
So my challenge is for everyone to jump on board with from scratch weekends and spend time in the kitchen making a real home cooked meal. Some of you do this all the time already, but I know that from scratch means varying things for all of us. So what I propose is that on the week you step it up from your current kitchen experiments. Whatever from scratch means for you, that's what I want you to aim for. Try to make everything from the basics as possible.
I think and hope that we will get to do this most weekends. As this is the first of the new year, well practically, I think we can get 40 meals in over 40 weekends. With 52 in the year I know that some weekends will be a wash. I plan to travel and have family here so I do not want to over commit to something. With Ryan as my partner I also hope the time spent in the kitchen will decrease since 3 hours seems like a lot, but Ryan and I have a good time in the kitchen and get to enjoy our success for not only dinner, but as leftover meals too.
Good luck! I wish all of you success with FROM SCRATCH weekends, if you accept my challenge. The main thing is to have fun and enjoy yourself, so no stress and if you mess something up, no worries...order a pizza! I want everyone to learn and enjoy themselves and the company the share in the kitchen. Happy cooking everyone!
