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happy friday + neon t-shirts.

On May 24, 2013 ·

I’m usually not at a loss for words and thanks to this blog I can get a lot of them out and onto this tiny spot within the interweb.. But today the verbiage scroll running through my brain on repeat is, You guyyyss it’s a three day weekenddd so haaapppy Fridayyy! Full of sophistication and insight, right? Um.. anyway JCrew is having a sale on their sale so logically I bought this shirt for a single digit total which led me to ponder really insightful other things like, can you buy anything in JCrew under ten dollars? The answer is no, so despite ~~definitely~~ probably blinding my co-workers I snagged this tee. Happy Friday indeed!

tuna melt w/apple bits + garlicky mayonnaise.

On May 23, 2013 ·

Yes, I know, this is nothing new. But I just discovered the deliciousness of adding chopped apple (skin in tact) to a tuna salad instead of the usual suspect for crunchiness- celery; and whether that means I may or may not be qualified to write a food blog, well, that thought did cross my mind. How did I go so long without trying this myself?

Why did I wait until I read a recipe (thank you La Boulange!) that included an apple in its tuna salad to push me into finally trying my hand at it whilst I’ve been pairing sliced apple along side my tuna sandwiches for quite some time? Why?

I may not ever really figure out why it took me so long, but that doesn’t really matter because that was yesterday and today I’m eating more of what I ate last night (#lunchleftovers) which took ~~seconds~~ no more than fifteen minutes to make and didn’t require a long list of ingredients and the best part may be that depending on what you’re going for, a dinner for one, for two, a dinner for three plus lunches the next day, you can bump up or bump down the amount of tuna salad you make quite easily.

Be advised that I nearly didn’t get through taking pictures of it all before I started tasting bits of tuna here, taste testing the parsley in it there and etc. So what would typically be enough for one person, well that person may want seconds. Possibly thirds. Look at these pictures and decide for yourself. And please don’t waste another day not trying chopped apple in your tuna. And finally, the food!

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french toast cups.

On May 22, 2013 ·

Yesterday I touted the benefits of annual dentist cleanings and Quinoa, and today I’m raving about french toast cups. See how this blog works? I’m promoting balance. It took everything in me not to add bacon. Which I’m sure I will at some point, but for the sake of simplicity I’ll let these delicious tiny little things speak for themselves.

There is a world of food that can be made in a muffin tin and clearly I wasn’t living until I tried one said recipe myself because there are things like mini corn dogs and cupcake lasagnas and spinach and egg breakfast cups so please let me convince you that not all of these are as gimmicky as they may seem.

The world of tiny food is a beautiful thing, sweet little appetizers here and mini desserts there, but they are generally a bit time consuming and require a certain skill that I don’t have time to perfect.

The muffin tin recipes have heard my plea for a muffin tin recipe that you can do with your eyes closed (figure of speech, don’t really do that) and for perfectly portioned breakfast and/or dessert because these french toast cups have already been an after dinner treat and morning pick me up with coffee. Whipped cream or scoops of cinnamon ice cream or berries and sliced strawberries with maple syrup or agave nectar… the possibilities are endless. I had mine with scrambled eggs and then popped the rest in the refrigerator to heat up that night. I brushed my teeth really well both times. And finally, the food!

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Tuna and Radicchio with Quinoa and Parsley Vinaigrette

On May 21, 2013 ·

About six months ago I went to the dentist only after I figured I probably should because it had been two years since my last cleaning and before you stop reading this because of my poor dental hygiene! let me sort of defend myself by explaining we had moved a lot in those two years and never really settled enough for me to get my act together. That plus my ludicrous feeling of entitlement to perfect teeth that began years back when a dentist complimented me on how well my braces had perfected my smile and I laughed and told him, but alas! I never had braces! ~~take that every adult that tried to trade pierced ears and ballet shoes in exchange for the end of my thumb sucking!~~ and so began my undeserving illusion that my teeth were untouchable and indestructible and waiting years for a cleaning as an adult is a totally okay thing to do.

It’s actually not a totally okay thing to do because I walked out of that cleaning with the knowledge that I had seven cavities, four wisdom teeth that needed pulling, a root canal that needed to be redone and another root canal that needed to be done both of which preclude two crowns of course and just in case the dental gods hadn’t gotten through to me my gums were a bloody red because flossing every couple of days wasn’t cutting it. I tell this story because I was reminded of how above things like cavities ~~I never get them~~ I had thought I was before reality set in and though I think Quinoa has it’s marketing flaws (enter Quinoa Chocolate anyone?) and doesn’t posses the magic health bullet I’m still looking for, I think I’ll refrain from yet another self entitled moment and not put myself in the category of people that don’t need health food because well, I never get sick! See where this is going?

I struggle with regulating my blood sugar which can cause a host of other issues a little too serious for today’s post so I’ll keep it brief and just tell you what well done marketing has likely already said, Quinoa is really good for you and you should eat it. This salad was fairly easy to make and per usual I made a ton so that I would have plenty of leftovers and in the event that my hubby and I really liked it, which we did, and even if we went back for seconds, which we definitely did, there would be enough for lunches and dinners the next day. The thing about this Quinoa salad is that it really is really good and eating this, cheers to our health! is not nearly as painful as an exhaustive dental cleaning, I promise. And finally, the food!