You didn't know we were taking a break, did you? Neither did we. Needless to say, between Rachel's baby and my cross-country-move/family tragedy/christmas/working 500 hours a week, this blog has been sadly neglected!
Today at work (whre it is painfully slow (I've been here 4 1/2 hours and the phone has rung ONCE) I decided what I am going to make for me to eat next week. (I cook a big meal or two once a week, then freeze in tupperware. Then I pull out a tupperware when I leave home at 8:30ish and by 6:30 it's thawed and ready to be popped in the microwave and eaten at my desk) This serves 2 purposes, it fills my cooking urges (which have a tendancy to DIE on my way home at 8:00 pm), and saves me from eating out which is bad for the budget and for the waistline. It also keeps me happy, as my quota a for mac-n-cheese has been already filled this quarter (and by quota I mean ONCE, I've had it once).
So, here are the meals I'll be making Today and tomorrow, This way I'll be accountable for taking pictures AND for posting them (I have pictures of some stuff that I just haven't managed to get up here in all the disastratastraphy! (yes, it is a real word).
Pizza: I know, you're wondering how it will freeze, Honestly, I'm wondering too! We'll find out, but let me tell you-- this is THE BEST pizza dough recipe I've ever had. And I'm planning on some BBQ chicken as well as some 'trash' pizza. I think they'll be pretty small, and wrapped in saran wrap then foil... I think...
PF Changs Lettuce Wraps. (I made another lettuce wraps recipe over christmas, but I want to try this one... since PF Changs' lettuce wraps are amazing) (I'll probably actually just make it a salad, as lettuce wraps are messy-- and that should work, right? small containers of the filling ready to heat up and toss on a bed of greens.
Char Sui Bao: What? what? I know... it's a foreign language. These are delicious Chinese buns with BBQ pork filling. YUM, right? Again... I tried once recipe over Christmas, and I'm going to try a different one this time, to see if I can get it right. Also, this one doesn't require 1/2 cup of red food coloring... (ok the other one just called for 1/4 tsp of the GEL... hello red dye #40!)
Anyway-- be excited, because I am... also because I found pork loin chops for 1.18/lb. I LOVE Provo food prices :)
Also, theoretically coming soon-- awesome melty crayon art inspired by pinterest... we'll see if my hairdryer is good for anything besides making my hair awesome (with help from the moisture sucking place that is the Utah desert).
