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Real talk: sometimes I just.don't.feel. like cooking. I haven't cooked much these last couple of weeks, which is too bad. I think I've only really made:
- cinnamon rolls (from a can)
- frozen black bean burgers
- grilled cheese
I haven't even been much into brunch. Eep!! Mostly just coffee and donuts and some yogurt here and there, and mostly all from the 'sbux. We even had a potluck at work and I literally bought a pound of pre-made pasta salad from the grocery instead of making something, ha! So embarrassed.
That's not a comprehensive list of everything I've consumed the past week and a half, obvs. But I'm ashamed to say the rest has been a lot of turkey sandwiches, fast food, and smorgasboard out of whatever I can forage out of the pantry.
That's life sometimes!
Right now I don't have much of an appetite, because I started to feel myself coming down with a cold yesterday. I'm frantically trying to hydrate and pump myself full of zinc and echinacea, while chicken soupin' it up like a boss. Fight fight fight! Go body, go! Food can be healing a lot of the time. :)
Anyway, here are a couple of things I made earlier in the month that I didn't post about:
nacho grilled cheese
adapted from bs in the kitchen
Yeesh, sorry for the bad photo!!!! This was pretty good for a late night creation. I feel like I need to experiment more with grilled cheese varieties / mash ups.
skillet pizza via me
I kind of just rolled out pillsbury pizza dough into the pan and topped it. I did, however, brush the crust with olive oil and dusted with parsley and garlic. Yum!
beet chips
I tried to make beet chips. They weren't that good. I was sad. I think I used too much celery salt, honestly. BUT boy do those babies smell like chocolate after they've been backing for awhile which is super weird. I'll have to try this again.
The secret I found on pinterest: let them sit in the oil and salt for 15-20 minutes before draining and baking to keep 'em crispy. That really does work!
OMELET
Omelets kind of intimidate me. So I followed The Kitchn Cookbook directions as closely as I could... and voila! It worked!
Apparently the temperature of the pan is one of the most important factors. That is so true of most stovetop recipes. I'm sort of dreading the day I have to get a new oven because I'll have to fine-tune my technique all over again. Uuuughhh.
The other reason it's been hard to keep to the kitchen is that the weather has been sooooo nice. The hubby and I got kayaks, so we've been paddling quite a bit and spending time outside doing yard work and such.
Do you cook/bake more in the winter than in the summer????
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