They better have gotten a treat, dinner, a walk AND bedtime after this. Happy Friday!
Homemade Frozen Pizza
This has been a long time coming. Like, so many years of buying, cooking, and eating store bought pizza because I have been too lazy to make my own. Well, believe me, I have felt crazy guilt when purchasing frozen pizzas (damn you four years of Catholic school!) but never did anything to dissuade that guilt… until now.
PB+J Cups
[Sweeping statement along the lines of, "Who doesn't like peanut butter and chocolate, am I right?!" Blah blah blah perfect combo.] It’s true, though. YUM. Which brings us to peanut butter, chocolate AND strawberry jam. It’s like a PB & J sandwich minus the bread, plus chocolate!
These are just perfect for the toasty, beautiful days we’ve been having here in the Seattle area. I’ve been keeping them in the freezer, which makes for a fudgecicle-esque treat. I won’t lie to you, I may also be keeping them in the freezer because they were sort of a hot, melty mess after ten minutes in the sun.
Chipotle Sweet Potato and Black Bean Salad
As you may or may not know, Hilary and I met at Pasta and Co. in Seattle when we were wee little college students. A mutual love of baking, eating, and watching puppy cams formed a forever lasting friendship (awww). To this day we reminisce over the different dishes we miss so much that kept us well fed throughout college. One of those being a store favorite- chipotle sweet potato black bean salad. Ugh, so good, guys.
Fried Asparagus with Lemon, Garlic, Dijon Dip
Ah asparagus. Always delicious no matter how you cook it up and always worth the inevitable smelly pee (at least that’s what happens to me). I usually saute my asparagus with a little garlic and olive oil. This simple and wonderful method can become boring if that’s your only go to recipe like it is mine. So, I decided to shake things up a bit and try out fried asparagus. I know, I know frying isn’t the healthiest, but I say “treat yo self” once this summer with fried asparagus.
Greek Yogurt Lemon Pound Cake (GF)
Until about four hours ago, I avoided all recipes that required zesting because I didn’t have a microplane or any sort of zesting device aside from a cheese grater. And I was intimidated, which I know now is silly, because now that I have the equipment, I want to zest ALL the things! This cake contains Greek yogurt and lots of eggs, so it’s extra spongey and moist (sorry). It’s perfect with coffee or as a pre-dinner appetite spoiler.
I’m not sure why, but my cake turned out a little more squat than it should have. It’s ok, though, because we all know that short people cakes are the best kind of person cake.
Sparkling Greyhound with Mint
I may be drinking one of these as I write this, so apologies for any errors. Hilary, you may have to edit this a couple times.
Anyway, I was recently re-introduced to the Greyhound (vodka and grapefruit juice) while vacaying it up with a specific boyfriend’s family in Palm Springs. I learned a couple things: First, there may be enough grapefruit trees that all of Palm Springs could survive on solely grapefruit, if that’s what it came to. You never know. Second, Greyhounds are pretty great, but especially refreshing muddled with mint and topped off with seltzer.
