I have a magic formula for preparing really fast, pretty cheap meals. Take a stroll through the produce section and survey the hearty greens section. You’re looking for stuff like cabbage, chard, and kale. Pick one.
Now take a stroll over to the bean section. You could go for dried beans if you want to really save money or canned beans if you want to save time. White beans, navy beans, pinto beans, or even chickpeas. Pick one.
Add a few other simple ingredients to your cart and you have the makings of a really delicious stew that can be made in no time. Once you get the hang of mixing hearty greens with a few other hearty ingredients, the possibilities are pretty endless.
I used to be a big parfait fan. I would eat them on the regular for breakfast… a little granola, some greek yogurt, and a few berries. Sometimes I would get fancy and layer them like an actual parfait, but other times I would just toss everything together in a bowl.
I’ve sort of moved away from this breakfast plan, but recently I was thinking about the ingredients in parfaits and decided that it was darn close to a muffin (granola/dairy/fruit). I figured if I added a few extra things I could maybe smash all of the parfait ingredients into a baked good!
Well, it worked. The most amazing thing about these muffins is that they actually taste like a parfait. It’s not a gimmick, people. You get some serious tanginess from the yogurt, the berries are really flavorful and sweet, and the granola adds awesome texture.
This weekend is the beginning of March Madness and, in my opinion, it’s one of the best weekends for sports all year… and I don’t really even like basketball!
My friend and I are sort of obsessed with this very odd Youtube channel where a guy named Kyle plays a bunch of different weird characters. I love this video he made where he is basically making fun of intense sports fans. Here’s a link (obviously sound). It’s a very strange kind of humor but if you’ve ever known a crazy sports fan, you might find it funny.
Back to March Madness, I pretty much always like to root for the underdogs (or at least the mild underdogs). I have a few different brackets but my champion picks are either Gonzaga or Florida. Granted Gonzaga is a #1 seed team, but they are probably the lowest of the #1 seed teams even though they’ve only lost two games this year.
Back to food!
The Poll
The Links
Something different! Instead of posting links this week, I would love help from you all! I feel like I’ve been in a bit of a food blog slump recently. I find myself returning to the same blogs and sites that I’ve grown to love over the years.
If you have a food blog that you love to follow, leave a comment and share! I would love to find some new sites to check out.
Connect with me!
Throughout the week I love chatting with people and sharing fun and interesting stuff around the web.
I kind of pulled a fast one on you guys last week in the poll. I pulled such a fast one, in fact, that it even fooled me. You see, I listed polenta pizza and gluten-free pizza in the poll, but guess what? Polenta pizza is gluten-free. It’s just corn after all so there’s no gluten to be had there!
After I got to thinking about it, it might actually be the easiest way to make gluten-free pizza. You don’t need half a dozen special flours or anything. All you need is freakin’ ground up corn. And cheese. It is pizza after all.
It has been my experience that normally recipes contain the ingredients in their names. If I create a Brussel Sprout Corn Surprise (I would never do this), it would almost certainly contain brussel sprouts, corn, and some sort of surprise.
That’s how the English language works.
That’s why I was very confused when I first read the original recipe for this Hot Pepper Noodle dish. It sounds delicious and fast, but the ingredient list didn’t actually contain hot peppers. It had some chili oil, sure, but I hardly count that as enough for a dish with “Hot pepper” in the title.
So, I took some liberties with the recipe and just upped the flavors in general, but also made sure to toss in some actual hot peppers.
I love French toast as much as the next dude, but to be honest I made this dish because I wanted an excuse to eat as much of the adult whipped cream as possible. I’ve made this whipped cream for a few different recipes over the last week or two (including a green version), but I haven’t made it for you lovelies.
So that was reason enough to figure out a reason to pile it high on something.
The hidden truth is that I ate about half of the bowl before I even tried it on the french toast.
Betsy has been involved in a very intense two week trial that ends today. I’ve also been working on a pretty intense web project for my day job that is hopefully coming to a successful end this next week.
So we are taking a little relaxing day trip to Ridgway Colorado this weekend! The plan is just to hit up a hot spring or two and then grab some pizza and come home.
Nothing intense, but hopefully we can get in a little decompression after a few long weeks.
The Poll!
Speaking pizza, pick a strange one!
The Links!
Think for Yourself- This is a great little piece of writing that sums up a lot of my feelings about eating in America these days. Gluten-free, fat-free, sugar-free, carb-free, blah blah. The only thing I care about is how I feel after I eat the meal I eat. (@ Rulhman)
Pickled Spring Onions – I can’t believe it’s almost spring! These little beauties definitely caught my eye this week. I figure I could burn through a jar of these in no time at all. (@ Sippity Sup)
Grasshopper Pie – One of the better desserts I’ve seen on the interwebs this week. This pie just looks amazing. You can tell it’s nice and thick but still creamy. (@ Brown Eyed Baker)
This weekend is the beginning of March Madness and, in my opinion, it’s one of the best weekends for sports all year… and I don’t really even like basketball!
Betsy has been involved in a very intense two week trial that ends today. I’ve also been working on a pretty intense web project for my day job that is hopefully coming to a successful end this next week.
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