Thursday, September 20, 2007
Benvenuto a la Pizzeria Metcalfezzo
Ok, I don't know how to Italianize the name Metcalf. So there you have it - that's what I came up with. Look at our pretty pizza!!! We used fresh (non-shredded) mozarella, roma tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, baby bellas (there are times I think that's cute, and times I think it's cuteSY), and just a smidge of bell peppers and onions to make it yummy. Here's the pretty part, 
the picture. I would like to say more so that this actually qualifies as a blog entry, and not something I should just have put on kodakgallery or flickr. However, today my brain must be on vacation, because I've got nuthin! Happy Pizza! Oh, p.s. No meat - all veggies. Again with the healthy.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Proud as a Red Pepper
I am SO proud of this. Last night, dinner was Italian. While out shopping the other day, I found some really fun pasta - yes, fun pasta. I have seen multi-colored pasta at the grocery store, but it typically comes in three colors. Check out this pasta! Now that is multi-colored pasta. As you can see in the photo, I also bought some lovely roasted red peppers. I have heard people suggest doing the roasting yourself, but I have to tell ya, for a dollar a piece, it's worth it to me to have somebody else roast them, peel them, put 
them in a pretty jar, and 
allow me to bring them home that way. Have you SEEN the recent price for raw red peppers? Yep, definitely worth it. See how pretty they turned out? All I had to do was cut them up prior to being cooked, then toss them in the blender. What compelled me to make this, you might ask? Well, I know good flavor, and have good taste in food, of course. ;) Actually, I have had some delicious roasted red pepper sauces out at restaurants before, and deemed them utterly difficult to find. Ergo, I decided to make it instead. If you can't find what you want by going out, what sense does it make to go? While the finished product doesn't look as pretty as it did in real life, I hope you can imagine the yummy smells and flavors of a creamy, cheesey, fat free half-and-half-y sauce. Sidenote: fat free half and half is healthy. See how that works?
them in a pretty jar, and 
allow me to bring them home that way. Have you SEEN the recent price for raw red peppers? Yep, definitely worth it. See how pretty they turned out? All I had to do was cut them up prior to being cooked, then toss them in the blender. What compelled me to make this, you might ask? Well, I know good flavor, and have good taste in food, of course. ;) Actually, I have had some delicious roasted red pepper sauces out at restaurants before, and deemed them utterly difficult to find. Ergo, I decided to make it instead. If you can't find what you want by going out, what sense does it make to go? While the finished product doesn't look as pretty as it did in real life, I hope you can imagine the yummy smells and flavors of a creamy, cheesey, fat free half-and-half-y sauce. Sidenote: fat free half and half is healthy. See how that works?
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Why I Married My Husband
I honestly married Travis because he treats me like I want to be treated, has the gentlest, most beautiful green eyes, and we have fun together. However, as I recently told him, perhaps these should be on the list. I love his ribs - and not for tickling!
Travis must have paid attention in biology, because puts his heart into his ribs. After boiling them so they'll fall off the bone, he dry rubs them and puts them on the grill. Then the last fifteen minutes are spent on the grill while perfectly cooking the sauce onto the meat for that just-right sticky consistency. That's right, these are dry rubbed AND sauced ribs. If you're ever in town, call for dinner plans. You might get this lucky!
This isn't necessarily a post about our healthier living. However just to let you know, we did balance it out with some vegetables. You can't have ribs without the fixin's. This was a true floss meal.
Asian Invasion
Apparently I was on an Asian kick for a while, so after I made the lettuce wraps, I did a makeover meal. Makeover meals are what I call it when you use the leftovers to make something new. So check these out - I made eggrolls! After a crazy search for the wrappers in the store - I kid you not, the checkout girl asked "What are those?" when I asked if they carried eggroll wrappers - I went home and wrapped up the rest of the meat, some vermicelli noodles, some asian broccoli slaw, and created a yummy dipping sauce. I was very proud of them, and they made an excellent dinner while I listened to Travis' most crazy day ever in the world of interview-land. p.s. These were baked - healthy.