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Chicken Soup on Toast
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| Usually Friday nights are nacho night.
But tonight I want nachos. I stopped at Target to get guacamole, so this is definitely happening.
I feel like a guy on the 3rd date who is positive he is going to score.
Nachos. They're happening. Tonight. Oh yeah. I'm going to get some. | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment   |
| I cannot STAND how good these recipes are:
Chocolate zucchini muffins from The Happy Herbivore. Extremely chocolatey, nice and moist. Both Lily AND Grandma Helen love 'em! So should you!
Peanut butter chocolate pillows from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. Liz Lemon would totally prefer these to sex. Hell, maybe even Jack would too.
Seriously, if you make these--and they are so easy, you could RIGHT NOW--you won't regret it. But follow Grandma Helen's advice for a slim figure: "Eat one." (You know, per day.)
God, I love that woman. Even if she does blame Obama for her electric bill increase.
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| I just got done licking the spoon from the last bits of Jennifer McCann's Vegan Fudge batter. As they say in the Vatican's stable HOLY CRAP. That was good.
In the recipe it says "Ricemellow is optional but soooooo good." If something is soooooo good, it isn't optional. Anyway, now all of our Ricemellow is gone, so I'm a little sad. It is my fault that it is all gone, but still. I love it. Ben says it has a funny rice aftertaste, but I either don't notice it or don't care.
Now I am interested in variations. There are so many kinds of fudge that I love--peanut butter, coconut, mint chocolate, black forest--I wonder if I could experiment and just start adding stuff. Next time--this time I just made plain old fudge. I didn't even add nuts.
If you are looking for great vegan recipes, check out her books and blog. She is big on taking lunch instead of buying it.
One thing I really need to do when I go back to work is to REFUSE FREE DELICIOUS PIZZA. Do you know how hard that is? It's there twice a week. And it's hard to eat just one slice. Which is why I NEED TO REFUSE IT. Also I am trying to stick to my vegan before dinner thing, and so far it's gone really well--exceptions being when I've been a guest in someone's home.
I want that fudge like a zombie wants brains.
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| I loved making Mark Bittman's no bake blueberry cheesecake, but wanted something able to be served immediately, and for one person. Because tonight, mama dines alone, but that doesn't mean she can't have dessert!!!
So, I made an Instant Blueberry Parfait! While there's nothing wrong with doubling the recipe, making it and eating it yourself is sooooo sweet.
Ingredients:
--1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt* (or use whatever fat amount you prefer)
--1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
--1/2 Tbsp honey
--generous squeeze of lemon juice (use the plastic lemon thingie if you like)--optional
--1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
--1/2 Tbsp butter, melted
--1/2 cup blueberries--check for and remove any stems
1. In a medium sized bowl, whisk yogurt, ricotta cheese, honey, and lemon juice, if using.
2. In a small bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Crumbs will become coated, not crust-y.
3. Place half of the buttery graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of a short glass or mug (about 10 oz size). Pour half of the yogurt-cheese mixture on top of the crumbs. Make a single layer of blueberries on top of the yogurt-cheese. Place remainder of crumbs on top of blueberries. Pour remainder of yogurt-cheese on top of crumbs. Top it all off with your preferred number of blueberries.
*I used Greenway organic yogurt from Super Fresh because it's Super Cheap, but also has an interestingly mild vanilla flavor and a nice texture for nonfat.
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| ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) calamityjon was just writing about stupid records. In an article about The Smurfs Movie (it's really happening), the accompanying photo's description read "The world record for the largest number people dressed as Smurfs was broken in Wales last month." Here is the photo:
I'll admit it, I liked the Smurfs. I liked any kind of woodlandy, fairy-taily kind of crap. I had the Smurfs board game and a Smurf doll that wore a shirt that said "Have you hugged a Smurf today?" I still have, somewhere, a little Smurf figurine. It's holding an axe, which I love, because then I can pretend it's a homicidal Smurf. (Which smurf is that, anyway? Seriously.)
On a not so stupid note (or, rather, more gloriously stupid) Ben has informed me that there's going to be a MacGruber movie! One of the things I liked about MacGruber is that it's 90 seconds long, or however short it is...so a movie? Hm. Still, it'll be better than the Smurf Movie, at least. Guaranteed.
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| Ben was so nice, he let me sleep in a little (hence the Sesame Street story on his LJ).
During that time, I thought that I had not fallen back asleep, but I must have, because I had a dream.
Anthony Hopkins was dating Salma Hayek (I think this is some kind of weird 30 Rock/Anthony Hopkins IRL mashup), and they were just hanging out with me and then Sawyer (not Josh Holloway, but Sawyer) walked in and said, "I missed you!" and hugged me.
Dream interpretation: I watch too much TV. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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