Is that your chick...pea pattie?

Another

semi - successful dinner

Chickpea Patties

from

Macheesemo

(get the full recipe by clicking the link above)

Drain and rinse 2 cans of chickpeas

then smash with fork or food processor and set aside

 Shred a cucumber and let drain for 10 minutes

then mix together all ingredients for the sauce

1 cup Greek yogurt

cucumber

2 Tablespoons of scallions

1 Tablespoon of cilantro

salt

Toast the breadcrumbs

(I burnt the first batch)

 Mix all of the patties ingredients together:

Chickpeas

2 Teaspoons of garam masala 

2 eggs

1/2 cup toasted bread crumbs

1/2 cup of Greek yogurt

scallions

3 tablespoons of cilantro

salt

Make patties and fry in pan with 2 Tablespoons of olive oil

 voila!

(once again I hate my camera)

I loved the meal but need to try it again to perfect it 

they were a little dry to me

not sure if I made them too thick or not

Quick and Easy Meal

I am all about quick and easy meals.

Here's my latest favorite:

Cook kale with garlic

 chop up roasted red peppers

beat 6 eggs

layer red peppers

 kale

feta cheese

and pour eggs on top

bake for 25 ish minutes

Boom!

I also LOVED these recipes

Cheesy Cauliflower 

from Vegetarian Magazine

and Golden Brussels Sprouts

from 101 Cookbooks

My picture clearly does this no justice.

Christmas Exchange

This past weekend was Abbie's company holiday party

I was inspired to create a holiday treat to share

voila!

 

So this was supposed to be a post about the company party and the gift exchange

but I am so pissed that these GD pictures won't flip!

and it is all because of this stupid ass camera I have

Maybe Santa will read this post and buy me a new one for Christmas... or my birthday... or just because ...

anyway. 

more on the party another day

on the chia bandwagon

thanks to Miss Fitnessistsa

I learned about chia seeds awhile ago

and have been adding them to my smoothies ever since.

But what I didn't know about 

was chia seed pudding

this S--- is great!

1/4 cup of Chia seeds

1 cup of almond milk

spoon of sugar

teaspoon of vanilla

I've also read recipes where people have added orange juice, kefir, syrup, bananas

you can really play with this

Put it in the fridge overnight

and you have a yummy healthy dessert!

CLICK HERE for more chia facts

Who wants delicious muffins!?

Who wants delicious muffins?

Who wants muffins that are delicious AND easy to make?

Who wants muffins that are delicious AND easy to make AND low cal?

sorry  mutts, these are people muffins
Just 2 ingredients

and
voila!

I added cream cheese icing to some- but it is really not needed.

They've got catfish on the table...

In my effort to celebrate every holiday this year,

Abbie and I had some friends over last night for a Mardi Gras Dinner

We had Hurricanes

Blackened Catfish with Honey Dijon Green Beans and Zatarains 

And of course

King Cake

My first time making this- LOADED!

Did anyone else celebrate?

Facon

I found a recipe 

HERE

to make fake bacon

To my surprise Publix already had some

I love every opportunity to be lazy so I picked some up.

Abbie tried a FLT

and I added mine to a salad

it was great- tasted just like bacon bits

the texture obviously is different but it did the trick

(for me anyway- not sure how Abbie feels about it)

I surprisingly have not missed bacon

the one thing that I thought I would miss the most

then again..

I haven't smelled real bacon in a long long time

can you pay my bills?

Last night Abbie and I celebrated 

a huge financial step for me.

Friday I paid off all of my credit cards.

well

sort of

I paid them off- with a consolidated zero percent interest loan.

I had been paying close to 20% interest in 2 of my credit cards.

Not having this cloud of doom hovering over me is the biggest relief.

For years and years I have ignored my enormous debt. Now thanks to Abbie's help

I should be completely debt free in about 7 months!

can I get a woot! woot!?

so how did we celebrate this feat?

By spending money of course.

(Abbie's money this time)

He treated me to dinner at PF Changs.

cheers to no more credit cards!

also- another exciting weekend event

a lady at my work is giving me her juicer.

green juicy blogs to come!

Tonights dinner:

fish tacos (loaded)

Dessert:

strawberry shortcake

Let's Squash

I made an awesome dinner last night.

Just thought I would share:

(thanks for the cookbook mom!)

truffle shuffle

This:

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My mother bought me truffle salt this past week.

If you don't know what a truffle is

let me school you

while on our food tour in Seattle

we went into a truffle shop and tried truffle oils and salt

when we finally got the nerve to ask one of the employees what the heck a truffle was she said:

"um, it's like this magical wonderful thing"

a truffle actually is 

edible body of fungi in the genus Tuber

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and it is wonderful!

and this

is a truffle sniffing dog

CLICK HERE to learn more

and if you don't know what a truffle shuffle is

let him school you

stuff it

I'm having one of those days where I hate everyone and everything

I don't know why

I call it being poopie.

When I told Brittany I was poopie this weekend she thought I was having stomach issues

not the case

Basically I don't want to be anywhere or do anything

then feel guilty that I am feeling this way

Anyones else have this happen?

On the plus side

I made another loaded dinner last night

Stuffed Acorn Squash

Followed by this

ice cream on top

CLICK HERE for the recipe

(I used brown rice and craisins instead)

The best part about it was that I got to use my new knife

New knife

 Rusted old knife (don't worry I never used this- just never threw it out)

An Ashley Friday

How to have an Ashley Friday:

1- Melt 2tlbs- ish of butter

2- Add popcorn and swirl

3. Cover and shake time to time

4. When popping slows turn off the heat

5. Pour popcorn into bowl and add salt

6. Champagne - excuse me- sparkling wine is a perfect match for popcorn

(Ashley Rule- if champagne is on sale for less than $10 you buy it no matter what)

 

7. Beware of sneaky dogs trying to steal your goods

8. Put in a movie and enjoy the night

(or watch DVR'd shows)