April 8, 2012- Leftovers

Leftovers

Today we had our Easter family get together at Nick's parent's house. We had a lot of different and food and as a result have lots of leftovers. So tonight we are having leftovers for dinner. We aren't actually that hungry but we will manage to have a little to eat for dinner.

Also posted are some pictures of the cakes Nick's mom made for Easter.

April 7, 2012- Arroz Cubana- Vegan

Arroz Cubana- Vegan

This is a recipe that Nick grew up eating. It was something that his grandmother made and then his mom. So we had some egg roll a couple of weeks ago and he remembered that he would have these egg rolls called arroz cubana so he wanted us to make them. Well we had some eggs rolls left over and we decided to make it. The filling is made up of garbanzo means, potato, onions, garlic, tomato sauce, some water, and salt and pepper. We also made some rice to have with the egg rolls. The original recipe calls for beef and raisins. Since we are veg there is no meat and I have strong dislike to raisins so we omitted those. We didn't have a lot of egg roll wrappers so we had some egg rolls and the rest of the filling over rice on the side. Half way through dinner we remembered to take a picture so here is our version of arroz cubana!

Oh we also went to the Sharks game tonight :) Go Sharks!

Some pictures from the past 3 months

Here are a couple of pictures that I managed to take during the past 3 months, it's not much but it is a few things we made:







3/19- Vegetable Egg Rolls (homemade)


















2/22- Mac and Cheese Style Cauliflower















2/29- Asparagus Gratin with Spinach Pilaf















2/24- Polenta with Tomatoes and Garlic Sauce

















3/24- Sauteed Brussel Sprout Leaves over Quinoa
















3/2- Tomatos Stuffed with Qunioa and Corn- Vegan
















2/19- Broccoli and Mushroom White Pizza

April 6, 2012- Roasted Carrot Soup- Vegan

Roasted Carrot Soup- Vegan

Tonight we are having a roasted carrot soup which is vegan because I didn't saute the onions in butter like it said to. You have to roast the carrots first for about an hour to make sure they are nice and caramelized and roasted. Then you saute some onion and add celery and add the carrots and and some vegetable broth. I added some salt and pepper as well as oregano, thyme, and rosemary. You allow it to boil for a while and then puree the mixture in multiple batches. We are having the soup with one of our favorite little baguettes from Trader Joe's.











Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie for Dessert! One of Nick's students from last year gave him a jar of creamy JIF peanut butter for his birthday so we decided to put it to use and make a peanut butter chocolate pie. We will see how it tastes, it looks delicious :)

A much need update...the last 3 months!

So Nick and I bought a house and as a result of the stress of things we neglected the blog. So here is a recap of January 17 until yesterday. We will write a separate blog for tonight :)

1/17- Pizza, we went to see the Mythbuster do their Behind the Myths tour this night so we made it an easy dinner
1/18- Stir Fry Veggies with Rice- Vegan
1/19- I had dinner with Nick's parents and Nick had a sandwich for dinner...I don't remember the exact circumstances this was over 2 months ago...
1/20- Portobello Pizzas
1/21- We went to Leanna's (Joanie's sister) for game night and had lots of different food. It was a night of family and friend and lots of winning! Yay!
1/22- Tofu Nuggets with Mashed Potatoes- Vegan
1/23- Nothing on the menu?!
1/24- Teriyaki Broccoli, Edamame, and Peas over Couscous- Vegan
1/25- Creamy Pesto Pasta- Yum!
1/26- Pizza Rounds
1/27- Pizza My Heart
1/28- Moving Day! I don't even remember what we ate
1/29- Nick's parents brought dinner over for us. We had a pasta bake, it was yummy.
1/30- Red Beans with Quinoa- Vegan
1/31- Bean and Cheese Burritos
2/1- Broccoli Pesto- Vegan
2/2- One Pot Taco Soup
2/3- Roasted Veggies with Israeli Couscous- Vegan
2/4- Chickpea Broccoli Burgers- Vegan
2/5- Family get together (Superbowl) :(
2/6- Corn Chowder- Vegan
2/7- Sandwiches
2/8- Perfect Hominy White Bean Chili
2/9- Orange Glazed Tofu- Vegan
2/10- Brown Rice and Beans with Cheese
2/11- Loving Hut- Vegan, Yum! :)
2/12- Mio Vicino for Valentine's dinner
2/13- Tex Mex Qunioa- Vegan
2/14- Veggies over Qunioa with Teriyaki Sauce- Vegan
2/15- Sweet Potato Barley Risotto
2/16- Polenta with Chunky Veggie Sauce
2/17- Fresh Choice
2/18- Baked Pasta
2/19- Broccoli and Mushroom White Pizza
2/20- Stir Fried Veggies over Thai Rice Noodles- Vegan
2/21- Roasted Carrot and Herb Spread with Veggies- Vegan
2/22- Mac and Cheese Style Cauliflower
2/23- Pineapple Tofu Kabobs with Fried Rice- Vegan
2/24- Polenta with Tomatoes and Garlic Sauce-
2/25- Rigatoni with Cheese
2/26- Nothing on menu!!
2/27- Tofu Nuggets with Sweet Potato Fries- Vegan
2/28- Nothing on menu
2/29- Asparagus Gratin with Spinach Pilaf
3/1- Baked Falafel Burgers- Vegan
3/2- Tomatos Stuffed with Qunioa and Corn- Vegan
3/3- OIR Party- we had some friends over for a get together
3/4- Cannelini al Gratin with Crescent Rolls
3/5- Chickpeak Tacos with Spanish Rice- Vegan
3/6- BBQ Corn and Black Bean Pizza
3/7- Sweet Potato Patties with Apple Sauce- Vegan
3/8- Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese
3/9- Zucchini Cakes- Vegan
3/10- Round Table Pizza- Dylan's Party
3/11- Roasted Quinoa with Potatoes and Cheese
3/12- Potato and Cauliflower Burritos- Vegan
3/13- Orzo Pasta
3/14- Cornish pasties
3/15- Baked Tofu with Asparagus- Vegan
3/16- Casamiento- Vegan (Operation Rice Bowl Simple Mean)
3/17- Johnny Rockets- Mia's party
3/18- Potato dumplings
3/19- Vegetable Egg Rolls (homemade)
3/20- Tortellini with Nutty Herb Sauce
3/21- Vary amin'anana- Vegan (Operation Rice Bowl Simple Mean)
3/22- Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup
3/23- Ifisashi- Vegan (Operation Rice Bowl Simple Mean)
3/24- Sauteed Brussel Sprout Leaves over Quinoa
3/25- Mushroom Risotto
3/26- Stir Fried Eggplant with Lemon- Vegan
3/27- Aqui's- Tacquitos (SOO GOOD!)
3/28- Triple Decker Tortilla
3/29- Subway- Hunger Games!
3/30- Pasta Bake
3/31- Baby Bok Choy and Tofy in Marmalade Sauce- Vegan
4/1- BJ's for Nicks surprise birthday dinner :)
4/2- Pancakes
4/3- Fettuccine with Zucchini
4/4- Chick-Kidney Sandwiches- Vegan
4/5- Tofu Nuggets with Tots- Vegan

Well that was a lot of food to update we will be better about updating now daily, sorry for the lapse!

Love,
Nick and Becca :)

January 7-16, 2012- Another Forgetful Post

So we have been very stressed and busy the last couple of days. Here is a meal we had sometime recently. Don't remember when. It is stir fry veggies over rice.















So we successfully took pictures for 2 of the last few days. On Friday the 13th, we made cauliflower with brown butter and pasta. It is pretty quick and tasty. You start by chopping up the cauliflower. Then you saute it in olive oil. Meanwhile you cook your pasta. Save some of the cooking water for the end. After the cauliflower is mostly cooked you add it to your strained pasta. In a small sauce pot, you make the brown butter sauce. It is basically browned butter with a few spices of your choice. After it has browned you pour it over the pasta and cauliflower mixture. Top it with some bread crumbs and parmigiana cheese.






















We had a crockpot meal on Saturday the 14th. It was a stew with dumplings on top. It was good.

On Sunday, I can't really remember what we ate.

Monday January 16, we had more cauliflower. We made a cauliflower and bean soup. We started the crockpot with some stock, onions, and cannellini beans. We let that cook for a few hours. We it is close to serving, you chop cauliflower and add that to the mixture. Also you cut up some cream cheese and monterrey jack cheese and add that it too. You let it cook for about 30 more minutes. After it has cooked throughout, you put it in a blender and puree the mix. Its ok to leave a few chunks of cauliflower in the soup. We served ours with some tasty bread.

January 6-7, 2012- Oops, Forgot to Post!

We forgot to post for the 6th and 7th!

On Friday the 6th we were lazy and tired so we purchased a Groupon Now and went to this Indian restaurant called the Tandoori Oven in the Pruneyard by us. For $8 we got $15 worth of food and then paid $3.89 out of pocket. For that we got 2 samosas, paneer masala dinner which included the paneer, naan, and basmati rice, as well as a cup of bottomless chai. It was yummy and had some additional sides. It was a little spicier than we are used to but was still good. I am glad we tried this place before we move away from here!

On Saturday we had a lot of errands to run and we ended up having a really late lunch around 3:30pm. After that I (Becca) decided to take quite a long nap around 4:30 until around 7:00pm so by the time I woke up I wasn't really all that hungry because I was still stuffed from lunch. We had bought some parmiaggo rolls for a soup we were supposed to make that night so we each had one of those. And then we remembered that we had our bogo coupons for blizzards at Dairy Queen so we treated ourselves to a blizzard at DQ. It was yummy and we didn't really eat dinner. I think we got used to not cooking when we were down at my moms so we need to get back in the habit.