June 22, 2012- Mushroom Burger with Barley and a Salad

Mushroom Burger with Barley and a Salad

This was a veggie burger from our veggie burger cookbook. It has barley, a potato (we used a sweet potato), portobellos, and cremini mushrooms. We bought asiago kaiser rolls for the buns. We topped it with romaine letttuce, avocado, and some colby and jack slices. We served it with a salad of romaine lettuce, some spinach from our garden, strawberries, carrots, dried apricots, and walnuts. We used a tuscan herb olive oil and fig balsamic dressing. It was a delicious summer dinner. We also had some apricot beer to drink. :)

Spinach from our garden! Not much but we put it in our salad :)

June 21, 2012- Creamed Chickpeas and Peas on Toast

Creamed Chickpeas with Peas on Toast

We made this on April 21 as well so I think there may have been a picture but I am not sure. Because I am pretty sure I didn't take a picture this time. Anyway, this is a spin on creamed tuna and peas on toast, something Nick grew up eating. It was nice to have it again and I think this is an instant classic and something we will have often. It is easy to make. I decided to mash the chickpeas in the food processor this time instead of with a fork, much easier!

June 20, 2012- Melting Pot--Happy Third Anniversary to Us!

Melting Pot--Happy Third Anniversary to Us <3

Tonight we went to the Melting Pot for dinner which is a tradition for us. We went to the Melting Pot for our first date and it is a special place for us. We go here every year for our anniversary. Yay! So we got the four course meal and we were soooo full. We don't regret it but we always know going into dinner that we are going to be extremely full.

June 19, 2012- Pizza My Heart

Pizza My Heart

Tonight we went to see Stephen Hawking at the Flint Center with Nick's parents so we went to Pizza My Heart for dinner with them. Nick and I shared a garden salad with ranch and each got a slice of mushroom and cheese pizza.

Seeing Stephen Hawking in person was pretty incredible.

June 18, 2012- Veggie and Bean Tostadas

Veggie and Bean Tostadas

For this meal, we chop up mushrooms, peppers, and zucchini and saute them in olive oil. We use refried beans and spread some on a tostada and then put veggie mixture on top with some jack cheese. Then we broil them. We squeeze some fresh lime juice on top and that is all. Yum!

June 17, 2012- Cannellini al Gratin with Crescent Rolls

Cannellini al Gratin with Crescent Rolls

This is a recipe that I know I have posted about. On December 15 to be exact. It is a recipe from Vegetarian Times. It is baked in a dutch oven and has a crispy breadcrumb and parmesan crust. This is one of our favorite meals to eat and is nice with a glass of wine. Mmm mm mm!

June 16, 2012- Graduation Party

Graduation Party

Oh man...have we been busy. We were at a graduation party for a family friend of Nick's and it was supposed to end at 7pm but we ended up staying until almost 10pm. So we ate dinner there. We had roasted potatoes and asparagus, rolls, and cake. It was all homemade and was really good. Earlier that day we had massages which were nice.