Let me start off this post on a totally random note. Yesterday at the dog park, I got peed on...yeaaaaahhh. A dog just walked up to me, lifted his leg, and started peeing on my leg and foot. Hmm, what? Has this happened to anyone out there? Was he marking me as his territory? All I know is that it was definitely my strange moment of the day! Moving onto a more pleasant subject, on the menu for dinner tonight were these bad boys: What some people refer to as vegetarian crab cakes - zucchini cakes! This recipe from The Vegan Table is pretty simple and quick. I served mine with light sour cream and cocktail sauce. Zucchini Cakes Serves 4 What you need: 4 medium zucchini (mine measured out to 5 cups grated) 2 TBSP (dairy free) butter, melted 1 c seasoned ... [Read More]
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Broccoli Mac & Cheese: Take 2
Happy weekend! I'm excited for this weekend for a few reasons - 1.) The Olympics are about to begin any minute now! 2.) Adam's birthday is in a couple of days, and tomorrow we're celebrating it. I have a few surprises up my sleeve for his pre-bday day of fun! More on that later, but now onto food... Last week, I blogged about my failed mac & cheese attempt. As I mentioned then, I was eager to buy more ingredients to give it another try, and tonight I did just that. Macaroni & cheese is such a classic dish, but there are so many ways you can jazz it up a bit. Pasta, cheese, butter, and breadcrumbs obviously make for an indulgent dish, but I wanted to lighten it up a bit for a few reasons: #1 - so that I didn't feel guilty about eating a dinner with a ton of calories and ... [Read More]
Balsamic Portobello & Mozzarella Pizza
As some of you may guessed by now, I'm a big fan of pizza. But not just any old pizza, delicious pizza. If I'm going to indulge in pizza, which I do probably every other week, it's got to be good. The best way to ensure that the pizza I'm eating isn't full of grease and extra calories is to make it myself - hence, homemade pizza night happens pretty often around here. The "classic" pie in this house is one loaded with veggies (most often zucchini, tomato, and spinach), mozzarella, and marinara (like the one I posted about here), but I do veer away from that sometimes to experiment with other combos -- such as this goat cheese & arugula pesto pizza. And then there's my most recent pizza creation... Balsamic Portobello Mozzarella Pizza Makes 8 slices 1 whole wheat pizza ... [Read More]
Herbed Goat Cheese Fondue
Hope your week is off to a good start! My Monday consisted of getting work done, heading to the dog beach with Adam and Harley, and getting a workout in. After being sore all weekend from my gym session on Friday, I was happy to not feel so achy today and headed to the gym for what turned out to be a great workout. I felt fabulous afterwards. :) Last Saturday, Adam and I had a laid back night hanging out at home. When coming up with a dinner idea, I thought it'd be a perfect night to indulge in something fun and new. I had ripped a recipe for goat cheese fondue out of Vegetarian Times magazine, and decided to give it a go. I made a few changes to their original recipe, such as using Fontina instead of Swiss cheese. (As big of a cheese lover as I am, I don't enjoy Swiss at all.) I ... [Read More]
Veggie & Fontina Panini with Basil Pesto + Homemade French Fries
Whew, this post's title is quite a mouthful! I must have been in a panini kind of mood after making balsamic portobello ones last week, because last night's dinner was yet another panini creation -- and a yummy one at that. I paired the sandwiches with baked French fries, mostly because my good friend was talking about making homemade fries the other day, which gave me a yen for them. I haven't made fries in awhile, and let me just say, if you're in the mood for them but don't want copious amounts of grease (and guilt) involved, I suggest making these easy fries as a side dish... Veggie & Fontina Cheese Panini with Basil Pesto + Homemade French Fries Makes 4 servings For panini: 1 c of loosely packed fresh basil leaves 1 whole garlic clove, peeled 2 TBSP ... [Read More]
Curried Chickpea Cakes
"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are united." - Alexander von Humboldt While I was visiting my family, workout DVDs were my friend -- Jillian Michaels' DVDs to be exact. One day I was able to be a guest at my mom's gym and take a class with her, but besides that, I did a good amount of jumping around in my parents' living room the past couple of weeks (and looked really cool doing it, might I add). My gym hiatus made me excited to get back into it once I got back to San Diego. Yesterday I really wanted to get to the gym, but a hectic day got in the way. I wound up hiking with Harley right before the sun set instead, so today was my first day back at the gym. I did a circuit workout that had me dripping sweat for 90 glorious minutes. I ... [Read More]