September 30, 2011

Beef Shank Stew and No Power

Beef Shank Stew and No Power
Yep, the leftover queen strikes again!  This time in breakfast form: 1 flour tortilla 1/4 cup fat free refried beans 1 scrambled egg 2 ounces leftover taco chicken from the night before last 1/2 ounce shredded cheddar cheese chopped romaine taco bell taco sauce 😀 This was a supa filling breakfast for 10 points. It’s official – I am sick.  Not horribly sick, but when...
September 30, 2011

Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup

Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup
I must say I think I’ve been pretty creative so far cooking out of our pantry/fridge/freezer this week. Breakfast was an egg white spinach breakfast sammie on my ciabatta bread with a side of sliced kiwi (which is the last kiwi – bummed I didn’t buy more at TJ’s because they are really good and big.)  That’s what she said.  Breakfast comes in at 11...
September 29, 2011

T-Pain Microphone and Irish Potato Soup

T-Pain Microphone and Irish Potato Soup
Okay, can I just say that my blog post title basically kicks ass! 😀 I decided to get a gag gift for Tony’s birthday last week.  We had seen an infomercial for T-Pain’s microphone – you can sing into it, get beat box rhythms – here is what the microphone can do. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d0HJEO6JBg] So Tony has been sending me love songs at work and leaving them...
September 28, 2011

Who was your Cooking Inspiration?

Who was your Cooking Inspiration?
I woke up to a stormy morning, leaves were flying across my yard, it was raining sideways at some points.  Icky way to start a Monday!  I brought Old Blue as my camera to work today – I thought it would just be dark all day so didn’t bring the DSLR. Be prepared from some interesting eats this week.  I decided not to grocery shop...
September 27, 2011

Latin American Food?

Latin American Food?
So I told you yesterday that I was meeting my Momma for lunch to celebrate her birthday yesterday.  What I didn’t tell you was that I happily dragged my SIL as my partner in crime to surprise my Mom and went to her church service.  She was so surprised!  And the surprise was on us because she also had a duet during the special music section...
September 26, 2011

It was fun being a caterer for a day and Week 2 of Holiday Challenge

It was fun being a caterer for a day and Week 2 of Holiday Challenge
I’ve been really Bizzy in my kitchen lately.  A friend and co-worker was having a house warming party, and after helping her with the menu (um, fyi – sandwiches from California Pizza Kitchen for 40 people was going to cost $400!). While her mom and sister were helping with some dishes, I shopped, cooked and prepared six appetizers.  baja fresh salsa with fresh homemade tortilla...
September 25, 2011

Weekly WI and Ciabatta

Weekly WI and Ciabatta
I consider my WI to be a success, even though I am up .2 this week.  We had a great birthday dinner out, and I only worked out 3 times last week. I regularly tape America’s Test kitchen shows because I am a visual person – I am much better at recreating something if I’ve seen it, rather than read the instructions of a recipe. ...
September 24, 2011

Do I like mussels? First VLOG?!

Do I like mussels?  First VLOG?!
Thanks for all your birthday wishes the last couple days – and guess what?  There’s one more!  Yep, I have three birthdays in a row – today is my Momma’s 71st birthday!  Happy Birthday Mom! She’s going to the symphony today, so I am meeting her on Sunday after church for lunch to celebrate. 😀 So I’ve been curious to try mussels for a while...
September 23, 2011

Happy Birthday Tony!

Happy Birthday Tony!
Today I am celebrating Tony’s birthday for the 11th year!  We met in May of 2000, and in September of that year we celebrated Tony’s 40th birthday. . . now fast forward 11 years  . . . HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! What a crazy year we had – we’ve made it through his colon cancer, and he’s cancer free.  SO happy he didn’t need chemo or radiation,...
September 22, 2011

Your old, busted name was Biz. We now dub yo ass:

Your old, busted name was Biz. We now dub yo ass:
I have Roz to thank for my laughing fit yesterday.  She wrote a post about it being International Talk Like a Pirate Day and shared a link to come up with your pirate name.  In that instance, I put in “Biz” and my pirate name was: “Fancypants” Liza Cooke.  Nice! 😀 On that same site was: www.gangstaname.com – I decided to see what my gangsta name...
September 21, 2011