February 28, 2014

It was an attorneys birthday yesterday, so we had breakfast treats.  I knew there were going to be bagels, so I brought stuff to make an egg white/bacon/cheese breakfast sammie.  Lori, I always think of you when I eat a bagel! That was super filling, which was a good thing, because I had one boss wrapping things up before leaving for a spring break trip...

Usually when I get up and cook and blog before work, Tony is still sleeping.  Nothing wrong with that but I try not to make too much noise.  I was looking for my non-stick skillet yesterday morning to make an omelet, and I couldn’t find it.  I could have made a ton of noise looking in the dish washer (which I know I am not...

Breakfast tacos were back on the menu.  #love  I made them at home and reheated them at work.  I popped them in the toaster oven to crisp up again, then got busy at my desk and got back to them in the nick of time – nearly burned them!  These were extra crunchy – they were filled with egg whites, baby spinach, cheddar cheese and...

Last week I was paying our phone/internet/cable bill and I thought to myself.  $250 bucks seems like a lot of money for all this!  We have AT&T U-verse.  We have basically every channel you could want, a DVR, and 3 other receivers in the house.  I jumped on line and saw all these specials for new customers and thought “what are they doing for me...

Saturday night went much better than Friday night at the restaurant.  I only had a four table station, and picked up a couple random tables throughout the night but it was completely manageable and I think the guests got the best service from me.  And I think my service showed when I got a $100 tip on a $165 tab – nice! After getting home...

Using up one of my previously baked potatoes from last weekend, I scooped out the potato from half of a baked potato and scrambled that with egg whites and baby spinach.  Then when I got to work, I stuffed the scrambled eggs back into the potato half, topped it with two thin slices of hot capicola and a piece of Swiss cheese and broiled it...

More breakfast muffins were on the menu yesterday!  One of my bosses came in late because he had to go to the DMV, so when he got in I heated one up for him.  I think everyone needs a treat after spending time at the DMV!  He loved them and said it was a sneaky way to get vegetables into a breakfast! I was happy...

Right after Christmas my store had bags of fresh cranberries on the “poor people rack” as Tony likes to call it, marked down to .50 cents a bag so I bought a couple and threw them in the freezer.  The weekend before I bought 14 bananas on the $1 rack that when I opened my pantry, the smell of banana was so pungent I knew...

I heated up some more of my broccoli cheese breakfast muffins.  I love reheating these in the toaster oven under the broiler setting – the cheesy topping gets all nice and crispy. I picked up a big package of blackberries at Sam’s Club.  It’s usually hit or miss with them, but this time a BIG hit – so juicy and sweet. I had plans on...

Over the weekend Tony and I stopped by Caputo’s to pick up prosciutto.   If you’ve never been to Caputo’s in the Chicagoland you have to check out their produce section and their deli.  It’s pretty amazing.   There is always a huge line at the deli, but it’s worth the wait.  While I was waiting for my turn, I saw this hot capicola and decided I...