I am soooooooo off right now! I’ve been getting REALLY off schedule, my eating is all over the place and it’s definitely affecting me. I just feel all weird, and well, off! But, tonight I straightened up the house, made dinner, and am going to catch up on the 308 (!) posts in my Google Reader and my taped shows on DVR. I feel routine coming back to my life!
So, I have way too much to catch up on so I’m going to do like Erin and utilize the gallery feature of WordPress.
This isn’t everything I ate since Wednesday. If it was, I’d be really hungry right now. But, to summarize, I made banana oats for the first time, I ate a lot of beets, you gotta try peanut butter & pumpkin sandwiches, the couples got together for pizza night at Emily’s on Friday and Rose brought a raw “pecan pie” that was to DIE for, I can still love rose wine even in the fall, I went to Panera Bread for the first time and all I can say is “yuck,” I started bowling after 3 beers on Saturday and it was not pretty but I fared better at shuffleboard, the new James Bond film isn’t as good as the last one, I had my first bad soup from New Seasons and it literally made me sad, and eggplant cutlets from Trader Joes are really good.
I think that just about sums it up! I know I promised a long post, but it’s just too daunting. To make it up to you, I’m going to post Stephanie’s pizza crust recipe. I haven’t made it myself, but Emily and Stephanie swear it’s easy. I have eaten it a few times now and I swear that it’s excellent.
So, here you go! I’m off to tackle my Google Reader…
In this order, combine 1 pkg of yeast, 1 cup of warm water, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2 Tablespoons of olive oil, and 2-1/2 cups of flour. Mix after each addition. It’s so basic I don’t even bother using a spoon to mix it together, i just use my hands until it becomes knead-able. If at the end it’s still sticky, keep adding flour until it feels like dough, sometimes it doesn’t need anything while other times I might add a 1/2 c. of flour because it’s so sticky. The thickness of the crust just depends on how thin you spread the dough, this recipe holds up well for both thick and thin pizza, we eat it both ways. Then you just bake it 20-25 minutes at 425 degrees. If your vegetables are cut up on the pizza they’ll cook fully in the twenty minutes that the pizza takes to bake. The only thing I pre-roast is thick veggies like butternut squash because it’ll sometimes under cook. Otherwise peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, red onions, etc., etc., all cook in the 20-25 minute time frame.
It’s a combo of 1/2 cup oats, 1 cup water, 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, and 1/4 cup pumpkin with vanilla, cinn, pumpkin pie spice. It was SO goopy. Next time I make this I might add 1/4 cup water and another stevia packet. It wasn’t as sweet as I wanted! But still pretty good.
Well, the seasons are changing so I really can’t help it. It didn’t take long for Henry to get really comfortable in that box. He squeezed his fatness into there no problem. Just like Mommy putting on jeans! 
Don’t judge!
We used to love going to games in Portland. I miss that!
Andrea
Erin