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Peas Please! April 12, 2011

Posted by cirellih in Dinner, Food.
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Sometimes what you want is small.

Sometimes it is green.

Sometimes it is filled with lovely vitamins and minerals.

You might be looking for a pea.

I’ve never met a pea I didn’t like. Snap peas, snow peas, dried peas covered in wasabi… they are all delicious. When I was small my favorite way to eat them was by building a hollowed mashed potato mountain, fill it with peas and a bit of butter. Pea Volcano…dinner geology is always good in my book.

Tonight, I did not partake in the sculpting of mashed potatoes. It was more of a throw a few yummy ingredients together and see how it turns out type of meal.

Egg noodles+kielbasa+peas+parmesan cheese=a quick tasty meal

The peas added a nice sweetness to counteract the salty cheese and kielbasa. For an added bonus they added a nice pop of color, which is something that my mum has always been going at doing, and I enjoy attempting to do.

The Easy Way Out April 3, 2011

Posted by cirellih in Craving, Dinner, Exercise, Food.
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Sometimes you just don’t feel like spending a lot of time cooking. It has been a long, odd weekend. Arguably not one of the best I’ve had in a while. Chris and I biked to the gym this morning, had a good workout, biked back and then wanted nothing more than a lazy day… which is exactly what we did.

Netflix may or may not have put several seasons of Top Gear on demand. And Chris and I may or may not have spent a significant portion of the day watching episodes we have missed. Since yesterday was 79* and I got my first [tiny] sunburn of the season, and today was sleety/snowy, cold and miserable… we didn’t feel terrible about staying indoors.

For dinner, we decided to take the easy route and make one of the Hormel Ready Meals: Beef Tips. It was really the perfect easy comfort food. Combined with copious amounts of broccoli and a few egg noodles, the meal was just what the weather called for.

Perhaps not the healthiest, but it was certainly fast and delicious. Perfect for the cold weather!