Thursday, August 26, 2010

Recipe of the week 8/23 and a new toy

A friend of mine had brought me a few goodies from her garden and one of the gems was a piece of summer squash. Normally I'm all pasta-focused, but this time I decided to go a different route and followed THIS Stuffed Summer Squash recipe. Not only was it super easy, but it was really tasty as well.

Unfortunately I have no pictures because, well, I was hungry and forgot. Opps. But it's definitely worth it and I didn't use any meat, so it was veggie-licious.

Since I lack photos of my meal, I'll post one of my new toy instead:



I finally bought a new laptop! A gorgeous macbook pro! And I'm still in shock at the deal I got, Apple doesn't offer percent off deals, but they do throw in goodies. They tossed in a free iPod touch (currently on eBay), a printer/scanner/fax machine, and I went during the Sales Tax free weekend, which saved me $100. Awesome, I know.

Also, if you like my screen saver I downloaded the Fliqlo clock HERE.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Recipe of the week, 8/16

Hello all, I’m back from a nice, busy Ohio visit. My week home was packed with a wedding, mothers & fathers day outings, trips with friends and family times.

Some photo highlights, my outing to COSI’s Titanic exhibit with my girls.

titanic[4]

Yes, that is us on the stairs (where Jack looked oh-so-handsome in a tuxedo; I had my own oh-so-handsome moment with one of the re-enactors but we won’t go into that). The ticket behind the photo was the history of a person who was actually on the Titanic and at the end you got to find out if “you” lived or died – I lived but my fiancĂ© and brother who went with me perished. Sad.

And for mother’s day, I surprised my mom with tickets to Wicked

wicked

I actually liked the play more than I expected. I would recommend if you’re into that sort of thing.

But I digress, I thought I wouldn’t get around to posting a recipe but I found myself with a can of artichokes and a red onion that was about to turn on me, so I decided to try an Artichoke and Olive Crostini recipe.

Back Camera Not the most beautiful looking dish, but it was a nice quick and easy meal that wasn’t ultra-filling (which after being home, I’ve been seeking the lighter food options).

Paired with a rose wine and cave-aged gruyere made for a nice winding down evening meal.

Back Camera

And for another digression, my mom sent me a link to this girl’s Julie and Julia esq blog about re-fashioning old dresses. It’s called New Dress A Day and it’s really neat to see what can be done with a little redesign and a sewing machine. I just got one a few weeks ago and I’ve been too scared to touch it! I don’t even know if it works. I think that will be my adventure for Sunday because I keep coming up with project ideas so now is the time to put them into motion!