Crunchy salad

You know those chip crumbs at the bottom of a bag of chips? They are delicious on salad!

Quinoa

One thing I really like to make is quinoa, it calls for 3 cups of water to each cup of quinoa, however I find it is much less mushy if you only use 2.5 cups of water. Here I used more of the frozen shrimp I have, and left over tahini sauce.

Shrimp salad and basil potatoes

Tonight I made my usual salad of: Lettuce, cabbage, and radish's but added sauteed shrimp on top. It was delicious. I also heated up mashed potatoes that I had made while cooking fried potatoes for breakfast this weekend. (So convenient to go ahead and cook an item a few different ways while you have it out, and save for later). On top I added chopped basil, and green onions. It was topped off with the tahini sauce that I love to make, see previous post: Day three.

Quiche!

Today I made quiche, amazed by how easy it is. I used a bunch of eggs, some milk, some pesto, sliced olives, and cheese at the bottom before the filling. I put some basil leaves on top for flair. I am currently baking the second one (had an excess of filling and two frozen crusts), and I think that I will wait and put the basil leaves on at the very last second so they only get slightly crispy.

Tacos!

Well a couple of days ago I caved to the power of pre-prepared food. I'd had a very long day, and knew that there wasn't much food at home, and happened to be starving. Not a good combination. I went into Safeway to pick up some food to make and all of the sudden found myself at the deli! Wha? How did that happen? Before I knew it I was walking out with potato wedges and some sort of chicken wing nuggets. Needless to say I felt so sick after eating all of it that I nearly got sick. Regardless of my lapse, I'm still continuing to eat at home. Yesterday, I made some wonderful tacos with turkey meat, cheese, lettuce, green onions, and hot sauce. I could probably count on my hands how many times I've cooked meat at home, so cooking the turkey meat was a learning experience. Apparently cooking frozen meat isn't really the best idea!

Day twenty seven

They say it takes 30 days to fully form a habit. It seems like the reason it is hard to form habits is that you eventually hit a hump in the process where you aren't as motivated as you have been. This is how I'm feeling about my challenge lately, but I think with a grocery run after payday will be able to add a little bit more excitement to the food I've been eating. The staples I've been making at home have started to become tedious, today a coworker asked if I wanted to grab a burrito for lunch and I almost threw the towel in. But I held strong! (Luckily I rarely have my wallet on me these days anyway, because there hasn't been much need for it.) I believe I am going to try to make a quiche next week and would love any ideas or tips on quiche if anyone has any. I'm going to enjoy this egg/cheese toast for now!

Day twenty five

I've admittedly begun to lose steam on my blog, still eating at home consistently, but running out of exciting dishes to post. I'm getting into a routine of comfortable staples and haven't had much to write about. However! I'm still enjoying the rewards of this challenge and will attempt something new to make soon enough!