Food is a huge piece of our day to day lives. It affects everything from how we feel, to how we connect with people. Eddy and I are definitely not “foodies,” but we do love a good meal. We love to make large portions of inexpensive foods and save the leftovers for days to come. This form of cooking enables us to dine out at least a couple of times a month (although we are trying to now cut back to one nice dinner out, once a month).
There’s a lot I could say here, and maybe some day I will elaborate upon my deep love of food, but for now I’ll let you browse my weekly/monthly food posts.
A Twist on Bacon and Eggs
OK, so I have a real love/hate relationship with eggs. I love that they are healthy and full of protein and omega-3s. I love that they are low-carb and good brain food at the same time. God knows I need all the brain food I can get. Despite the fact that eggs are all around great for me, I’m just not really an egg person. I can’t stand how they get crispy and golden when fried. I can’t stand peeling boiled eggs. Sometimes just the smell of them makes me gag. Yet, I still eat eggs for breakfast at least 3 or 4 times a week. It’s one of those things I just force myself to do. So in order to get myself to eat eggs, I tend to disguise them with a mix of vegetables. As you may have observed, I also like making things in big batches to be eaten for days. So, this is what I came up with this week, a twist on bacon and eggs. {Rough} Instructions: Line a cookie sheet with with aluminum foil and preheat oven to 400 degrees.Get two green peppers and lay them on their sides. Cut off the top and bottoms. Slice peppers into thick rings. I think each pepper made 3-4 rings. Clean out the seeds in the centers and lay out rings on cookie sheet.Crack an egg into each ring and rip apart one slice of bacon, place bacon halves across on top. I baked it until the bacon looked done. Maybe 20 minutes? For the hash browns I just diced up an onion, shredded and patted...
Cheap and delicious- Lentils and Rice
In order to be healthy and save money, Eddy and I have been making massive amounts of cheap and delicious foods. One of these foods is lentils and rice. A bag of dried lentils is under $2. Good quality wild rice is about $5 a bag. Mix these two with some frozen veggies, sauteed onion and spices and you’ve got yourself meals for days. The great thing about lentils is that although they aren’t visually appealing, they are so versatile. You can really flavor them however you like. We really love curry and coconut milk, so last week these were the two flavor combos we mixed in. I’m not into posting step by step, intricate recipes (I hate following recipes!), but if you feel you need a recipe, use Pinterest. I’m pretty sure you can find how-to tutorials for just about everything on that site. After eating lentils and rice for four days straight, we decided to use some of the money we saved to splurge on a fun night out. We went to Jackie’s Waterplace Restaurant in Downtown Providence. Still trying to stay {healthy} I ordered some miso soup and seaweed salad. Both of these are wonderfully healthy foods. If you don’t know about either of them, you might be living under a rock. Again, I urge you to use Pinterest. For my entree I ordered mango sushi. It was almost too pretty to eat. Warm soup and sushi was a great way to wrap up a long...