Monday, August 25, 2025

elote at the farmers market

 we tried the elote at the market and it was so SO good.  i bought a small cup because i thought it would only be me and the mister sharing, but the girl tried it and loved it and we had to fight her to get any more for ourselves.


 we bought some fresh corn from the market last weekend and made it ourselves - corn, sour cream, feta and tajin.  so good.

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

chicken boxty

 sometimes there comes a time when you just have to say - i don't care what the kids want to eat, or will eat, or don't like to eat.  i am going to make what I want to eat!

and then you do and everyone likes it.

that happened recently when we had some leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge and my brain said - make boxty

and so i did.

i used this recipe for the pancakes, and then just sort of made my own filling because i didn't have bacon or mushrooms, but used peas and onion instead.

 


 

a couple of days later there were still 2 pancakes in the fridge, so the mister and i turned them into breakfast boxty's with egg

 


Monday, August 18, 2025

Sunday, August 17, 2025

grocery shop - costco aug 1

 

muffins, seaweed, lettuce, rotisserie chicken, salmon poke, cheese buns, chips, pickle crackers, chicken and waffles, spinach, eggs, more chips, pirogis, lunch bag, ribs, cucumbers, oranges, pasta salad, greek salad, dole whip, feta, potatos, pizza shells, pants, socks, bread, t-shirt, strawberries, ginger ale, frying pan, yogurt, breakfast burritos, undies, slicer, juice, shirt, pico x 2

$577.49 

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Friday, August 15, 2025

in the bin 5

 Hello, and welcome to episode 5 of in the bin, where I share with you any and all assorted products I've used up or discarded recently.  

 







Thursday, August 14, 2025

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Monday, August 11, 2025

breakfast

 vanilla yogurt, blueberries, hemp hearts.  babybel on the side.


 

Saturday, August 09, 2025

grocery shop - eastuff grocery august 3

 

green tea, mango drink, coffee, ramen, scallion pancakes, rice crackers, rice paper, hello kitty marshmallows, pickled ginger, rice cake cups, more noodles, curry noodles, more ramen, pho, shanghai pancakes, mushrooms x2, grape green tea, potato chips, skimmer, tiger balm

$137.50 

Thursday, August 07, 2025

Wednesday, August 06, 2025

sunday brunch and other stuff

 a recent sunday brunch - eggs baked in cheesy hashbrowns.  this recipe, minus the meat.

 

we tried a new brie.


 there was bacon and sausage and berries too


 

shortcake for dessert


 we made breakfast sandwiches with the leftover bacon and sausage.  spag and meatballs.  salad with honey turmeric dressing.

 




Saturday, August 02, 2025

grocery shop - freshco july 31

 

french fries, burger patties, yogurt, popcorn, drink powders/liquids, creamer, pita bread, oranges, KD, cereal x 2, eggos, cilantro, lettuce, carrots, milk, chickpeas, tomatos, clamato, figs, blueberries, pesto, tzatziki

$92.62 we cashed in $30 worth of points

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

energy balls

 its been a little hit and miss over here with energy balls, but these are 2 recent winners

oatmeal cookie energy bites 

cookie dough energy balls 


 

Monday, July 28, 2025

green goddess dressing

 

i tried to make my first green goddess dressing and to be honest, it was only ok.  there was just.... something.... that wasn't quite right but we couldn't put our finger on it.  the boy tried it but wasn't a fan, and the mister said it was ok, but never used it again.  i powered through a few more salads but ending up composting the rest.