Friday, March 21, 2014

dalmatian stromboli


We were out of meat, so I made a vegan garden stromboli. When I pulled the stromboli from the oven, our dinner had a funny spotted dalmatian pattern on it, thus I named it damatian stromboli. The dough may have had a tiny bit too much flour in it, but I know why. I was in a hurry to make dinner so I did not use any hard copy recipes, online recipes, or measuring spoons and cups. I just used my own personal memory and best guesses. For the dough I dumped olive oil, yeast, warm water (mixed these three before adding the rest) all-purpose flour, and salt into my bread machine canister. Then I dumped a little bit from what I thought was a bag of sugar into the container. It was not sugar. It was a bag of self-rising flour. What did I do? I just opened a bag of sugar, and dumped some of it in too! I didn't bother letting the dough rise because of time. For my beautiful scrumptious vegetable filling I chopped: zucchini, garlic, mini sweet peppers, roma tomatoes, and fresh parsley. I was surprised at how bright and delicious my stromboli turned out to be!












 



Spring Break Fancy Dinner Date


Anthony and I had a great time preparing for and having a great date over spring break! Supper was unbelievably good. My favorite dish was the baked salmon. It was so thick and soft. I tried a new recipe for the salmon and the sweet potato casserole. Unfortunately, the sweet potato casserole had a disgusting stick-and-a-half of butter in it. It tasted like pecan pie or shortbread. That dish was certainly our dessert as I did not make dessert technically. We had an awesome night. It reminded me of our fancy Valentine's date when we were dating.

Spring Break Fancy Dinner Date Menu:

Grape Juice
All Recipe's Baked Salmon II
Sticky Rice
Fresh Whole Green Beans in Olive Oil and Lemon Juice
Rachel Singapogu's Chai Tea















































Thrift Store Finds!


Anthony, Shastya, and I went to a local thrift store to get a couple blankets to hang on our bedroom walls to cut the reverberating sounds in our apartment. While we were at the thrift shop, I found a plethora of functionable fashions for baby Shastya and myself! Would you believe it? The total for all the "extras" was $3. That's all! I found two shirts for me, three shirts for Shastya, and a small purse for me. We did find a couple blankets. When we got home, Anthony hung them. They added just a touch of dimension and ambiance to our room. The look is almost reminiscent of bohemian or . . .