Apple Grape Dessert Pizza

Anthony was hungry for dessert so he came up with this dessert pizza recipe. Better than Pizza Hut dessert pizzas, his fluffy almost biscuit like crust was topped with homemade red grape and apple pie filling. Baby Shastya and I enjoyed watching Daddy prepare food.

Shari's Indian Spiced Lentil Pilaf

I just created a fantastic lentil dish this evening. We loved it. Shastya loved watching me make this dinner, and of course she wanted some of the rice. 

Lentil Pilaf:

1 TB Oil

2 Tsp. Salt

1 Cup Basmati Rice

1 Cup Lentils/ Masoor Dahl

4 Cups Water

15 Cardamom Pods

20 Black Peppercorns

1 Tsp. Coriander

2 Tsp. Mustard Seeds

2 Tsp. Tumeric

2 Tsp. Minced Garlic

1. Bring 1st set of ingredients to a boil. Cover and cook for 15 min. on low heat.

2. Heat 2nd set of ingredients/ spices while 1st set cooks.

3. Remove 1st set of ingredients from heat when 15 min. cooking time is complete. 

4. Stir 2nd set of ingredients into 1st set of ingredients. Cover and let sit 5 min.  Enjoy:)

Flavorful & Quick: Black Forest Ham, Gouda, & Fennel Omelet

I thought my ham, gouda, fennel flavor combination for an omelet was delicious. Anthony thought it was a little heavy on the fennel. If I make it again, I could always cut back on the amount of fennel I use, and I could cut said lesser amount of fennel into smaller pieces. From start to finish, the making and eating of our omelet was around ten minutes. We shared the omelet. It was jam packed with flavor. We didn't even need salt and pepper. After wolfing down his breakfast, Anthony rushed off to catch the bus.

Black Forest Ham, Gouda, & Fennel Omelet:

4 Pieces Black Forest Ham

1/3 Cup Chopped Fennel Stalks & Foliage

1 Slice of Gouda Cheese

Coffee Milk With Cereal

Wow. I was almost pleasantly surprised that my idea of coffee milk with cereal tasted so good. I'm sure it helped that the cereal had chocolate chunks and almond pieces in it. I would imagine that coffee milk with Cheerios would not taste as nice.

Baby Shastya Loves Rice & Chopsticks

This evening while we were eating supper Shastya started crying a little which is her way of communicating. It took us a minute to realize that she wanted our rice. I had given her a few grains of rice another night, but tonight she was hungry! She wanted to have an entire baby serving of rice. We obliged her. We thought it would probably be okay if she had rice since she is eating oats in oatmeal. Anthony and I decided it was easier to feed her with chopsticks than with silverware.

 

  

Creamy Rutabaga Soup

I blended our leftover scalloped rutabagas with some soy sauce, parmesan cheese, minced garlic, black pepper, salt, and water to make a creamy rutabaga soup. I loved the soup. It tasted delicious. Anthony liked it too. I toasted a bagel for us to split and eat with our soup. The combination of soup and bread reminded me of Panera, Atlanta Bread, or your favorite coffee shop. Anthony and I had been to Atlanta Bread some while we were dating, and had gotten bagels. Something about food that just brings back memories . . .

Nutritious Lunch

Gorgeous and tasty my nutrient-laden lunch was quite the colorful contrast of reds and greens. I prepared a whole-wheat wrap with green leaf lettuce, 1 roma tomato, and 1 avocado for my entree. I put together a beautiful sweet plate of 1/2 a juicy red grapefruit, 2 chopped large double-wide red strawberries, and a small cluster of succulent green grapes. I was overjoyed and astonished that the fruit and vegetables were so perfect and ripe during the winter. My husband said that they were probably from California or Florida.

Homemade Curried Grits

I decided to make curried grits for a quick lunch. I had recently made curried chicken with curd gravy and had used a bunch of spices in the making of it. I decided to incorporate some of the spices I had used in the chicken curry dinner into a bowl of grits. Stellar plan.

Homemade Curried Grits:

1/4 Cup Grits

1 Cup Water

1/8 Tsp. Tumeric

1/8 Tsp. Chili Powder

1/8 Tsp. Garam Masala

1/8 Tsp. Ginger Paste

1/8 Tsp. Minced Garlic

Dash of Salt

1. Dump all ingredients in microwave-safe bowl.

2. Microwave for four minutes.

3. Enjoy amazing grits:)

Broccoli Raab & Leek Stir-Fry With Coconut

I made an easy stir-fry with new-to-me vegetables. I googled leek and rapini/ broccoli raab to see what I was up against. From the pics I saw online it looked like leek was sliced similar to scallions/ green onions but cut down the middle first. I checked on rapini to see what parts of it are edible. Turns out, it's all edible. I learned rapini is bitter and is often sweetened with sugar. I sweetened my stir-fry with brown sugar and coconut flakes. I smelled a few of my Indian spice mixes to see which one or ones I wanted to put in my stir-fry. I decided on rasam powder for my seasoning. Dinner was amazing. To me the rapini stalks reminded me of asparagus, the foliage reminded me of perhaps spinach or some type of greens, and the mini broccoli florets on it . . . why broccoli of course.

Broccoli Raab & Leek Stir-Fry

1 Leek

1 1/2 Tsp. Rasam Powder

1/2 Bunch of Broccoli Raab

3 Tsp. Brown Sugar

2 TB Coconut Flakes