Family Tradition :)

This is a meal fit for any special occasion at my house! And I had the ingredients to make it happen :) I cooked some potatoes in the microwave (a little water in a bowl, a colander on top) for 10 minutes...perfect! Mashed them up with some salt, pepper and butter. I made some chicken (we usually bake it, but I didn't feel like waiting!) I cooked it on the stove but doused in italian dressing! It was just like home! Then I added a pre-packaged family salad with italian dressing, and Vou-la! the perfect dinner. It only took about twenty minutes altogether :) . . . I think i'll have some ice cream for dessert!

A Quick Lunch

This is just a quickie but it was delicious and filling! I just prepared some pasta, chicken, and peas!

I mixed them all together with Pesto sauce (which I'm in love with!) I had some tea to drink with it, and it was a very satisfying lunch! This one actually kind of looks like the picture on Pinterest.com! 

Late Night Snacking...mmmm

Late night snacking! 

(good use of my apples)

I've been wanting to try this one for a long time now and finally made time, and had the appetite for it! Just take an apple, slice it, core it, (I don't have a corer so I just cut the middles out) add peanut butter and chocolate chips! A fun and healthy snack or dessert :)

This one isn't from Pinterest.com but it was delicious, and is an old family tradition! I took an apple and cut it up into pieces, put it in a microwave safe bowl with a bit of water and some cinnamon sugar (usually I think we use regular cinnamon but cinnamon sugar seemed more practical when I went shopping). I microwaved the apple slices for 4 minutes, which was a little too long, they dried out some, but still tasted great! I took them out, added a little more cinnamon sugar, put them over a nice helping of vanilla ice cream and made some hot chocolate to savor the flavor. It tasted wonderful before turning in for the night. 

Mmmm Dessert! So this looked much prettier on Pinterest! It's strawberries, I cut the tops off and the middle out (I ate the middles of course because I didn't want them to go to waste!) and then I filled the center with yogurt...you were supposed to use Greek Yogurt, I had regular yogurt but as you can see it was very runny, I topped each with a chocolate chip and put them in the freezer just for a little while as I ate my lunch. They tasted wonderful, although most of the yogurt ran out. And now I have to go get more strawberries!

Ok, so these are the first creations that I have concocted! 

(Keeping in mind I don't have measuring utensils, so I never know how much I'm going to end up with)

 This is my most recent one! Macaroni and Cheese with Spinach and a fruit salad! Yum! Ok, So I prepared some macaroni noodles, easy! I cooked some Spinach...sure ok! then I threw some cheddar cheese and egg and some milk in a sauce pan and made some sauce. I mixed it all together and put it in a greased muffin tin at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes. While it was baking I got some grapes, apples, and strawberries and called it a side :) The noodles were a little dry after but it tasted great! 

This one was pretty straight forward. I made some rice, some broccoli, and some beef. I put it all together and ate it. Making a single serving of Rice is hard but it was good to have some flavor and texture!

 This one was fun and my roommate enjoyed it too! I prepared some rice and chicken. I mixed it with broccoli, cheddar cheese, and and egg (a binding ingredient!). I put it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes! It was good, although my rice was not soft enough, I was impatient. But they were good reheated also!

This was delicious! Zucchini Pizza! I cut the Zucchini into four pieces (my zucchini was much too thick! I'll know better next time) I put some oregano and salt on it (I have no pepper) and I baked them at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. I then took them out and added mozzarella cheese and pepperoni and pizza sauce of course. (not in that order) and baked it for about another 10 minutes. it tastes just like regular crusted pizza!




I also made some rice, meatballs, and broccoli and doused it in BBQ sauce. (I forgot to take a picture!) It was ok, but I think I had too much sauce and it was kind of overwhelming. Again, making a single serving a rice is kind of difficult! But, I ate it anyway. In the words of my mother "Waste not, want not!"

So, I'm living in a small apartment this semester as I study at The University of the Sunshine Coast. I don't have a lot of money for food because I want to be able to travel!! So, I look through the "Food and Drink" category on Pinterest.com If I see something I might like I right down the ingredients and I MIGHT buy them. If I have most of the stuff I need I just kind of make up my own recipes. So on this blog I will show you pictures of what I create and what I did to extensively simplify the recipes found online! Enjoy and Bon apetite!