CALIFORNIA LIVING, CANADIAN MADE
Last night I made this:
I took a new photo of the supper because it used to look like this:
Downright naaasty.
Not so appealing looking, right? Trust me though — it was delish. Clearly I ended up replacing the juicy meat photo with a more desirable one and replaced the photo on my tenderloin recipe page. Tonight I’m going to make maple stuffed chicken for the first time in a few years. Let’s hope it turns out alright so I can post it.
I haven’t done on of these in what seems like months. I get in these organizational fits which, don’t get me wrong… are good things. After our trip to BC and Alberta we were mesmerized and didn’t want to spend any more money. We went a bit crazy with the spending and not looking for the cheapest hotels and just eating out. I was all for it, because we saved up for this trip well in advance. It was our first vacation together as a couple, so after four years of just going back home to Newfoundland together — we went all out.
Last weekend I decided on making just one weekly trip to the grocery store, have left overs for lunch at work the next day and cook every night. It’s been working out so well, that we’re a bit slow on the left overs. Today, my boyfriend has two lunches. The other night I made Macaroni and Cheese and we had enough left overs to have it last night and for my Boyfriend for lunch today!
What has been on the more–than–weekly menu these past few days? Sounds quite deee–lish on the palette doesn’t it?
SATURDAY:Â Roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and broccoli
SUNDAY:Â Tangy Thai stir fry (Used Renee’s Tangy Thai sauce) | Broccoli |Â Carrots | Canned sliced mushrooms | Served on a bed of basmati rice
MONDAY: Chicken pad thai with red pepper and plum tomatoes
TUESDAY: Home made ooey gooey macaroni and cheese (Coming soon to the recipe section!)
WEDNESDAY: Stuffed Chicken. Ended up microwaving the macaroni and cheese. There was 3 meals left over, so BF took it to lunch.
THURSDAY: Rotini + Italian sausage pasta dish.
FRIDAY: Pork tenderloin with roasted potatoes and carrots.
SATURDAY: Farmers market salmon + asparagus + basmati rice
SUNDAY: Chicken penne alla vodka (I’ll be cheating and using Classico’s Vodka sauce).
I went shopping a couple of times this week so I’ll be putting together a post about that in the next few days. My J.Crew sweater came in and it fits nice and good, but I like sweaters almost snug fitting so I think I could have went with an XS after all.
Okay! Yay! Have a great day guys!
Working at the new Credit Union branch, is a lot more modern and so much more stuff going on since it’s close to the two universities, it’s in the same building that I joined a gym at (not anymore, waiting until January to get a better deal $$$), there’s been charity BBQ’s each week since there is a handful of large tech companies in the vicinity. There’s even a dentist office in our building. The mall is just two express bus stops away (about 15 minutes) so if I’m running low on eats for lunch, I’ll dart over there. Also, the bus ride to work now is only 11 minutes. No more two buses and 55 minutes of agony in the morning. I’m definitely not the person you should talk to in the morning.
The best part? Google is upstairs.
I just got the tour yesterday because one of the girls came downstairs to the Credit Union with a box of chips. Yeah, potato chips! For us to polish off. They used to throw the bags out because the ‘best before’ date was past due and they just … chucked’em. Now we get them! Since it was my 4th day at the branch and I had never met this girl before, I got so excited — because I mean, who wouldn’t after receiving 20 bags of chips? I was also given my choice of some swag. I received a super soft blue google t-shirt, a pretty purple pen and some sticky note’s that says google on it. *sigh* I love that place.
My goodies:
Oh. I also went to a U2 concert in Toronto on Wednesday. We had floor tickets. I didn’t get many photos but here’s a few that I took while Bono was performing. Second concert I went to (ever, in life lol) and both of them were free from the company my Boyfriend works at. The company bought 25,000 tickets to hand out to staff and family. Score! Last (and free) concert was Van Halen last year or the year before. Bono’s show was pretty good. Since we were on the floor, at times it was difficult to see him sing and dance everywhere. I ended up watching the huge TV screen for a lot of it, but then I tried stopping myself from doing that because… it’s a live concert, I don’t want to be watching the TV of him — I want to see him for myself with my own eyes. He wasn’t too far away from us either, I would have estimated about 100 feet away. Some of the shots I took are of the TV screen since I only brought in my blackberry for fear of my camera being confiscated, and a blackberry isn’t the best for zooming in on a person 100 feet away.
I ended up doing a somewhat impulse purchase out of my visual wishlist that I had sort of been wanting for a while. But I never purchased from their site before, so I was kinda hesitant on sizing. But as soon as I saw it was on sale, I ended up buying it. Not too sure how long it’ll take to arrive, but I’ll be patient and run after the mail lady here at work on a daily basis :)
Wow. Lots of news.
I test drove a private sale Acura RSX during my lunch hour yesterday. The power steering on it was difficult, but took a bit of getting used to. Color? Black (awesome). My thoughts? I think I’ll still wait it out for the Mazda that I’m so set on.
HAPPY FRIDAY! It’s the weekend!