Mia Culpa

I know! I've been away for like... 3 weeks!

But I swear, I had a good reason! This summer has been craaaazzzyyyy!!!

My Reason?

I had a wedding :) Here are some pictures for you fine people... and as a warning, it was themed!

Terra the "best Man", Matthew, Me, and Robert, the "Maid of Honor"

The Bridal Party

Now Kiss!

With my Mum and My MomMom 

Yay! Married!

My brother Pete came as Darth Maul!

Fooling Around with Lightsabers

Our first dance was to "Geeks in Love" By Lemon Demon

My Mum and the sisters I grew up with (my other siblings were grown up when I got there!)

My sister Krista and my Neice Zoe dancing it up!

Dance Dance Dance

The Girl in the cute hat and the red shirt made all the jedi costumes!

Me and my old music partner Mike

My Brother and My boss, dancin!

My brother Pete Put on a fireworks show!

Regularly Scheduled Recipes to Resume Soon!

As an exciting note, Matthew has decided to convert to veganism now that we're married! Yay for Matthew!

First Meal in a New Home

So we have moved... And my goodness was it a ridiculous day!

The moving van never showed up at our old place, so we had to move everything in my Friend's Neon. The fact that she managed to fit everything in there seems to defy the laws of quantum physics, as things which should have never fit into a tiny little sedan seemed to alter in size to fit! It was amazing.

However, our new place is awesome, and worth the 6 hours and 15 car trips, because it's super great! (And bright! There's all sorts of light! I'm in heaven!)

So we've been eating mostly french fries and microwave dinners, as they are easy to obtain and cook without making a lot of mess, but I thought that today, we're finally moved in , and I have half unpacked the kitchen, so it was time to cook something. What to make for the first ever meal in our new place?

So I cooked something quick, easy, and delicious.

Easy Quick Teriyaki Rice

Ingredients
1/3 cup Teriyaki Cooking sauce
1 mushroom, diced
1/4 cup onion, diced
1 bunch spinach, chopped
1 tsp oil
1/2 cup cooked Jasmine rice

Directions
Heat the oil in a wok on med-high. Add in the onions and mushrooms, and cook until the onions are a bit transluscent and the mushrooms have released water and browned.
Add in the spinach, and cook for about 30 seconds.
Pour in the teriyaki sauce, and cook for 1-2 minutes, until the sauce is a reduced and nice and thick.
Pour the contents of your wok over your rice.
Eat and Enjoy!

As an added bonus, a little picture tour of our new place! Keep in mind barely anything is unpacked, so it looks like we live in a very messy warehouse.

Haitus Announcement

There will be a brief (2 week) Haitus until July 1, as the fella and I are moving, so everything we own is in a various state of seems to be blown up and scattered across the apartment/in boxes. For my sanity until after the move, I'm gonna stick to just packing, moving, and going to my part time job! Need proof I'm not just making this up? I have Pics.

The View from my Desk. I call it Empty Box Mountain

The Mythical Beast: A Fully packed and sealed Box. The label is hard to read, but it says "Cookbooks-Kitchen"

For anyone interested, I am using a slightly edited version of a label available from Martha Stewart. She can be very useful with the stuff they put for free download on her website!

Quick Lunch- Mac and Cheese +

So when I don't feel like cooking, I have one go to pre-made food that I'm addicted to. It's very fattening, it costs a lot of money, and it tastes DIVINE.

Amy's Rice Pasta and Vegan Cheese microwave dinner. So Good.

But sometimes, I just want it to be a bit... more, I guess? A bit more healthy, a bit more complex, etc.

Luckily, it's easy to do, and doesn't even need a recipe.

Take half an avocado, and half a tomato.

Cut them up. Mix them with the microwaved dinner. Sprinkle on some pepper if you want.

Then you eat it. As Simple as that! :)

4 ingredient open faced sammich

Back before I found out that I couldn't eat wheat anymore, and it was hot out, I used to get overheated. When I was overheated, I didn't want to cook, because, HEY! I'm already hot. So I used to make sandwiches, usually peanut butter, or tomato.

I don't do chicken salad, and I wasn't in the mood for peanut butter, but today it was quite hot, and what I wanted was a nice refreshing sandwich. I know, people generally don't refer to sandwiches as refreshing, but when there's lots of crisp, cold veggies, it sure does feel refreshing! So I threw together this:

Bruschetta and Hummus Sandwich

Ingredients:
1 plain rice cake
1 large Tbsp hummus (I used carmelized onion hummus, it's awesome!)
1 leaf lettuce (I used boston lettuce, not because it's the best or anything, but because it was on sale and I hate iceberg lettuce)
A few tablespoons of prepared bruschetta

Directions:
There's only really one direction. Spread the hummus on the rice cake, top with lettuce, top that with bruschetta, eat and enjoy!

This is also super delicious on toast, toasted bagels, and english muffins. :)