Delusions

Ahhh... The optimistic refrigerator of January, full of already-chopped vegetables and healthy leftovers, ready to create all sorts of responsible meals. So different from the dissipated refrigerator of December I finally cleaned out.

Picnic

Evelyn and I had an impromptu lunch picnic in a plaza in Southlake while running errands. She was remarkably coordinated with her blue shirt, skirt, and blueberries.

Veggies

The healthy part of the snacks for game night was unexpectedly attractive. I'm basically Martha Stewart.

Pretty tasty

I feel like often in the Venn diagram of our dinners, pretty and tasty only somewhat overlap, but I'm working making it more of a matching circle, so we consistently can eat pretty tasty food.

Cookies

Ben makes really good chocolate chip cookies, so it's unfortunate that I've realized that refined flour makes me feel pretty crummy. Time to figure out a new recipe so the baking can continue.

Ice cream

Evelyn celebrated the 4th by trying out ice cream for the first time with Aunt Yana.

Pancake

I love three-ingredient banana pancakes, but cooking a batch always feels excessively time-consuming, especially when there is a small assistant strewing kitchen implements everywhere underfoot. It finally occurred to me that I could make a giant German-style pancake instead, and it worked!

Recipe 

(This recipe is everywhere, so I don't have a specific website to credit.)

Mix the following in a food processor or blender:

- 2 bananas

- 3 eggs

- 1/4 cup coconut flour

Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat and then pour in the batter. Cover with a lid for ~5 minutes, then carefully flip and let cook for another ~3 minutes before sliding onto a plate. 

Serves around 2.

We have a tiny pancake fan!

Green

It's a good thing I got a pretty picture out of these green onions from our produce co-op when I chopped them up, because it's been a week, and I still haven't used them in anything. I keep trying to like them, and it just isn't happening.

Celebration

Bluebell ice cream has returned to the stores in DFW, and there is much rejoicing indeed! Ben and I are pretty much ruined now when it comes to other ice cream, so maybe we are becoming Texans...

Delicious

I broke my no-flour rule in a spectacular fashion when we received this amazing gift box from Ben's grandparents to celebrate Evelyn. So good!

Zucchini

The zucchini noodles were surprisingly attractive as they dehydrated in preparation for lasagna.

Vegetables

Saturday vegetable co-op.

...and then lunch

I discovered a park near my school where I can eat lunch and regroup for the afternoon. It was delightful.

Pie

Rebecca and I went to the Bishop Arts District's Pie Emporium today. Since it is now September, they have reintroduced their fall pies - including their Cloud 9 caramel meringue pie. It was a delicious and delightful time.

Photo credit: Rebecca

Vegetables

We have started getting our vegetables from a produce co-op. Every Saturday, we pick up two baskets of fruit and veggies. The best part is that each week's produce is a surprise. This week we got prickly pear fruits, among other items.

Predictable

There is actually more to my life than produce and the noble hound, but it is primarily composed of running around during the school day and entering a lot of information into a computer, which does not make for a particularly engaging picture.

Sustanence

The husband makes excellent hamburgers.

Purple

We have joined a vegetable cult, I mean co-op, which means that we often get unusual produce in our weekly basket. I take a lot of pictures of vegetables now.

A brief retrospective

Where have I been for the last two years, you might reasonably ask? (Yes you, imaginary person still subscribed to this blog). Living life in all its dailiness. We are still in Texas. Still teaching (well, I'm an administrator this year, but close enough). Still using an excessive number of parenthetical asides. We may have acquired a dachshund by accident - someday we'll get a real dog to keep her company.

Pictured: dailiness

Deliciousness

Ben and I had an amazing antipasto for dinner the other night.