Me and Sandy

For your viewing pleasure, some (outdated) pictures of me confused by the hurricane aftermath.

Week 1 – Lunch 2-5: Sandwiches and Sides

Lunches will probably only change week to week.  This week, it will be the same as Lunch 1.

My Person’s lunch this week.

Week 1 – Breakfast 3-5: Cereal/Oatmeal

My Person and Other Person have the same breakfast every weekday so instead of reposting Breakfast 2, I can just chill today.

I don’t know this bulldog, but I really want to.

My kind is awesome.

Week 1 – Lunch 1: BBQ Chicken Sandwich and Salad / PB&J and Yogurt

Weekday lunches get more confusing because My Person (as the awesome wifey) has to 90% prepare lunch for Other Person and then pack herself a separate lunch.  This week, Other Person will be enjoying BBQ chicken sandwiches and salads for lunch while My Person will be enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and yogurt for lunch.

Pictures below.

Cutting cucumbers for salad.

Cucumbers and peppers for salad.

BBQ chicken for sandwich.

Whenever Other Person is ready for lunch, he can take the cut cucumbers and peppers, add it to the sorrento salad mix with a handful of baby carrots, and drizzle some balsamic vinaigrette on top.  Then, he can toast bread, spoon on the BBQ chicken, and add whatever condiments his little heart so desires.

My Person’s lunch picture will be posted later.

Extra picture of me:

Week 1 – Breakfast 2: Cereal/Oatmeal

Weekday breakfasts are less fun.  My Person has multigrain cheerios with FF milk everyday, while Other Person has oatmeal with berries (sometimes bananas).

Cheerios: The recipe:

Multigrain cheerios (again, something My Person already had in her apartment)
Milk

1. Pour multigrain cheerios into bowl
2. Add milk

(Some people argue that the cheerios should be poured into the milk, but those people are wrong.)

Oatmeal: The recipe:

1/2 cup steel cut oats
1 1/2 cup water (My Person prefers milk in her oatmeal, but Other Person is milk-challenged)
Frozen berries (fresh berries are preferable but not within the budget)

1. Boil water in small pot
2. Add oats and reduce heat to low
3. Simmer 5-7 minutes
4. Remove from heat and let sit for one minute
5. Add berries

Pictures below.

Cheerios.

Oatmeal into boiling water.

Boiling oatmeal.

Oatmeal! Bonus: passionfruit tea in a snoopy mug!

Too much food, not enough me.

Let’s take a break from the food posts so that you can see more of my cute awesomeness.  Today, I present: Me in the Shower.

I hate showers.  This is my sad shower face.

The one thing I do like about them is that I get to drink the water while My Person is spraying me.

Ugh.

Finally, all done.

Week 1 – Breakfast 1 (banana bread): When life gives you rotten bananas…

My Person makes banana bread!!  You might note that this bread was made with ingredients that were not purchased on the TJ trip, but since it was made with things that My Person already had in her kitchen, it’s only slightly cheating.  Plus no money was spent and less food will go to waste – win-win!

My Person had two rotten bananas and Other Person is always begging for banana bread, so it was time for this to happen.  My Person eats cheerios for breakfast, so since this was only for Other Person, My Person made half the usual recipe.

When My Person is in the kitchen, I sit at her feet and hope that maaaaaybe, just maybe, she’ll drop something today.

The (half) recipe:

1/2 a stick of butter (1/4 of a cup)
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 rotten bananas
3/4 cups flour
pinch and half of baking soda
pinch of salt
little bit of vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mash rotten bananas and add eggs and beat
3. In mixer, mix butter and sugar
4. Add banana/egg mixture to the mixer bowl and mix
5. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt
6. Pour this dry mix into the wet mix in the mixer bowl and mix
7. Add vanilla
8. Pour into buttered pan
9. Cook for 60 minutes or until done.

Pictures below.

Mashing bananas.

In goes the egg.

Butter and sugar.

Mixing.

Pouring into pan.

The before.

The after!

Slice o’ banana bread.

Where’s my piece?!?

By “popular” demand…

Some extra pictures of me doing three of my favorite things…sleeping awkwardly, making sweet face-love to my little spoon and loving the heck out of cardboard.

(i) sleeping awkardly:

(ii) making sweet face-love to my little spoon:

and (iii) loving the heck out of cardboard:

You’re welcome.

(photos in this post courtesy of Other Person and his fancy camera)