I did get to go to the grocery store today (WHAT FUN!) but my mom came over to watch Maeve because I didn't want to take her out in the cold... she is fighting this bug right along with me, and I know how crappy I feel, so the last thing I wanna do is drag her out in this JUNK. By the way, I heard someone say the other day that we should get over this snow because after all, IT IS JANUARY! WHO GIVES A monkey's butt it's January- I could care less- this weather is horrible- I hate it and 99% of the people here hate it... if you happen to like it, great for you, come over and shovel our driveway! Anyways back to the grocery store trip- it was miserable and biting cold but I HAD to go- I didn't have a meet tonight and I was determined to cook dinner. So I ventured out.... pretty uneventful besides me running into an old friend, Summer Moon. And the only one who will find any significance in that is Angela, so... if ya wanna know the details Ang, call me or something :)
When I got home, my mom told me Maeve was feeling warm to her- GREAT- the start of fever... sure enough, by nap time, her cheeks were rosy red and she was miserable. Although, after a dose of motrin, she took an AWESOME nap!
During her nap I worked my booty off in the kitchen. Now let me explain a little something- her nap times are my "breaks." As if I were at a job, and I had an hour for lunch- its that same sort of thinking for me. Every day I think about what I'm going to do during my "break." Usually it doesn't involve cooking, cleaning (MAYBE putting some clothes away or cleaning a bathroom) but most of the time you can find me curled up in bed taking a nap myself, or in the bath reading my gossip mags, or blogging... or blogstalking! Any one of those activities are far more appealing to me than cooking or cleaning or doing anything else useful around the house. Lazy? Yes. So what :) Today, however, I had planned out this elaborate meal and I knew there was no way around it- if I wanted to get it done in time for dinner, I HAD to cook during my "break." BOOOOO.
On the menu? Spaghetti Pie & Chocolate cake... both out of the "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook- so the Spag. Pie had carrot & broccoli puree and the "chocolate" cake was really BEETS!!!!! Seriously- an entire cup of pureed beets went into that cake! Anyways there I was pureeing away in the kitchen like a maniac. I got all the purees done (which really IS the hardest part- cleaning the veggies, steaming, pureeing- takes awhile!) and was ready to start actually cooking. I did the cake first- that beet puree was so dang pretty! It was relatively easy- the thing with this deceptive stuff is that everything is "pure"- there are no shortcuts. Meaning, you melt baking chocolate to make the chocolate flavoring for your cake- you use only egg whites (which I am a MASTER at!), so yeah- the concept is cutting out the oils, butter, sat fats all that nasty stuff and replace it with veggie or fruit purees. Once the cake was in the oven, I made the pasta just to have one less thing to do when Maeve woke up from her nap... somehow I could sense she was going to be a STINKER after her nap :)
Still cooking... not sure of the significance of this pic. except for the fact that I really liked that beet puree!
WELL the spaghetti pie did not turn out like it was supposed to- I think I added too much sauce? Who knows- but it didn't "crunch" up like it showed in the picture. So Ryan got home and it was STILL in the oven- he kept checking on it, and since it wasn't totally finished he caught sight of the "greenish" looking meatballs and the chunks of cottage cheese in the sauce. He was like "what did ya put in there???" DANG my cover was blown! How did it all turn out? After a SOLID hour and 20 minutes in the oven, the spaghetti pie was actually pretty good- no hint of carrot or broccoli at ALL. And the beet cake was AWESOME. DEF. will make that again!!!! I'm making Ryan take to work with him so I don't eat it tomorrow!
Ain't she a beaut'? :) My heart shaped beet cake...
Ain't she a beaut'? :) My heart shaped beet cake...
Happy girl eating her beet cake! :) YES ITS CHOCOLATE! Bring in the troops! I gave my kid sweets! :) haha
So she's been into taking her clothes off lately... but this is the first time its happened at the dinner table :)
I simply ADORE this pic of Maeve. She was tipping her head back and cracking up at me... I caught a pic :)
After dinner, it was bathtime and I am proud to say that Maeve learned a couple new things within the past few days or so. First off, if you ask her where her "ding dong" is she points to her belly (we do "ding dong" on her belly button all the time) and just last night I noticed that she was very, VERY interested in her little baby boobies! She kept poking at them in the bath last night and it was one of those moments where I had to come up with something quick- I was thinking "What should we call them? I certainly do not want the word "boobs" coming out of her mouth or even "boobies" and "breasts" is just ridiculous to teach to a 15 month old, so I said "Boppies." Hmmm.... Boppies? Well today in the bath I asked her where her boppies were and sure enough she slapped her boppies. So Boppies it is! I am pretty sure she is still feeling under the weather (so am I) but her cheeks are super red and she didn't eat a thing for dinner... except some beet cake :) ughhhh hopefully tomorrow we'll both wake up with better feeling tummies!!! I gotta get to the Y!!!!
She looks funny in this pic... she is so fresh and so clean, clean after her bath :)
She looks funny in this pic... she is so fresh and so clean, clean after her bath :)
and SHE reads them! She won't sit in our laps long enough to turn one page... so we let her flip through the pages... at least she's interested in books!
Just took this to show y'all "Billy" the penguin. We named him "Billy" for obvious reasons (or I guess not so obvious if you're not an Adam Sandler fan... but from the movie "Billy Madison", ya know the penguin...) anyways he sits at her baby grand piano... she's not to sure of him, but every once in awhile she'll venture over to him and give him a poke :)
OH- and all you gymboree fanatics out there- don't forget gymbuck redemption is this week!!!!! HOOOOOOORAY! I am going tomorrow (hopefully after the Y????) and stocking up for next winter.
Alright, long post, huh? Bedtime for me... goodnight and peace out :)
6 comments:
I haven't tried the spag. pie, I'll have to give it a try!! No one in my house likes the Mac and cheese but Jack and me. Tim called it the NG mac and cheese, and Harrison spit it out on his plate as soon as he put it in his mouth and said "mommy I do NOT like this". Thank goodness my kids do like veggies or I'd be in a world of hurt!! I love this cook book though and want to try the pbj muffins and the oatmeal raisins cookies. I already do my own twist on my meat loaf I add diced carrots and celery and ground flaxseed so I guess I'm not going to try that one!! Keep me posted on all the ones you like and I'll give those a try!!
yeah well my fave. things so far have been mac & cheese, the choc. beet cake (I PROMISE- if you made that for a kids bday, they'd have no clue!!!!!) and the french toast- and yes, I did use flax seed on the french toast- Maeve ate almost every bite!!!!! I LOVE that freakin cookbook!
When you made the Mac and cheese was it really thick, I did double my recipe and then noticed I didn't cook enough noodles so cooked more added it bla bla bla...but it was really really thick!! Maybe I did something wrong. I'm going to give the choc. cake a go tomorrow if the kids don't have school agian!!
Yeah def. try the chocolate cake!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!
Yeah the mac & cheese is thick- but not like CRAZY thick- mine turned out JUST like the pic in the book. And you couldn't taste anything but a HINT of cauliflower- I really doubt your kids would pick up on it- RYAN who is a veggie hater had no clue- he said it tasted like I put cream cheese in the sauce...
Ash, I may be totally off but is Summer Moon the girl that was at your grad party on the hammock the whole time? Ha I remember us "joking" about her name...hmm this may be mean but I think she was "slow" and like obsessed with you?? lol k may be the wrong girl but the name rang a bell! haha
HOLY CRAP MAL how do you remember that???? Yeah that is her!!! haha :) She's a trip :)
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