Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Kacie)

In the book, they said that you probably did something today that deserved a cookie.
I'm pretty sure I did in the past 24 hours, so I made some cookies!

These are yummy. Warm and nutty and chocolately. I ate those three, and I want more. Let's see how long I can hold out. I am the only one here and awake, so no one will know how many I started with.....

On the other hand, I just registered for a race.

I actually raced a 5k kind of impulisvely. It was right down the street, and it benefitted a breastfeeding group, which is cool. I won my age group, and was 4th woman, 5th overall. I was proud of it.

 Plus the boys "raced." It was hilarious, because Quintin just stood there and watched everyone else run off! He TOTALLY didn't get that he was supposed to run too.

So, I signed up for the 4 bridges half marathon in Chattanooga. We will stay at the same Air BnB we did before and loved. I can't wait!

So, maybe I should limit how many more of those cookies I eat. Like one more.

Spiced Chickpea Wraps with Tahini dressing and Creamy Peanut Slaw (Kacie)

So this was actually a really simple dinner. If I were going to make it again, I would run the cabbage through the cuisinart so it was thinner. The dressing was great though. The chickpeas were yummy too. I actually cheated and just used a tahini dressing that I already had, and it was good on the wrap.

So I watched the new muppets during dinner, since George gets home late on Wednesdays. I'm not sure what I think. I think I'll watch it again to see.

Wedding Soup with White Bean Balls and Kale (Kacie)

So the soup base of this is a great basic vegetable soup recipe. In fact, I like it so much, that there is a second batch of the soup on my stove top right now. It's not like I don't know how to make a basic veg soup, but I like this combo a lot.

The bean balls are tasty. They add some heft to the soup. Make sure you store them separately from the soup though, because they will get soggy if you don't, and that's not really fun.

It's a good and comforting soup. I sent a batch to a cyclist friend that was hit by a car. It's like a vegan chicken noodle soup.

Oh, and we also used letters as the small noodles, which are cute!

Carrot and Apple Muffins (Kacie)

These were easy and quick.

I made them into mini muffins to take to art class. All of the munchkins there seemed to enjoy them.

Snack time at baby/toddler art class is serious business.

There were new people (that don't know me really well) there, and they kept asking for the recipe. I felt kind of strange telling them they just HAD to go buy the Thug Kitchen Cookbook....hehehehehe

Ravioliering (Sparkles)

In our second attempt to make the ravioli we had a very hard time. We rolled the dough out thinner because it was too thick last time but they would not stay sealed this time. So here is where not using eggs leads to a problem. Even the few that didn't explode were still quite thick- you still give it a go, it might not bother you and as I've stated we are very particular about Italian food being a certain way. The spinach artichoke filling I whipped up with roasted garlic was delicious. We just topped it with a little garlic, basil and extra virgin olive oil. We had some survivors but we could only add a VERY small amount of filling. 

I didn't take pictures because I was annoyed but here are some left overs. 

That is all I made from the book lately. One negative of this book is that I will search asparagus, brussel sprouts, or green beans in the index and there are 0-1 recipes matching thatingrediant which is a bummer because I just opened three other cookbooks randomly in my kitchen and they all gave me three or more recipes. 

In other news we got a reverse osmosis water filtration system and Jason had a really fun time installing it for 4 hours. I could tell it was fun AND easy like the website said because of all the hollering and trips to Home Depot. I keep telling him how it is the best water I've ever tasted and how I even feel healthier already after 3 glasses. 

Cold Citrus Noodles and Ginger Marinated Tofu (Kacie)

I also had to take a picture of the adorable soba noodle wrappers! How cute is that?

Really yummy dish. The tofu was great. I did the whole process of squeezing out the water, which I had learned from The Grit cookbook, and it always helps. Their marinade and cooking method used WAY less oil than The Grit's double frying method, which I appreciate now that I'm not a college kid anymore. I was a little lazy in cutting the veggies into matchstick size, which made them a little too big, but Wednesdays are my nights that I'm totally solo with the fellas, so big matchsticks were what happened when they started flipping out on me some!

Also, Soba noodles seem to be pretty fragile. I think I would be careful to toss it less next time, because I felt like I broke too many noodles.

Vegan Brinner! Whole Wheat Biscuit, Lentil Gravy, and Greens (Kacie)

This was solid.

The biscuits were good, even if they were flatter than I wanted. The gravy was more of just lentils than it was gravy. The greens were great. They were packed with flavor.

I pretty much love brinner. Probably because I love breakfast. If I could just eat breakfast for all three meals, I would. Breakfast. Brunch. Brinner. Done.