state fair

aside from being rediculously expensive, the food at the state fair was delish. i definitely skipped on the enormous turkey leg that kyle found appealing. i did enjoy a delicious italian sausage along with some fried mac and cheese and chocolate covered bacon.

healthy eating

i find grocery shopping to be rather exciting if i'm with someone. otherwise, it's completely boring when i'm alone. after putting it off for quite some time, i finally took a trip to my local kroger. i love kroger most for it's organic section, where i usually buy frozen pasta meals and burritos. my regular items consist of plenty of vegetables, grapes, romaine lettuce and things for salad, dried vegetable chips, humus and wholegrain pita, and salmon.

when my apartment isn't filled with groceries i end up consuming way too much taco bell. so you can see why i'm exceptionally motivated to improve my diet after i've gone grocery shopping. here is what i ate for lunch recently.



grilled mushrooms, onions, green and red peppers on a whole wheat pita pocket with shredded cheddar. mmm! i definitely forgot to add sundried tomatoes, which would have made the mix that much more delicious.

only on rare occasion do i feel like cooking, so i love healthy meals that are quick and easy to prepare. please share if you have an idea for a simple, healthy dish!

raspberry white chocolate scones

this is my first time ever making scones. the directions say to apply "heaping tablespoons of dough" to a baking sheet, and that is what i did. they ended up all attaching to one another but i'm not too fussy about that sort of thing;  probably because i am quite the culinarian.

the scones were freaking delicious for how easy they were to make; just add water to the scone mix, stir, then let the heaping begin. i baked mine for about 15 minutes, which is decent timing because i have terrible patience with any sort of task. the white chocolate and raspberry bits were rather tasty. consequentially, baking scones may become a habit of mine.

mmm italiano

when i go to eat somewhere, i'll usually order some form of pasta. i love italian food and my boyfriend loves to make it. so when he received a birthday gift from world market including cheese-filled tortellini, i was probably more excited than he was.



la piana is an all natural italian brand that offers a variety of stuffed pastas. we prepared the tortellini with a vodka pasta sauce made from italian plum tomatoes; then added  grilled chicken, caramelized onions, chopped mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, herbs & spices.



squisito! (yes, i looked that up). the cheese filling was delightful.

pfchangs

today my boyfriend and i went to pf changs, one of our favorite restaurants. we get the same thing literally every time we go.



we started off with lettuce wraps, which are too die for. i could probably just order the wraps for my entree and be set if the chicken lo mein wasn't so delicious as well. we ordered the cheesecake for dessert and i pretty much hogged the crust.



what a muffin!