A week of failure...

SOOoooo I didn't really cook at all this week... I even had a chicken and didn't use it. But I did cook things but they were already frozen.... (beef broccoli one night and orange chicken from Trader Joe's, which I have to say I've always been really REALLY intimidated by Trader Joe's but we're growing on each other- the jalapeño pub cheese bonded us....) Which I guess since I went to Trader Joe's it was still a triumphant week ;)

So this week I'm starting early.... and I'm going to post me meals to make me accountable. If any one has side suggestions that would be great because I really don't know.....

MONDAY - delizioso THAT'S RIGHT I'M GOING ITALIAN!

COMPLIMENTS OF ALICIA

Spaghetti with lemon and olive oil

THURSDAY - yummy! THAT'S RIGHT GOOD OLD FASHIONED AMERICAN FOLKS!

COMPLIMENTS OF MY MAMA

Homemade Chicken Noodle soup (from the Gleed family soup base :)mmmmm)

FRIDAY - délicieux! THAT'S RIGHT I'M GOING FRENCH (SORTA)

COMPLIMENTS OF ANGIE'S BLOG AND DARA

Roasted Veggies and Bananacakes!

So that is going to be my week :) I'm actually really excited! Um, and since this is my blog I have to tell a story about something that happened to me today....

My friend Jen Mooth stayed the night after our volleyball game and we woke up and made waffles (AH WAIT I TOTALLY COOKED THEN!). We then decided to go out on a hike adventure behind where I live. We ended up finding the cooolest trail ever! By the end we were both soaked! Because she slid down the hill and muddied her bum and I had tried to cross the river creekish thing on a couple of mossy trees and ended up knocking my shins on those mossy trees on my way down straight into the river (really not deep but enough to soak my feet and legs and hands. All in all a very productive day. But not as productive as my big sis Leesha's day....because she had a BABY!!!!!!!!! woohoo I love nephews (I'm sure I'll love nieces I just don't have any....yet) CONGRATULATIONS GALBRAITHS!!!

WOW!!!!

So the verdict is in....Mango Lime Banana Bread is FABULOUS!!! Like really really good! Sara Lewis came over and she liked it and she doesn't even like Mangoes... seriously it's a luau for your taste buds! SUCCESS!!!!

Mangoes blossoming between banana breads...

So... After posting a couple weeks ago I sat down with my Mom and maid a menu. I figured I could legitimately make 3 meals a week... She had a sweet idea to choose a type of food for each day. I chose Spanish, Asian and what else...American. It's important to me that I can crossover from one recipes ingredients to another. So what I decided was Chicken Fajitas, Chicken Stir Fry and my sister Alicia's AMAZING butternut squash soup. So Monday I went out and bought all my ingredients for all three meals (except the butternut squash because I wanted it fresh). I planned Fajita Tuesday, Stir fry Thursday and butternut squash Friday or Saturday (I'm flexible). And Saturday morning when I hadn't cooked AT ALL I decided I better try something so the whole week wasn't a wash. I chose Stir Fry I think this stir fry was a tasty success.... if you don't consider the tummy trouble after :\ ..... I'm not quite sure what it was...maybe the 3 day old chicken (it'd been refrigerated, I get a little credit), or the veggies I forgot to wash, or the side of black beans (yeah I know black beans and stir fry don't really go...) but I ate it again the next day and it was fine so I'll chalk it up as a success!

So this week...I made grilled cheese and tomato soup (Campbell's mm mmm good). And while that was a tasty tasty dinner my real triumph was this morning.... I decided that it was time to use the 6 little brown bananas sitting on my kitchen counter. So I called my sister Angie for a banana bread recipe. I used to make banana bread ALL the time my sophomore year of college but that was back in 2003.... So I went at it again. Since I don't have a bread pan I used a bunch of little miniature foil bread pans. Which was perfect because I don't know what happened but I got this creative flair and went a little goofy.... 1 is just plain 4 have Cocoa powder (2 of them have it on top and 2 have it swirled in) and 2 have coconut shavings on top :) mmmm I'm so excited for it! My little bumps of banana bread are raising as we speak. Then I had a brilliant tropical flash of inspiration! Last week my Mom gave me a couple Mangoes..... and my good friend Hannah always used to eat mangoes with lime squeezed on it... So in about 5 minutes I will be smelling the warm citric aroma of Lemon Banana Mango bread... 4 fruits in a great carbohydrate blend.... I'm excited for my creation and even more excited that I invented!!! Eeek!