Thursday, January 31, 2013

Butterscotch Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate with a little extra cocoa and butterscotch chips.

Optional: Whipped Cream

Rating: 4.2

Sauteed Veggies with Crispy Baked Brussel Sprouts

Mushrooms, onions, red pepper, asparagus, and tomatoes topped with crispy brussel sprouts baked with olive oil and lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

+Tanya Percy recommends this recipe

Rating: 4.8

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Cheese and Potato Scamble

Homemade home fries with rosemary, thyme, basil, crushed red pepper, garlic, salt, pepper, and paprika scrambled together with eggs and sharp cheddar cheese.

Optional: whole wheat toast

Rating: 4.0

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Pinto Bean and Rice Burritos

Pinto beans, california brown basmati rice, Creole seasoning, tomatoes, lite sour cream, spinach, and lettus on a whole wheat tortilla.

Rating: 3.7

Monday, January 28, 2013

Homemade Spicy Marinara Sauce and Whole Wheat Linguini

Heat olive oil and cook onions.  Add garlic and lightly cook garlic with onions. Add crushed tomatoes and stir together with onions and garlic.  Add small amount(about a fifth of the can) of tomato paste and still into mixture.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Add oregano, basil, crushed red pepper,thyme, and rosemary. Still a little more tomato paste into the sauce and reduce to simmer.  Cook for 15-20 minutes  occasionally stirring in small amounts of tomato paste if you like it thicker or don't if you like it more viscous.
Ingedients:
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can crushed tomatoes
2/3 can tomato paste (I use wegmans organic but any brand will do.)
1/2 an onion,
3 cloves of garlic
salt, pepper to taste
2 tsp oregano
1 1/2 tsp basil
3 tsp crushed red pepper
1 1/2 tsp rosemary
1 tsp thyme
2 tbsp olive oil
Optional: spinach greens and balsamic vinegarette, pennywise merlot
Rating: 4.5

Tempeh and Spinach salad with Grated Sharp Cheddar

Marinated tempeh nuggets over a fresh bed of greens with a little grated cheddar heese and balsamic vinegarette.

Rating: 4.3

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Banana, banana, strawberry and pineapple Smoothie

Organic frozen fruit mix: pineapple, strawberry, and banana.  Added fresh banana, almond milk yogurt, ice, and a little apple juice.

Optional: Whipped cream.

Rating: 4.1

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Homemade Roma Sandwich

Tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil pesto on ciabatta bread.

Optional: Wegmans mustard potato Salad.

Rating: 3.7

Friday, January 25, 2013

Wine slushies

Frozen strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, ice, and a good, inexpensive, sweet red wine.

Breakfast sandwich time!

Scrabbled eggs, extra sharp chedder cheese, sauteed onions, and salsa on whole wheat toast.

Rating:  3.6

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Cajun Shrimp over Seasoned Rice

Delicious!  Stopped into a bar on Delaware and Allen in Buffalo and found this little gem!  Little spicy but not too much to overwhelm the other spices.

Dogfish 60 Minute IPA

A classic IPA, full flavored but well balanced.  Picked this one up at Colter Bay Grill in Buffalo. 

Rating: 4.6

Orange and Strawberry smoothie

Almost everything tastes better when it's a smoothie.

Rating: 3.5

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Italian meets Oriental Rice

California brown basmati rice, basil, rosemary, crushed red pepper, garlic, thyme, and organic soy sauce.

Rating: 3.7

Pennywise Cabernet Savignon

Optional: Pennywise Cabernet Savignon
Rating: 3.6

Wegmans' Large Pasta bowl

Peppers, onions, garlic, tofu, broccoli, peas, carrots, and artichokes over whole wheat penne with a touch of wine white.

Rating: 4.1

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Firestone Union Jack IPA

Still one of my favourite IPA's

I mean there's a bear boxing a lion on the label.  That's pretty nuts....

Rating: 4.8

x2 01/23/13

La Nova's White Pizza.

Tomatoes, Onions, Olive Oil, Garlic, and Herbs on a Sesame seed crust.
La Nova is arguable one of the best pizzarias in Western, NY.

Rating: 4.3

Amy's Organic No Cheese Pizzas

The esteemed leader of the frozen pizza clan.

Rating: 3.6

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Betty Crocker on Steroids. You all know.

Rating 4.9

Pomegranate Smoothie

Contents: pomegranate seeds, vanilla cultured almond milk, white grape juice, ice.

Rating: 4.2

Fast and Easy Black Bean, Creole seasoning, and Spinach wrap.

Simple but Delicious!

Optional: Sour Cream (Mmmmmmm.. Sour Creeaaaaaamm....)

Rating: 4.1

Bowl of Rubies (pomegranate seeds)

They take a minute to peel but the seeds are delectable.  Like a bowl of precious jewels!

Rating: 4.6

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

More fun with the ninja Blender.  Reminds me of Fruit ninja. XD

Optional: Whipped Creme

Rating: 4.0

Berry Blast Smoothie

Recipe from the ninja blender book it came with.

Rating: 3.9

Onion and Cheese Omelette with Spinach and topped with Avacado

Optional: whole wheat toast with vegan earthbalance buttery spread

Rating: 4.3

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Extra Sharp Grilled Cheese with Tomato Basil Soup

Two types of extra sharp chedder.

Rating: 3.7

The Lexington Cooperative Market's Greek Orzo Salad

A hometown favourite, the Lexington Co-op is the best grocery in town.

Rating: 4.1

Banana Foster Cheescake

Creamy, rich, caramely, and just the right amount of banana flavor.

Rating: 4.0

Veggie Eggwhite and Cheese Sandwich on Multigrain Bagel

Suprising flavorless and rather dry.

Rating: 2.1

Egg, Cheese, Tomatoes, Carmelized Onions, and Veggie Sausage with Hashbrows.

Sweetness 7 yet again delivering big.

Rating: 4.5

Sweetness 7 Donuts!

Just for show, I can have one but I don't want one.

Sweetness 7 Cafe on Grant, Buffalo NY

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Soy-boy burger with tomatoes, onions, pickles, and avocado.

Late night snack, Optional: multi-grain bread

Rating: 4.0

+2 on 01/17/2013

This time with more pickles and more tomato.

Chardonnay

Optional: chardonnay

Rating: 3.3 x2 01/21/13

Strawberries over Angel Foodcake with Whipped Creme

Optional: Chardonnay

Rating: 4.5

Tomato-Basil and Garlic-Onion sauce over Penne

A little al dente.  Optional: Chardonnay

Rating: 4.2

Trader Joe's Sipping Chocolate

Warm, Rich, Smooth.

Rating: 2.9

Banana

Yellow and slightly radioactive

Rating: 2.7

Buffalo Shrimp

Optional: Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA, Celery, and Carrots

Rating: 4.1 (too spicy)