off the wagon already!

Ok, I will spill the crap, i mean beans. Well, last night, as is evidenced by Bee's "hat" we broke down and had pizza delivered. But, we did cook up our own eggplant to put on top, if that counts for anything! And we made broccoli on the side. 

OK, we will try to get back on the wagon tonight..... or not.

Quick quiz: What did we have for dinner last night?

Bonus pic: here we are getting cozy with Sparty at the UM-MSU hockey game last Saturday night.

We got to sit in the Dean's box to see the Spartans blow a 3-2 lead with 2 minutes in the 3rd, losing 5-2. We had fun though!

so maybe this isnt a great idea

Im starting to get bored writing about what we eat for dinner, so i
imagine if anyone is reading this then you are bored too. Well last
night we had huevos rancheros. Yummy and easy. I made an egg for
everyone, made some refried beans (from a can), heated up some
tortillas and open a jar of yummy salsa a colleague sent me from
texas. then put out the leftover broccoli from yesterday. I think the
only interesting thing here is part way through dinner Bee says, Hey
mom did you ever notice that beans look like crap? She was totally
serious as she munched away on her tortilla and beans. Well, there
you have it. Dinner time at the calabrese barton household.

close call

We almost ate spaghetti. But we held firm and had lentil bean soup.
It was pretty simple. Chopped up an onion and some garlic (both from
the CSA) and sauteed in olive oil. Added 3 carrots and 1 potato (also
from the CSA) and let that cook for a few minutes. Then I added some
salt, some ginger, and some cumin, and let that cook. Finally, I
added 1.5 cups of dry lentil beans and a ton of water. Let that cook
for a good while. We had some bread on the side and some broccoli.

Bee and Frankie didnt realize what they were getting themselves into
when we made this pact. I think getting out of this rut might be
better for them than for us. They both ate the lentils tonight, so we
were proud of them. We did let them have some leftover spaghetti with
the lentils though.

whats cookin'

I think we are going to start up blogging again after a 5 week
hiatus. We've decided we're in a rut with respect to dinner. We eat
about 3 meals: Pasta, spaghetti, and noodles. Sad thing is, I dont
think Im exaggerating! Well, that is if you dont count the san su or
pizza house orders. So, Scott and I made a pact. We were going to
start making new meals (well, that is, new to us). And, to keep us
honest, we are also going to report what we've had for supper here at
bartobreezy. A little boring i know but, but Im hoping some of you
might have good suggestions or maybe you will find a fun recipe or
maybe you can just laugh at how often we do eat pasta, although we
are honestly trying not to do that. Also we seem to be getting into
the root vegetable season of our CSA and i need to figure out how we
can eat all of those roots. I do think my friend Judy will be getting
her rutabega deliveries from me because we tried on those last year,
but couldnt quite eat them as fast and furious as they came in.

So last night we had salmon. I ground up some almonds, coconut,
garlic, salt, and bread, and the rolled the salmon in it. Then I
baked it for 20 minutes at 475. Then I cooked up a squash (I dont
know what kind it was... Bee picked it out from many from the CSA so
we figured it was edible), and then chopped that up, sauteed it with
garlic and olive oil, and then added it to some risotto, water and a
little milk, and cooked that also for about 20 minutes. Then we made
broccoli rabe on the side. So, that marks our getting out of a rut.
How long will it last? Stay tuned!

Congratulations President-elect Obama!

Election Day!

So, we went to vote today as a family, and for the first time in our lives had to wait in line to cast a vote! It was exciting to see so many people out there trying to get their voices heard. In fact when I went running this morning I passed by our polling place at about 5:40 am (which was scheduled to open at 7am) and there were already people in line! So, what is your voting story, if you have one?