Obviously the pictures are unrelated. Credit for tonight’s supper goes to Google. Sometime around 5 o’clock I typed “bacon pasta mushrooms” and hit search. What I got back was this little number for a quick tasty dinner. I didn’t have any fresh basil but I don’t think it suffered without it. I also subbed in some low fat greek yogurt, sorry, yoghurt for the creme fraiche. Would you believe that my daughter ate a few bites? Yep, she did. I’ll never understand why she eats pesto. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, right?
I survived day 2 of no nap. It was mostly ok. There was a rough patch right around 2pm but we recovered nicely, made it through dinner easily and to bed on time. To bed on time is huge. Huge. Tomorrow I’m going to re-implement the nap and see how it goes. She should be tired enough between skipping her nap for two days and going to gym tomorrow to take a little afternoon rest and get to bed at a reasonable hour. I’m hopeful that a couple of nights of painless bed time will also be enough to keep her in bed tomorrow night until she dozes off. I’m hopeful.
So, tomorrow gym in the morning, followed by a nap during which I plan to catch up with all kinds of stuff online and finally I want to make some focaccia so that I can try this recipe that I found while googling for dinner. It’s so crazy that it might just be good. Hmm, that means I also have to run to the store for tuna. I’ll work that in somewhere. I also scored two new cookbooks today. I’m going to take a look tonight. I’m even contemplating attempting to menu plan again. What have you been cooking? Uh… Yeah, so I do want to make that recipe but that’s not what I need to focaccia for. The focaccia is for this. Though I see why I was confused, they both have tuna.
Is it significant that two tuna-packed recipes are calling out to you? In need of more Omega-3 fatty acids?
I was also in the mood to try something new after being inspired by a recipe in a magazine for baby lima beans, scallions and feta. I’ve never wanted lima beans in my life, but these looked… actually good. I added some red quinoa, then dressed it with fresh parsley, lime juice, ginger, garlic, rice vinegar and whatever else struck my fancy. It’s a dish better suited for warmer weather, but was just the thing that I wanted this evening. Dessert was a pear baked with candied ginger and honey.
So… what cookbooks did you score?
That sounds delicious! I saw a recipe that looked yummy today on Martha with a base of sprouted mung beans. Not something I’ve ever tried before but it looked really tasty.
Oh, those recipes look really good! Thanks for the links!
Here’s hoping for a good nap for all of you!
mmm that pasta looks very tasty…and i just happen to also have bacon and mushrooms in the fridge! now i just some motivation :) I will keep fingers crossed for nap time…
So good, definitely try it.