The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter nee The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter need a little bit of color, so here you go. 😍 Love this chest of drawers. Discovered it buried in a local shop and bought it specifically for the green color (one of my favorites). Vintage Coke crate was a $10 score from a garage sale place on Facebook some ten years ago. And the assorted markers in Roy G Biv order (natch) that aren’t used anymore because my kids have sadly left that phase. 🙃
Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo s Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo style, hope you had a good one! ✨
A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
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ARF/5-A-Day #44

November 8, 2006 · ARF/5-A-Day

The Husband picked up paella and flan from a favorite restaurant in Newark tonight, and we had dinner at my parents’ house (Nicholas was dying to see my mom).

Dinner was delicious, and totally hit the spot (I’ve been positively ravenous all day!), but that meant I still had to come up with something for my ARF/5-A-Day contribution. Catching up on my magazine reading this afternoon while mom-sitting, I spied it … Oatmeal with ‘Nanas and PB in an old issue of Rachael Ray’s magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray.

Turns out Rachael’s dog gets, um, a bit gassy. The vet told her that yogurt would help, so she concocted this little dish to get her dog interested in the yogurt. It was perfect. My parents’ dog, Beauregard, has the same problem. He’s funny though, he’ll do it, and then look around nonchalantly with a “What? You smell something?” expression, playing dumb the whole time. When Eli does it, he leaves the room; he’s no dummy. Both dogs wolfed it down in mere minutes, Eli making that smacking I’ve-got-peanut-butter-stuck-in-my-mouth-and-I-don’t-know-what-to-do noise. Even though the recipe was intended for dogs, given the ingredients are only oatmeal, peanut butter, banana, yogurt and honey, it certainly is people friendly too, and the addition of bananas made it perfect for tonight’s roundup.

Alright, without further ado, the rest of the contributions. Until tomorrow…

The Chocolate Lady from New York is up first this week with her hybrid green tomatoes:

Cooking, Stamping and Scrapping joins us for the first time with her Black Bean and Corn Salad:

The Cookbook Junkie from Pennsylvania has mixed results with her Chinese Sweet and Sour Chicken:

Up a Creek Without a PatL serves up homemade applesauce:

Cooking Debauchery has a unique twist on risotto with her Butternut and Apple Risotto:

Claire from Cooking is Medicine does Mexican with her Baked Fritatta:

Albion Cooks goes orange … with her cauliflower:

Oatmeal with ‘Nanas and PB
From Every Day with Rachael Ray
June-July 2006

2 SERVINGS

2 single-serving packets of plain instant oatmeal
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1/2 banana, chopped
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons honey

Prepare the oatmeal in a bowl according to package instructions. While it’s hot, stir in the peanut butter and banana. Top with the yogurt, then drizzle with the honey.

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Comments

  1. the chocolate lady says

    November 8, 2006 at 7:52 am

    Wonderful work! I like Catherine’s recipe, but while I usually get excited about alternately-colored vegetables, orange cauliflower is an exception. It looks to me like it has been allowed to rust.

    Reply
  2. Anonymous says

    November 8, 2006 at 3:17 pm

    OK folks,

    I asked for some suggestions out there for grilled cheeses and soup suggestions. I received none. Am I being ignored because I consider Sandra Lee a chef? The hungry husband (neighbor)

    Reply
  3. Dani says

    November 8, 2006 at 3:27 pm

    Bandit is just like your parents’ dog Beauregard. She would sit there, look around and be like: “What, I didn’t do this. Let’s blame it on the cats”

    Maybe I will spoil her with some Oatmeal with ‘Nanas and PB later this week.

    Reply
  4. Cate says

    November 10, 2006 at 2:38 pm

    The Chocolate Lady – orange cauliflower is definitely a new one for me.

    Dani – I betcha she’ll love you more for it. ;)

    Reply

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The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter nee The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter need a little bit of color, so here you go. 😍 Love this chest of drawers. Discovered it buried in a local shop and bought it specifically for the green color (one of my favorites). Vintage Coke crate was a $10 score from a garage sale place on Facebook some ten years ago. And the assorted markers in Roy G Biv order (natch) that aren’t used anymore because my kids have sadly left that phase. 🙃
Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo s Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo style, hope you had a good one! ✨
A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨

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