Yes, I really do cook.

I'm in a mood. I really wish I wasn't. Yesterday, I did some errands with my mom and did some Christmas shopping. It was fun and relaxing and I finally finished my Christmas shopping for Andy! But for some reason, I am in a funk today.

I wish I could explain more but unfortunately someone is reading my food blog and I do not want that person knowing what's up quite yet. Vague enough for you?



Ok, here are the eats I've created over the last 2 weeks. Green bean casserole. With fresh green beans, ricotta cheese, summer squash and homemade mushroom gravy. It was time-consuming but so worth it. I did include the traditional french-fried onions. They were good!



Turkey burger on whole wheat bread. Boring picture, awesome turkey burger.



Kerrygold cheddar really made these turkey burgers. This cheese is so sharp and creamy. YUM!



Fontina, tomato and asparagus frittatas. I've made this frittata before



Peanut butter, banana and flax toast!



It was a good recovery meal after an intense workout.



Gingerbread latte and starbucks oatmeal. This oatmeal is ok...a little watery for my taste though.



The best butter on the planet.



With herb-crusted pork loin and mashed potatoes. (The butter is in the mashed potatoes. I used 1 tbsp and made 4 servings.)



My mock Thanksgiving day meal. Cranberry-apple sauce, roasted butternut squash with brown sugar, turkey cutlets and a hawaiian roll.



For the butternut squash, I sliced up half a squash into cube shapes and coated them in 1 tsp olive oil, 2 tsp honey and 1 tbsp brown sugar. Tossed to coat and roasted in the oven at 400* for 25 minutes.



For the cranberry-apple sauce, I boiled 1 cup water and 1/2 white sugar. Then added 2 sliced honey crisp apples and 1 bag cranberries. Continue to boil until cranberries pop and release their natural pectin. This sauce WAS SO GOOD! I liked the sauce more than anything else.

So I've got to ask, do you have any cyber stalkers or unwanted guests reading your blog? How do you deal with it? I've decided to let them read and enjoy...maybe they really like cooking?

Also...have you ever heard of Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) dermatitis? It's a contact dermatitis from cutting up butternut squash? I noticed in last night when my hands got all dry, yellow and waxy feeling. It's gone now luckily but how weird is that? I googled, "hands feel weird after cutting butternut squash," and found tons of blog posts about it. WEIRD!

Count down to Grey's Anatomy

Ugh. Last night I was in a terrible mood and decided to eat leftover pizza! I love tomato and basil on a pizza!



It was cheesy, greasy, doughy and fantastic. I know it was definitely way too high in calories but I loved it. Cheered me up.

After the pizza, I made oatmeal cookies with peanut butter & chocolate chips. I cannot get over how tasty these cookies are. I made a huge batch with enough for 48 cookies. 2 weight watcher points per cookie.





Melty peanut butter. Delicious!


On to tonight! Andy and I are counting down until Grey's starts. I dragged Andy into watching it Season one and he still watches with me. This never happens!



Andy made open-faced teriyaki pineapple turkey burgers. I added in the serving of Tostitos Hint of Lime chips and a salad.



MMM teriyaki sauce with pineapple is to die for.



The salad had tomatoes, carrots, zucchini, fontina cheese, lime tortilla chips and sliced avocado. I put some salsa ranch dressing in the bowl and tossed it in. The dressing is 50 calories per 2 tbsp!



After my dinner of greasy pizza last night, it feels good to eat veggies again.