fancy eggs

Just a quick post today on a morning favorite of ours...breakfast burritos! Eggs in any shape or form are a go-to item for us and I just couldn't resist snapping a few pics of how pretty and colorful these wraps turned out. There's no recipe because it's just scrambled eggs with diced veggies and cheese, laid on a tortilla and smothered in salsa. They didn't look so hot when we rolled them up so I will spare you those images. They are delish and fast! 

 

Hope I made you hungry! Don't worry, we will be back to our scheduled broadcasting with outfit posts very soon. Think pink skirts and striped shirts...

mr. domestic

Mmm, stirfry! One night last week we had time to make a nice dinner...and somehow I got Dustin to make it! Haha, he is a good cook when he tries. The first few times I made the dish and showed him how I did it, and now he makes it better than me! Probably because I always overcook the chicken due to the worry of it being raw in the middle...its a big fear of mine! The veggies came in a package already cut up so we really didn't do that much...but hey! 

Dustin is the master flipper. I always feel like the pan is too heavy to get much flipping action going on!  First we cut up the chicken into small strips and seasoned and cooked that. Then we took the chicken off and cooked some scrambled eggs. Then we took them off and cooked the veggies. The key to all of it is to cook on low heat so it goes slow. I am impatient and always put it way too hot and ruin it. And don't forget to season everything! When the veggies start to look done we add the chicken and eggs back on, and also add some "stir-fry sauce." 

        

It was delicious! We were supposed to have rice but I somehow managed to mess that up... and I thought I was the domestic one? 

I thought I would finally introduce you to our other family member, Myrtle the cat. There will be many more photos to come of this little girl. We adopted her from the shelter a few months ago and I am pretty much obsessed! I have wanted a cat my whole life so she makes me very happy :) She came to the shelter from a hoarding situation (the house had around 50 cats) so she is a very skittish cat, scared of every noise...but she's getting better. She enjoys laser pointers and sleeping in small, dark places. Meeeooow!

-Lola

dinner time

Me and the boyfriend were home together at a normal dinner hour tonight so I decided to use one of my million pinned recipes on Pinterest, enchiladas! I actually don't remember what food I used to make before that amazing site was invented. Actually, I made spaghetti with sauce every other day. Yay for some variety!

We both like to cook but I'm definitely the more inventive one. I'm also the only one worried about cost and nutritional value. Here are some of my challenges when making meals:

 1. It needs to be easy. If there's too many intricate steps I will never make it. Or I will attempt it and we won't eat for 5 hours.

2. It can't be too pricey. The bf and I both work in food service so we end up eating out A LOT. Like a ridiculous amount. And eating out is bad for the wallet, so when we make food at home I try to save money.

3. It needs to be somewhat healthy. Eating out is even worse for my gut than it is for my wallet. I try to avoid recipes that use a lot of bad stuff like cream, butter, frying, etc. And Dustin isn't one to chow down on veggies or fruit or whole wheat, so I have a fun time sneaking them in.

4. It has to be delish! I'm not picky. Like, to the point that I will eat almost anything. But did I mention that Dustin's mom is one of the best cooks EVER? And she never made him eat anything he didn't want to? THE KID IS PICKY! I make stuff just for me all the time, but for dinner I try to find things that he will love too.

Tonight I made "Skinny Chicken Sour Cream Enchiladas." I adapted this recipe from the blog "Skinny Mom." I was drawn in by the photos and the easy ingredient list, and by the "skinny" word. I forgot to take photos during my cooking process because I'm a n00b at blogging, but I did get some of my results shots!

The recipe made 8 enchiladas but that was way too much for two people so we only made 4. The other side of the pan does look a bit lonely though...

Yum!

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure how "skinny" the recipe really was, but they were delicious so I'd say it was a success! What's your favorite easy, healthy recipe?

-Lola