It's been a cold, snowy, icy and stressful finals week for me, so I slacked off on the cooking AND the running this week. M and I had plans to go Thursday and Friday and Saturday... and they all fell through. She was sick, the roads were icy, etc. I did manage to squeeze in one legitimate work out: I was about to head to campus to run on the treadmill, but the icy roads were too intimidating for me. So I popped in Jillian Michaels'
Banish Fat Boost Metabolism and sweated it out in my living room. I seriously have a love/hate relationship with that woman.
I was feeling less than creative, and wanted more
Loaded Baked Potato Casserole, so I made a modified version of
Corn, Ham, and Potato Scallop to satisfy my craving. It turned out delicious. I want to make this over and over again. Scott enjoyed it as well!
I want this again. right now. immediately.
Then on Saturday, I had a dinner party planned with the ladies in my cohort to celebrate the end of a very stressful semester. The theme was "international" and we had quite an array of food. I made
Chili Verde, but skipped the sour cream. I was running low on time, so Scott helped me chop of the veggies:
Peppers and potatoes and zucchini, oh my!
This was a ridiculously easy chili to make. I just threw all the ingredients in the pot...
...let it boil, and then turned it down to low heat for about 20 minutes. The result:
Steamy, spicy chili! Everyone at dinner loved it, and the best part: gluten free and vegan! So all my friends with their various dietary restrictions could enjoy it.
We have some vegetarian friends, some gluten-intolerant friends, and some lactose-intolerant friends (who can have goat's milk/cheese), so everyone always gets creative when we have pot lucks. Here's my plate, round one:
Gluten free mac and goat cheese, goat cheese enchiladas, and baked asparagus. Delicious. Later on, I also had some Pad Thai and some Indian food... I don't remember exactly what the dish was, but it was spicy and amazing! Thanks ladies for a great end-of-semester dinner.
Now I'm traveling to visit family for the next three weeks. It's going to be a little nutty, and I'm not sure how much cooking (of my own recipes, at least) OR running I'll get to do, but I'll keep you posted as much as possible!
