Check out some of the fruits of my labor…
Let’s just say a lot of cookie dough was consumed today.
When Ryan arrived home from work, I put away some of my kitchen projects and we hit up the grocery store to grab some food for the week.
Dinner
Once we were back from the grocery store, it was dinnertime!
Tonight’s dinner came together in a flash.
First I picked a protein in the form of al fresco all natural sun dried tomato chicken sausage.
Then a veggie in the form of roasted cauliflower.
And finally a carb + fat in the form of sweet potato fries!
The sweet potato fries stole the show. I baked them using a package of Alexia frozen sweet potato fries that I nabbed from my parents’ freezer yesterday.
Put ‘em all together and you get a colorful chicken sausage veggie bowl. Easy but effective and delicious!
Off to watch The Bachelorette!
Growing Pains Update
I know some of you were seeing PBF posts from Friday today and others weren’t seeing the photos at all. Hopefully the issues are 100 percent resolved! The blog was officially moved to a more powerful server which should make your experience on PBF much more enjoyable and seamless. All good things! (For those of you who have asked, I switched from Bluehost to Site5. I’m already much happier.) I’m hoping all of PBF’s growing pains are over!
Also, if you’re looking for an amazing web guy to help you with any and everything blog related, I cannot recommend my friend Tim enough. He may be reached via email at tparkin@gmail.com. He’s a good one!
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Oooh, sweet potato fries at home, eh? Those look good.
Oh good, I can see the post now!
I love chicken sausage, especially since I don’t eat red meat but do love the flavors and spice of sausage. Plus, the pre-cooked kind are so easy to make into a meal.
The cookies look amazing!!!
Will we see a recipe soon??? =]
I’m watching the Bachelorette too! I think I like JP so far 🙂
He’s my fav too!
Aw, JP is adorable!! This show just sucks me in…
Good day in the kitchen for you! 😉
I have GOT to try those sweet potato fries. They look so good! And I totally steal from my parent’s freezer/fridge/cupboards when I visit home too! 😉
mm I love how you piled all of your dinner dishes together as my favorite was to eat meals is to melange them 😉
Congrats on a successful transition! 🙂
I like the dinner, random good food is always a great choice! Congrats on the blog move!
That chicken sausage flavor sounds wonderful. I eat vegetarian meals about 95% of the time, but when I do eat, I love the different flavors of chicken sausage from Trader Joe’s – they have some tasty ones!
Those sweet potato fries look amazing! I migaht have to get a bag!
I had some Alexia sweet potato fries tonight too! I also adore their onion rings. And I totally had the same chicken sausages last night too. This is kind of creepy.
I totally go “grocery shopping” in my parents’ pantry whenever I’m home, too. Luckily for them, that only happens once a year. ha!
I’m not a huge sausage fan at all but the al fresco chicken sausage is really good. The apple flavor is my favorite!
I love sweet potato fries! This veggie chicken sausage bowl is right up my alley.
I hope your blog changes continue to go well — everything has been fine on my end!
Julie! Here is my question…HOW to you do it all?! Keep up with your blog, read others, cook, clean, work, etc.? I think you are secretly superwomen…or superwomen with extremely fast internet 😉
Anything and everything is better when mixed with sweet ‘taters <3
OMG, those sweet potato fries are SO GOOD! I went through a phase where that was all I wanted. And now, I’m craving them. Thanks 😉
i just tried the alexia sweet potato fries for the first time last night…except mine were the ones with chipotle seasoning. YUM!!! soooo good!!
Oh those sound fantastic!
A very smooth transition! Congrats 🙂
Never in all my life have I heard of a chicken sausage… it sounds…. gross. (But that is coming from a vegetarian, so it doesn’t really count) hah!
Yum! Sweet potato fries are amazing and those look absolutely wonderful! You always have the best ideas 🙂
What did you think of the Bachelorette? I think i LOVE JP so far.. he’s so sweet!!
JP is definitely my favorite, too!
Wow! Your dinner looks deeeeelicious! I need to get some Alexia Sweet Potato Fries stat! 😀
I love chicken sausages! My hubby and I are pretty much obsessed. Good for a quick dinner!
That dinner looks delicious!!
Oooh and so do the cookies! 😀
Delicious dinner! I love sweet potato fries! 🙂
JP is most definitely my favorite. He is so darn sweet and cute! 😉 Ryan is starting to bother me now. He seems to be acting very fake.
Hey Julie! I may have missed something about what your PB project is, but I left a comment on your FB page about making no-bake cookies with PB. I have to share this recipe, because its the best cookie ever made and its so easy (and the warm batter is good enough to eat on its own – trust me, you’ll steal many spoonfuls before they make it to cookie-form).
No-bakes/oatmeal fudge cookies/haystacks (whatever you want to call them)
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup milk
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons coco powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup PB (I always use Jif)
2 cups instand oats
directions:
-melt butter in pan over med heat
-in the meantime, mix the coco powder and sugar to avoid coco lumps
-add the milk to melted butter
-stir in the sugar/coco mixture
-let this mixture come to a boil – once it startsboiling, set your timer for 2 mintues. stir/boil for exactly 2 mintues (this is key)
-after your timer goes off, turn off the heat
-add vanilla (it bubbles and its fun to watch!)
-add PB (I never measure this..I just use a heaping spoonful which probably ends up being aboud 3/4 c)
-add oatmeal (I usually add 1/4 c extra) i suggest stirring in the 2-2 1/4 cups and then letting it sit in the pan for about 1 minute, then see how thick it is. add the extra oatmeal (beyond the 1/4 extra) if you need it. the amount of PB you use will determine how thick the mixture is..you get the idea.
-spoon the cookies on to wax paper (put newspaper under it or you’ll get wax on the table) and let cool. you do not have to refrigerate. you’ll get the hang of how much oatmeal or pb you need to make it the correct thickness.
If you try this recipe out I’d love to hear how them came out! ENJOY!
That sausage looks so delicious! I think chicken sausage is my favorite by far. With Sun dried tomatoes? Yes, please! Do you order yours off the internet? I’m going to look for it at the store tonight. It seems like the perfect go-to no time meal.
Also, forgive me if you have already, but have you done a tutorial on roasting veggies? I keep accidentally burning mine… I suppose the solution to that would be to take them out earlier! hah! If you haven’t done a tutorial on it, would you mind when you have time?
Thanks, Julie!