I know some of you out there are just as bummed about the lack of canned pumpkin available on the shelves at the grocery store lately. How are we supposed to make pumpkin pie protein smoothies or pumpkin protein pancakes without the key ingredient? Well, I have one can of pumpkin remaining in my cabinet…
Pantry Scrounging Dinner
Tonight’s dinner was created from staples I always have on hand: frozen veggies soup bread cheese I knew I wanted to use the box of V8 butternut squash soup that has been haunting me everytime I open my cubbard. As indicated by the severely torn box of soup in the above picture, I’ve clearly never opened a box…
A Fetchin' Good Night
Orthodontist Appointment and Wedding Talk I left work a little early today for an invisalign appointment with my orthodontist. Yes, I am 24 and am going through braces (albeit clear ones) for the first time. My orthodontist is awesome (she went to Haaaa-vard) and is a fellow bride-to-be. I ended up staying after my appointment for half…
Butternut Squash and Apple Pizza
When I arrived home from work today a sorry sight greeted me. It looks like Grimace the pumpkin has officially kicked the bucket. Fortunately the other Halloween decorations are not perishable. Dinner Oooooh yum. Dinner tonight was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S. First I plucked a small butternut squash from our produce basket, peeled and cubed it. After cutting…
Beefin' Up the Beef
Sometimes I get annoyed by the food that sits in our freezer. It mocks me everytime I add something new. Tonight’s dinner was a “clean out the freezer” dinner. I pulled out a package of frozen butternut squash and frozen spinach and put my thinking cap on. I first unloaded the butternut squash into a pot…