But I still refused to call it a night without some sort of pretzel. Failing at yeast I scoured the interwebs for a pretzel that could be made using self-rising flour. I found one that claimed to be a pretzel and looked pretty quick and easy (it WAS getting late). I busted it out and discovered something that a lot of people who write recipes on the internet should know: Just because you can twist it into a pretzel shape does not make it a pretzel. So i had bready dough shaped like pretzels, that were definitely not pretzels. We did decide, however, that this recipe would make an excellent pizza dough, so next week we'll be having a secret homemade pizza party. There will be homemade sauce too.
Smoothie time hit again, and once we were done pulverizing ice with some berries, yogurt, orange juice, a banana, a kiwi, and a peach, the result was delicious:
Tonight I had to make cupcakes for a coworker's birthday.
The cupcakes themselves were pretty boring, just marble with a basic vanilla buttercream. Not something I would have picked out myself, but what said coworker likes. Next week is my sister's birthday, so there will be more exciting cupcakes for me to make and take to work.
As for dinner tonight, I've been craving meatball subs lately, but I'm definitely cutting back on my red meat, so I went with turkey meatballs. It was the first time that I had ever used ground turkey, and one of my roommates' first meatball subs. It went over well:
I found a recipe on the internet and tweaked it to my liking. Once again, I used the good old standby of Newman's Own Sockarooni sauce. A little provolone on a crusty roll finished them up. I served them with rosemary oven fries.
Turkey Meatballs (makes 18 meatballs)
1.25 lb ground turkey
1/4 c. sauteed minced onion
2 cloves garlic, minced and sauteed
1 egg
1/4 c. uncooked oatmeal (my mom always used to do this in meatloaf in place of bread crumbs, I do too, and it always turns out tasty)
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp Kosher salt
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper.
Combine all ingredients. Form into golf ball sized balls. Brown in a skillet with a bit of olive oil, turning occasionally to make sure entire surface is browned. Heat pasta sauce in separate pot, and add meatballs, after draining excess grease. Simmer over medium heat for 15-20 minutes.
These meatballs were seriously awesome. Much better than any beef meatballs I've had, which usually end up tough and dry.
Tomorrow: Sweet potato chilaquiles.
The cupcakes themselves were pretty boring, just marble with a basic vanilla buttercream. Not something I would have picked out myself, but what said coworker likes. Next week is my sister's birthday, so there will be more exciting cupcakes for me to make and take to work.
As for dinner tonight, I've been craving meatball subs lately, but I'm definitely cutting back on my red meat, so I went with turkey meatballs. It was the first time that I had ever used ground turkey, and one of my roommates' first meatball subs. It went over well:
I found a recipe on the internet and tweaked it to my liking. Once again, I used the good old standby of Newman's Own Sockarooni sauce. A little provolone on a crusty roll finished them up. I served them with rosemary oven fries.
Turkey Meatballs (makes 18 meatballs)
1.25 lb ground turkey
1/4 c. sauteed minced onion
2 cloves garlic, minced and sauteed
1 egg
1/4 c. uncooked oatmeal (my mom always used to do this in meatloaf in place of bread crumbs, I do too, and it always turns out tasty)
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp Kosher salt
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper.
Combine all ingredients. Form into golf ball sized balls. Brown in a skillet with a bit of olive oil, turning occasionally to make sure entire surface is browned. Heat pasta sauce in separate pot, and add meatballs, after draining excess grease. Simmer over medium heat for 15-20 minutes.
These meatballs were seriously awesome. Much better than any beef meatballs I've had, which usually end up tough and dry.
Tomorrow: Sweet potato chilaquiles.
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