home made week

There's some buzz in the food blog world about making this week be "home made week." I love getting inspired to make some commonly purchased goods from scratch at home. Ashley from the Edible Perspective made some granola, lentil burgers and almond butter so far. When I have more time (when done with school) I am totally going to make more staples from scratch. I really want to make my own greek yogurt!
I had a rough day on Monday (feeling overwhelmed, pulled in so many directions and a little delirious). I did a labored 2 mile run but it didn't do much to clear my head. I came home to an empty house but shortly after the Mr. arrived with dinner groceries. Mikey made Thai Chicken Noodle soup. It had rice noodles as a base. The soup consisted of: shallots, red curry paste, serrano peppers, chicken broth, coconut milk, mushrooms, red peppers, snap peas, spinach and herbs. It was so good!
We spent some time relaxing while watching Monday night sitcoms. Nothing like snuggling with the fam on the couch:
Today was a much more productive day. I had a short day at work since I had a dentist apt. in the afternoon. Once home, I felt motivated to do some cleaning. I find that I clean a lot when I am under stress. Weird.
We continued home made week by making almond butter and hummus tonight.
The Roasted Garlic & Red Pepper Hummus consisted of roasted garlic (in the toaster oven for 30 mins), roasted red pepper (in the oven on broil for 10 mins), almond butter (made fresh today), chick peas, olive oil, lemon & parsley:
Homemade almond butter and hummus are so much more cost effective and tasty I might add!
Dinner was a big veggie sandwich that consisted of:
-homemade sambal mayo
-avocado
-lettuce
-tomato
-red onion
-red bell pepper
-banana peppers
-Morningstar "chicken" patty (140 cals of bliss)
-wheat bread
I have more group work this week for class so I spent my evening preparing for the next assignment. I have to work 10-10 tomorrow and will get home in time for a 10:30pm conference call with my group.
I really need to get a countdown-to-graduation ticker on the blog. To say I'm excited for it would be the biggest understatement!
Caio!