This week’s quote is in honor of my favorite vegan, my cousin Naomi. Enjoy!
“Calvin: Why are you crying mom?
Mom: I’m cutting up an onion.
Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthropomorphize your vegetables.”
–Bill Waterson, Calvin and Hobbes
This week’s quote is in honor of my favorite vegan, my cousin Naomi. Enjoy!
“Calvin: Why are you crying mom?
Mom: I’m cutting up an onion.
Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthropomorphize your vegetables.”
–Bill Waterson, Calvin and Hobbes
I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned this before on this blog, but I am not a morning person. When I’m going to bed at night, I always have these grand plans for my morning “I’m going to get up at 6 and jog! Then I’m going to make a healthy breakfast, and shower and take some time to do my hair and makeup and I’m going to look like a movie star!” Then my alarm goes off and I think “screw that, I’m going to sleep for another hour.” Then an hour and a half later, when I actually drag myself out of bed, I barely have time to throw my hair in a bun after I shower and grab a yogurt as I’m running out the door.
I’ve heard lots of people say that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” so I’ve really been putting in an effort to make a good breakfast recently. Scrambled eggs, turkey bacon or sausage, some kind of veggie or bean. Problem is, it usually takes me 30 – 45 minutes to cook and consume this healthy breakfast. So I’ve been trying to find ways to still have a good breakfast in the morning while keeping my cook/prep/eating time to about 5 minutes. When I found this recipe, I was super pumped because not only does it take about 1 minute to prepare in the morning, it’s portable, so I can still eat it as I’m running out the door. It’s the best of both worlds! I usually make these on Sunday night and then I have enough to last throughout the week.
I think next time the only things I would do differently would be getting the tin foil cupcake cups, or just greasing the cupcake pan and making them without the wrapper at all. The eggs stick to the paper a little too much with the paper cups and you end up losing like half of your omelet muffin. I’d also spoon the meat mixture in first and then top it off with the eggs to make sure I got a good ratio with each muffin. Taste-wise though, I’d say they were perfect.
My mom makes the best chili. Well, she makes the best pretty much any food you can name, but her chili is especially good. I know lots of people love really spicy chili, but I’m not a person who believes that chili making should actually be a process of developing new and interesting ways to set people’s mouths on fire and ensure they don’t taste things right for at least a week. I like a little bit of kick, but let’s keep it to a reasonable level people. If I have to sign a waiver before I eat your food, IT’S TOO SPICY.
There are two ways of making this chili. The first is the classic Tina method, which takes a lot more work, but is totally worth it. The second is the lazy Sydney method, which involves a crock pot and very little work on your part, but takes a lot more time (since it’s in the slow cooker).
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