quickies are nice

well..um, those kinds of quickies are nice; however, i'm talking about a quickie meal. bang-bang-bang done. i thought i was busy when i just had one kid. i'm still working on the two kid thing. no time to do much of anything, and when i think i've got a rhythm going, someone shits their pants!

i know, i know TMI. but readers of this blog that have two or more children know what i'm sayin'. aiiiight?

anyway, this is some ww pasta with my signature pesto sauce, chopped spanish olives, roasted red peppers, sun dried tomatoes, and some smoked tofu all living in harmony. in spite of all those savory ingredients, it tasted a little bland, so i added red pepper flakes for flair. it wasn't bad and it utilized stuff that had been sitting around in the pantry. if i make this again, i'll definitely add some roasted garlic or up the amount of pesto i use. i hate it when i'm pesto deficient.

me want cookies! nomnomnomnom....

guess who got isa and terry's cookie cookbook for the holidays? dat's right. these are the chocolate crinkle cookies. they are by far the family favorite--perfect marriage of crisp and chewy. it's like a cookie and a fudgey brownie did it and had cookie babies.

what's your favorite cookie from the book?

BOOM! Product Review

BOOM! this is probably the best vegan chocolate i've ever had. the texture isn't smooth as silk--it's a bit grainy, but that don't bother me no how. mr. jewy picked this up for me on clearance at kroger's and i'm glad he did. what i liked about it is that it is sweet for a dark chocolate bar, completely vegan-(none of that pesky jargon on the ingredients that states "used on equipment that processes milk, eggs, etc."), so it's even okay for the vegan police to eat.

added bonus: you gotta like a name like Boom! Choco Boom! i wonder if Enjoy Life foods will come up with a bom-chicka-bom-bom cookie or something.