Leftover Sortie

 Keeping dry, y'all?

I didn't have a lick of trouble. Do you know why?

It's not because I've purchased rain gear stalwart enough to withstand monsoon season.

No, folks. 
It's because rain all day means it's my favorite time of day all day long:

SWEATPANTS O'CLOCK!!

No amount of height on your heels will make those sweatpants fancy.

So, did you waste your sweatpants time this Sunday by wearing clothes?

I  didn't.

I had a good ole time staying in my house today.

I made tea.

I read a book. It may have been of the comic variety.

I went about using up all my left-overs. 

P-Cheese Sandwich

It's lunchtime again, y'all.

Or do you call it dinnertime? My relatives in Mississippi would call it that, but they wouldn't touch the lunch I made for myself.

No, sirree.

Whole wheat bread? Yuck.

But I ate it all up, and it was delicious.


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So what did I make????

A pimiento cheese sandwich with leftover lentil salad graced my plate this afternoon. I made the sandwich on whole wheat bread. 

(You aren't supposed to do that.)

(But I'm a rule breaker folks.)

Me & this dog are two rebellious peas in a pod.

Admittedly, the sandwich MIGHT have been tastier on honey wheat bread (Newman's own, my Daddy Bob's favorite by the way) or some wonderbread probably.

But y'all. That pimiento cheese sandwich was good. The cheese spread was good. Good enough to eat on 100% whole wheat bread. 

(With seeds in it and everything.)

Do you want to see?

Engorge Your Eggplant

What's good, y'all?

I love eating vegetables. I love putting them all in one dish and enjoying myself a veritable vegetable jamboree. 
(A poppin' produce party, a bountiful bacchanal!) 

So, stuffed vegetables are perfect for me--and you can stuff any vegetable you want, really!

Zucchini. Potatoes. Bell Peppers. Mushrooms.

Stuff 'em all, I say.

Right into my face.

Yesterday, I made a stuffed eggplant which is basically like a twice baked potato, but healthier and also better because

EGGPLANTS TASTE BETTER THAN POTATOES!

Listen to the ponies.

Yes, they surely surely do folks. 

So, I wrastled  myself up a basic recipe for stuffed eggplant and mutilated it appropriately. 

I was happy with the finale.

I love how the edges curl up. Check after the jump for my recipe!

One Potato, Sweet Potato!

TGIF, y'all.

Just kidding. I don't care what day of the week it is, it's summer! Winter is finally gone, and I can drink on weeknights. 

Weeknights! And when I order mojitos I no longer hear the dreaded

"oh honey it's WINTER, we don't have MINT on hand!"

(Bartenders haven't heard about the marvels of modern agriculture technology yet.) 

What do you order when it becomes summer? Mai tai? 
Piña colada? Mint Julep?
Daiquiri? Tequila sunrise? Margarita?

...................

is it a mudslide?

Not that kind.

Well, I ordered a mojito last night and woke up craving citrus. A big, juicy navel orange tastes sooOOoooO good in the morning when you're thirsty. Or hungry. 

(or neither)

Yes, folks, I peeled a big ole orange and set it alongside my baked sweet potato topped with granola and yogurt and had myself another carbtastic breakfast of champions.