Project Eat Everything: Day 5

Ok. Since I am looking after 2 puppies that are not housebroken (I'm not talking about Taz, thankyouverymuch), my imagination and wits are being stretched. So much so that I finished those hot wings & papa's potatoes for breakfast/lunch. Then I made frozen fried rice for dinner (but i DID scramble an egg), so it wasn't completely ridiculous.

Then binged out at night with a piece of pizza toast (a desperate derivative of pizza bagel and pizza muffin) with black olives.

Followed by some popcorn (thanks B!).

Project Eat Everything: Day 4

Today I ate the canned ravioli for lunch. Not terrible, but not great. Let's just say the picture looks better than it tasted.

B had the last top ramen with veggies.

For dinner, we broke down & ordered Papa Guido's pizza for delivery. Only I got hot wings (& papa's potatoes) and B got chicken strips. Man, I miss that place. It used to be my regular hang out. I mean, cheap beer and biking distance from home really made the place!

Project Eat Everything: Day 3

Relatively unimaginative spread for today. Finished off the quinoa/veggie mix as well as the grapes for lunch. In the interests of not boring you completely senseless, I will not post pics. B had a chicken breast sandwich, which I forgot to take a pic of.

For dinner, I baked some leftover penne with pasta sauce, capers & cheese.

Project Eat Everything: Day 2

Ok, it is day two and the reality is starting to set in. The frozen veggies are dwindling, and it's becoming clear that this mission needs to be accomplished fast. Which will require creativity. Not that today was the day to start being creative.

Anyways, lunch was quinoa - cooked with canned chicken broth & garlic powder - with frozen stir fry veggies.

The same quinoa appeared at afternoon tea, remixed with the rest of the hummus & green olives.

Dinner was chicken and boxed mashed potatoes. Ketchup was an attempt to eat something that wasn't brown.

Late night snack was the rest of the bbq chicken made into chicken salad and stuffed in the last fresh tomato.

Dessert was blueberry pancakes made with the fresh blueberries and a tin of waffle mix.

Project Eat Everything: Day 1

Day 1 was easy, since I still have something that resembles a vegetable. And since we started this challenge at night, I only had to come up with one meal. So here we have it: stir fried veggies & left over bbq chicken in olive oil, garlic & a little parmesan.

Dessert: oatmeal with blueberries.

Introducing: Project Eat Everything

B had an awesome idea today: we are going to try to eat everything in our house before we go grocery shopping again. I will take pics every day of my meals to see if there is anything interesting that can be made with a ton of starch and random Asian spices. We seriously have SO much stuff sitting around that this is an awesome idea. And you all know I'm up for a challenge. Starting NOW!

So here are the before pictures. And in the name of science, the before contents of my kitchen.

Cupboard contents: 1 box Cheerios, 1 box Joe's Os, 2 boxes sugar packets, 3 containers pancake mix, 1 container rolled oats, 1 jar pasta sauce, 4 packets of various pastas (stick, penne, farfalle, egg noodles, pad thai noodles), 1 packet ramen, 5 packets of instant pasta, brown sugar, cocoa powder, oil, rice (brown, white, arborio & sticky), popcorn, 1 box instant oatmeal, 1 jar salsa (big papi brand -very unlikely it will be eaten), 1 box full of random spice packets my mother gave me (tom yum mix, rendang mix, soto ayam, garlic herb potato seasoning, tamarind, hollandaise sauce - told you it was random. Also unlikely this will be eaten), 2 boxes of tea bags, 3 cans pineapple, 2 cans tomato sauce, 1 can tuna, 2 cans chicken broth (and some stock cubes), 1 can chicken noodle soup, 1 can beef ravioli, 3 cans beans (kidney, garbanzo & black), 2 limes, 1 can olives, vinegar, worcestershire suace, instant mashed potatoes, gnochi, panko, qinoa, croutons, parmesan chicken mix, 2 cans coffee, vegemite.

Fridge contents: blueberries, parmesan cheese, homemade hummus, leftover bbq chicken & steak, green olives, mostly eaten jar of salsa, mayo, 2 tubs margarine, big bag of grated cheese, leftover beans, 12 pack Highlife, eggs (mostly eaten), homemade iced tea, cranberry juice, jim beam, grapes, parsley, 1 tomato, 1 carrot, 1 onion, mushrooms, precut pineapple.

Fridge door contents: 2 mini A1 sauces (thanks, Squaw Creek!), block of cheese, black bean & garlic sauce, 3 types of hot sauce, mustard, 1 jar capers, teriyaki sauce, ketchup, bbq sauce, caesar dressing, ranch & blue cheese dressings.

Freezer contents: 1/2 bag frozen shrimp, 4 chicken breasts, 3 bags frozen veggies, bag of edamame, bag of fried rice, bag of stir fry shrimp mix, 1/3 of a loaf of bread, 4 hamburger buns.

Other random shit lying around: soy sauce, ginger, garlic, seltzer water, 1 bottle vodka, 1 bottle gin, balsamic vinegar.

Upon reflection, I probably should have started this challenge right after a big grocery shopping trip, like when I have some milk and veggies. Some provisions may have to be made for this dilemma (I mean, we are going to run out of beer at some point)

Asian Tacos, Take I

In a moment of inspiration (read: we have run out of normal taco toppings) I decided to make Asian-ish chicken tacos. Just fried some chicken, and veggies in stir fry sauce (soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, vinegar, garlic & ginger) and threw it all in a hard shell taco. I was skeptical at first, but may be a convert.

Ah, Highlife, you make everything taste better...

Puppy's first taco:
Desert: Pancake with lime juice & sugar on top; eaten on the beach while watching a pumping lineup.

A Scramble to Rival Hughes's

Was inspired to make a decent breakfast this morning, so I decided to make a Greek-style scramble. Here are the ingredients all laid out: eggs, tomato, garlic, basil & feta.

The process ...

And the product...