Brussel sprouts

On Wednesday, we were having a conversation about what we wanted to eat at our thanksgiving feast. The conversation of Brussel sprouts came up. I have only had them once in my life, they were really really gross, but it was at a camp where all the food was really gross. 

They got from cut fromour menu.  

The next day I was at Trader Joe's and I saw this:

I just had to get it, it's huge!!! And a little scary.

We made it last night:

And while they were baking I had this text conversation with the boy who always comes over: 

He forgot that he was bringing us dinner. We invited our boss to come and eat Brussel sprouts with us... And he came. It was great. 

Anyway here is how we made Brussel sprouts (it's the most generic recipe ever, 4 people told me this is how you make them) 

Step 1: preheat oven to 400

Step 2: cut off Brussel sprouts from steam with knife and wash with water 

Step 3: line 9x13 pan with tin foil and put a oil olive oil on foil

Step 4: put in Brussel sprouts (cut big ones in half) cover in salt and pepper and more olive oil, mix with hands keep sprouts evenly spread out in pan 

Step 5: put in oven for 25-30 minutes

Dairy-free calzones

Last night I threw together dinner for me, my roommate and that guy who always hangs out with us. I really loved how our meal turned out and wanted to share it with you (I didn't take a picture, I am mad about that) 

Ingredients: (feeds 3) 

•Trader Jo's herb pizza dough  

•1 onion

• Italian seasoning

• garlic powder

• 7 mushrooms

• 2 zucchini 

• 2 links of Italian sausage

• 2 tomatoes 

• 1/4 cup of cooked brown rice

Step 1: 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and set out dough on counter to rise

Step 2:

Dice onion and sauté in olive oil, cover with garlic powder and Italian seasoning, once it is mostly sauté add chopped mushrooms and zucchini pieces

Step 3:

In separate pan remove sausage from casings and brown in pan

Step 4:

Dice tomatoes 

Step 5:

Separate dough into 3 pieces, on a large greased pan roll out each dough one and a time and add rice, tomatoes, meat and sautéed vegetables to center of dough, fold dough over the top and repeat for the remaining 2 dough balls 

Step 6:

Bake for 16 minutes, or until golden dough is ready 

My bowl of rice turned into a hotdish tonight...and it's amazing!

So I was just throwing together some dinner tonight, and somehow made this masterpiece of a meal. 

Here's what I did:

Made Brown rice (like the package says to: boil 1 cup water, add 1/2 rice once it boils with a little bit of salt and butter) 

I threw in a handful of washed cilantro in the pot.

 

Sauté onion in butter, added to rice pot (I had to add water to rice pot tonight, it may have been due to adding onion, watch for that in your meal) 

Cook Italian sausage, I get the links from the store (like bratwurst shape) and take the casings off and cook in a pan since I'm cooking for just me. 

Once rice is done mix it with sausage in a bowl, add a tad of butter, feta cheese and fresh cilantro in top and BOOM! You have what I made in the picture. It's amazing! 

Notes: I have never bought cilantro until this week, and avoided recipes that had it. Turns out it comes in a bag, next to the bag lettuce at target. All you do (or at least what I did) was was it and rip it up and throw it in. Tastes mmm..mmm...good! 

Sausage in casings is a really easy way to make a one person portion. Once I discovered you can do this, I do it all the time. It makes it really easy. And trader joe has a big selection. 

Got me some kale

I have a fear of kale, and I decided to face it today by making a kale and strawberry smoothie--- midway through though, I added some Greek yogurt and raspberries, I think I really needed these additions, the frozen strawberries where blending and the kale was just a little to green for me. 

In the end tastes pretty good, it's nice and thick!

Ps I bought this kale about a year and a half ago, but have been to afraid to do anything with it until today!

PPS it was frozen kale, should maybe clarify that :)