Damages

So...someone hit my parked car in our parking lot. At least they came up to tell me. And their insurance is going to cover the damage. Which is good. My poor car can't handle anymore damage. :(
I have been so terrible about posting everyday, but I guess when I start working I won't have the time to post everyday anyway. I guess I will see.
So that is the new and not so exciting news. I am just glad that I was nobody was hurt or in the car at the time. I am pretty sure I would have been really mad if I was in the car and someone hit my car backing out of a parking spot....seriously that is pretty bad driving skills.

Anyway here is a bit more of what I have been doing/eating this week! :)

Monday night I got the craving for homemade mac n cheese so I said I am going to make some!!
I didn't really have all the ingredients for some of the recipes that I saw online but I figured I would just try my own. And truth be told it turned out pretty good, but not the greatest. I am still in search of the greatest homemade mac n cheese recipe...I guess next time I will actually follow a recipe...might help. Mine didn't make it to the hall of fame, but it was "OK" as Justin usually says about everything that he likes.

 I used:

One whole box of Shells pasta
Margarine
2 tbsp mustard (next time I am going to get powdered mustard)
2 tbsp flour (this is what I think might have killed the flavor a bit...I think it was just too much flour, but I don't know..)
1 8 oz bag of mixed cheddar cheeses (next time I am going to just do all sharp cheddar.)
S&P
Italian Bread crumbs and shredded parm on top

Truly though, that was what I used but I wouldn't recommend it as the best mac n cheese but who knows...you might think it is tha bomb!

Served with Italian breaded chicken and fresh green beans!

Breakfast one morning this week...

Tea and Water always in the morning!

My oatmeal recipe which I need to do a series of pictures on how i make it. I make a big batch and eat throughout the week.

my attempt making pumpkin yogurt it was a honey flavored chobani with canned pumpkin and spices but it was too much pumpkin ratio to yogurt and it needed a bit more sweetener or something! My homemade spiced nuts, and pumpkin spice marshmallows made it OK.

I love Pomegranates!! And this is the first time I have opened one myself I watched several different videos on YouTube on how to de-seed a pomegranate without making a mess. :) And guess what! I didn't make a mess!!

 I already started breaking this one apart but...first you cut off the top with the little nub thing...I don't know what that is called

Then cut off the bottom

then you score with your knife around the edges of the pomegranate where you can see the white membrane. Then you pull those apart underwater in a big bowl. The seeds float to the bottom and the membrane stuff floats to the top. It makes it fast and easy, but you don't even need the water if you take your time picking out the seeds.

Little ruby jewels of super food fruit! YUM!

More fun soon to come! :) And hopefully good eats! I have my eyes on an Autumn Root Vegetable Soup, but it is supposed to get warmer so I need for it to get chilly again so I can make it!!

New Eats!

Well since moving in with Justin after our wedding we have been loving cooking together, hiking, and just being able to be with each other longer than the weekends.

I have been job searching all week but I am starting to get some phone calls back. I had to turn one daycare down because the pay was just not enough, so I have an interview tomorrow and I really liked the school when I went to visit so we will see how it goes! Hopefully they have a full time position that is payed a little better than minimum wage, since I do have a degree and I am a certified teacher.

We got some great wedding gifts and one that we have been using a ton is our Panini press! We love it not to mention love sandwiches, I basically only like to eat sandwiches when they are toasted or at least the bread is toasted...except for PB&J of course. So I wanted to  share some meals that we have been having the last 2 weeks. I am so terrible about posting everyday. I don't know how bloggers do it, some even post more than twice a day!

This was our first meal in our apartment together!

Close up! We had chicken, asparagus grilled in the grill pan with parmesan, and tomato, basil, mozzarella with balsamic! Our favorite bread Semolina Batard and Vino!

Here is our panini press! LOVE!

Tomato, basil and parmesan I think maybe with some sliced turkey.

delicious lunch!

I have more some more panini pictures we just can't get enough! I am going to look up some recipes online to make more! It is such an easy dinner or lunch too.

Spinach, Turkey, Tomato with Sun dried tomato pesto, and some laughing cow light cheese wedge (Love that cheese I am obsessed!) all of this on and Everthing BagelThin. Bagel thins are great I prefer them over regular sandwich bread.

with a Sierra Nevada Tumbler, which I believe is their fall seasonal...or one of them. A bit early for fall beer but it was very tasty!

That is all for now! I will have to blog about my interview and share some pictures of tonight's dinner, I am planning Burrito night! It should be yummy.