Simple Eating

I’ve mentioned before that I’m not much for cooking. But I’m beginning to believe that I may be a deeply closeted foodie. I think that is why I don’t cook. I don’t enjoy mundane, every day food. But I do like to keep things simple. That is one advantage to some of the changes going on in my life currently. Sarah is gone and this is once again Steve’s busy travel time for work. So most evenings it is just Emma and I for dinner. She doesn’t eat much and it would be easy to assume that she is a picky eater. But the truth is that she likes things most typical kids don’t like or won’t even try. So we try different things and sometimes I make one thing and she makes another.

One simple dinner we’ve been enjoying lately are ciabatta sandwiches made with pesto and fresh mozzarella. I add fresh basil and tomatoes to mine. She puts prosciutto and no tomatoes on hers. We don’t have a Panini press but we do have a small George Foreman grill that works just fine to warm things up and if you leave it in there long enough, makes the cheese all melty and happy.

This isn’t exactly “diet food” but it is fresh and natural. Last night we had to make a trip to Target after work for some basics and by the time we were done I was starving. The easy thing to do would have been to run through the Skippy’s drive thru for a gyro and curly fries but instead I opted to come home and put one of these sandwiches together. A much better choice.

Today my inner foodie is going to try making homemade tzatziki sauce. You see, I got the notion of Skippy’s Gyros in my head and I need to satisfy that craving. This is the recipe I’m going to be using: Kalyn’s Kitchen: World’s Best Tzatziki Sauce Recipe. What I’m going to put the sauce on when I’m done I’m still not sure about. Maybe just some fresh veggies, maybe a meat entrée of some kind (would not even know where to begin with lamb so I’m not going traditional here!) or maybe I’ll just pick up some pita chips and call it good.

I’m also hoping to start a quilt project that will start to use up some of my mountains of fabric scraps!