trinity salads

[Exhibit A of fail lighting in old dorm room]

Trinity salads.

4 parts leaves

1 part vegetables

Needless to say they got very boring.

So with the remaining eggs and half and half in the fridge, I made a simple frittata to get rid of one of the many boxes of salad that accumulated on the bottom shelf.

Simply whipped desired number of eggs and desired amount of cream in a pan and threw in desired amount of veggies.

Baked at 350 for about 10-15 minutes.

Devour with packet of honey mustard-dill sauce (that was also in fridge) whilst studying biology.

Easy.

late night snacking

from MP/Trinity
-garden salad

from elsewhere

-avocado
-box of Rice-a-roni (could very well be pasta too)

-can of tomatoes

Just a more exciting way to eat a Trinity salad, since I've had to survive on those this semester.

from MP/Trinity

-onions, mushrooms, croutons
-two boxes of cheese and crackers
-cup of milk

from elsewhere

-salt, pepper, nutmeg

-rigatoni and elbows
-flour
-nonstick spray
-soy protein powder (don't ask - need to use it somehow)

Your basic mac and cheese recipe with three cheeses (those found in the container).

I wasn't planning on cooking the croutons with the vegetables, but they had gotten somewhat soggy in the tupperware, so I just dumped them in the pan too, but it actually turned out pretty good.  Somewhat like breaded vegetables.

Crumbled the crackers on top instead.

So dense and cheesy and guilty.

amelia

spring in winter

Making spring rolls for dinner whilst doing Chinese.

Being super Asian.

from the Marketplace

spring mix

carrots

cucumbers

snap peas

sriracha

from elsewhere

Thai sesame noodle from Trinity Cafe

peanuts from friend down the hall

avocado (no pictured) from home

rice paper (not pictured) from home

soy sauce (not pictured) from Whole Foods

This is about the easiest thing you can make right before burritos because you don't need to cook anything unless you want to add shrimp, chicken (which you could get at Trinity), or egg.

1. soak rice paper

2. fill

3. roll

4. eat

♥
ann and amelia

culinary society: monkey bread

Hot cinnamon and brown sugar mess.

recipe courtesy of pioneerwoman

♥
ann and amelia

plan v: pad thai

I suppose we should start separating our posts into tabs because not all of our culinary adventures can be funded by the Marketplace (but from Whole Foods in this case).

We volunteered to make vegetarian/vegan/gluten free pad thai for the Plan V club here, which is all about eating vegetarian/vegan/gluten free food... and the majority of the members were none of the above.

(recipe courtesy of about.com)

slight variations: 

added tofu

skipped the vegetable stock

scallions served on the side

made two separate dishes, with and without eggs

♥
ann and amelia

exception.al cheesecake

It was Bryan's birthday on Sunday, so naturally, we made him a cheesecake (without the use of an electric mixer).
Note: none of the ingredients were obtained from the Marketplace. Recipe adopted from The Pioneer Woman


filling
2/3 cup sugar

3 packets (8 oz.) of cream cheese

1/2 cup sour cream
4 eggs

crust

1 package vanilla wafers
1/2 cup almonds
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup butter

topping
(we omitted this part because we forgot to get fruit)
2 cups fruit of choice
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water

[the birthday boy]

♥
ann and amelia

pseudo risotto

from the Marketplace
white and brown rice
cheese
scallions
lemon
zucchini
squash
mushrooms
onions
green bell pepper
spinach
red bell pepper
jalapeño

(I'm not sure if we got our money's worth on this one.)
(we didn't actually use everything because the squash was frozen, and I didn't feel like cutting up the red pepper and jalapeño)

from the farmer's market/home
1 eggplant (50 cents!)
cherry tomatoes
olive oil, salt, pepper

1. chop
2. throw in skillet (zuchinni and eggplant first) ((tomatoes were roasted separately last))
3. cook, stirring constantly
Can't get more simplistic than that.

Needed
more cheese
herbs

♥
ann and amelia