What I [Lazily] Ate Wednesday
Don’t tell anyone, but I’m kind of lazy sometimes.
Actually, it’s not really a secret. If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know I’m not an elaborate recipe kind of girl. Honestly, I don’t have that long of an attention span. A recipe that has 9,000 steps, and takes 4 hours to prepare just doesn’t sound fun to me. And since lately, my food preparation has been for a guy who would prefer a box of Reese’s Puffs instead of a gourmet dinner, I’m not planning on changing my strategy anytime soon.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s What I Ate Wednesday, so I’ll satisfy your voyeristic personalities and show you what I’ve been eating 😉 (I don’t mean that in a bad way. I’m the biggest food creeper ever.)
Lazy Breakfast:
I was craving a smoothie, but since my roomie was still sleeping and my Vita Mix sounds like a jet engine taking off in a construction zone, I decided I’d stick to a simple yogurt bowl.
Trader Joe’s 0% Greek Yogurt (cheaper than Fage!) with blueberries & bear naked granola. Sorry, this is nothing new.
Lazy Lunch:
I was too lazy to pack my lunch and the salad bar at work is pretty delicious so this was lunch! Plus I LOVE avocado (hello healthy fats!) and they always have it at work. Holy yum.
Lazy Dinner:
Ah dinner. As I mentioned last week, I’ve been trying to create some new “His & Hers” recipes, where a vegetarian and a meat eater can live in harmony eat at the same table. It just so happens that these opportunities tend to come up on Tuesdays, which means the recipes falls into WIAW. Anyways.
The veggie-hater suggested pasta, but the conversation went as follows:
Good thing I can read between the lines.
This is one of those recipes that could make someone think you’ve been in the kitchen for an hour, but you’ve actually only been in there for 5 minutes. But don’t tell anyone. (That way, they’ll do the dishes.) The trick is a can of pre-made chili. I got mine from Trader Joe’s but you could use any brand.
His & Her’s Tostadas
- 6 small corn tortillas
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 can beef chili
- 2 cups frozen tri-color peppers (or you could use fresh ones, I’m just lazy, remember?)
- 1/2 medium zucchini
- 1/2 medium yellow squash
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
- Sour cream or Greek yogurt
Heat up the vegetable oil in a skillet and lightly fry the corn tortillas. While those are cooking, heat up your chili and your beans. (These can be done in the microwave, honestly.) The tortillas won’t take long, and once they’re crispy, remove from the pan and add a little more oil. (Using the same pan saves dish-time.) Add your frozen peppers, zucchini and yellow squash in the pan and saute until tender.
For the boy, I topped the tortillas with the chili, a bit of peppers, cheese and Greek yogurt. (He thought it was sour cream… and when he asked for more, I confessed it was Greek yogurt. He almost had a tofu meltdown but then decided it really did taste good.)
For mine, I just topped one tortilla with a ton of vegetables and salsa. (Basically what I would make here…)
My husband is like that about Mexican food, always a winner for him.
That salad looks really good!
Your lazy lunch (the salad) is like my full effort lunch! The shredded carrots in it look superb!
I love the i cook you clean rule – i use it ALL the time!! haha
Don’t worry, I can be super lazy too!! As much as I love to cook, I often find dinner being a simple nut butter sandwich with raw veggies… sandwiches aren’t just a lunch option in my house 🙂
And I was craving a smoothie this morning too, but I resisted for just the same reason you did. My grandma’s visiting and I thought it would be rude – at least on day one 😉
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Hahaha, I love that text! I’m usually lazy with what I make all day and when dinner rolls around I always want to make something a little more involved. It’s when I like to experiment with new recipes and just have fun in the kitchen. I like those really complicated recipes.. it’s fun to put music on, drink beer/wine/kombucha (haha) and have a good time!
Hahaha I definitely have those times, or when I’m really frustrated about something and I need to get in the kitchen! But most of the time… I’m pretty lazy 😉
I really, really love cooking, so I hate the nights when I’m so tired that all I can do is pour a bowl of cereal haha.
Haha sometimes that’s totally what I do too!
I love mexican food! Great boy pleasing idea 🙂
Those tostadas look great and knowing that they only took about 5 minutes makes them a little more fantastic.!!!!
Hope you are having a great day. Just want you to know that reading your blog is just a joy!
Thanks for the blog, this gives me some good ideas for veggie-based meals. Thanks!
These tostadas sound really good, love how you can mix and match them too!! Those texts are hilarious… he definitely made that choice easy lol 😉 I adore cooking, it relaxes me, so I have no problem spending some extra time in the ktichen making a fancier meal – but that’s not an everyday thing for sure! I like, even more and esp fora weeknight, coming up with fancy meals that are secretly super simple (just like this one!)