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…)
I’m eating a frozen dinner right now. I think that answers your question 🙂 during the school year I just feel way too stressed out to put time into cooking! It’s sad but true. Those tostadas sound soooo good! I’ve never tried them but I love all things mexican so I think they’d be right up my alley.
CEREALCEREALCEREALCEREALCEREAL.
I love cereal.
And I don’t know how to do anything else in the kitchen.
Because I suck. And that’s why I have Mr. A now. Well, not the only reason. I have needs.
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You lazy meals look pretty good to me! Maybe I should be lazier more often. 😉 I’m pretty simple when it comes to creating recipes and cooking – it’s almost more like “making” than “cooking” at times. Oh – and it’s a good thing you interpreted your man’s words to craft such a pleasing dinner for him… 😉
hahaha I LOVE that conversation!! SO my husband!!
I love fancy meals and taking my tiome, but sometimes a fast meal can really hit the spot too. 🙂
BOTH! I like fancy dinners here and there..but usually it’s a random bowl of stuff. If I make something elaborate it is more likely a baked good. I am addicted to sweets. These tostadas look great!
I love Trader Joes Greek yogurt-especially the vanilla! I love tostadas too but I’ve never made my own. Will be trying this soon-once I have a teeny break from homework! 😀
I can’t help it but I must have “aww-ed” like 5 times during this post! And how sweet was his comment about dinner being better than a restaurant?! Awwww! 😉
I am definitely NOT a fancy dinner kind of gal…30 minutes is my AB-SO-LUTE maximum in the kitchen before I am able to stuff delicious food in my face!
I’m so jealous of your salad bar at work! Ours at the hospital sucks so bad! I mean seriously, how do you screw up a salad bar??
I’m SO lucky with our salad bar at work!!! (Well, and with the boy. Sometimes.) They have salsa, guacamole, hummus, veggies, YUM!!
way to go veggie hater. thats a good dinner. Not lazy, just simple and delicious!
I’m lazy sometimes too, especially when I’m busy! These Tostadas look fantastic 🙂