What We Ate Wednesday: Every Wednesday I write a blog post with all of the vegetarian dinners we ate this week.
Late again. Blah blah blah. Same old same old!!! Sorry!
Wednesday: Birthday and Half Birthday Dinner
Today was Campbell’s 2.5 birthday and Nana’s birthday was the day after we left San Diego so we thought it would be fun to have a joint celebration. We had quesadillas, mexican street corn quinoa salad, drinks of all sorts prepared by Ben, and of course CAKE! By the way, I don’t exactly follow the directions for that quinoa salad. I basically just cook the quinoa, grill the corn and peppers (or more accurately have Ben grill them) and then mix everything into a big bowl. Much easier!
Thursday: Pizzeria Mozza
Funny story. When we went to Pizzeria Mozza on our date night, we were surprised to see how family friendly it was and thought it would have been fun to take the kids there. Then when they brought us the bill they included a little flier that says Mondays you get 20% off your entire bill!! So we decided to go back with the whole family on Monday (it really is good!). But then on Monday they called us and said they had a problem with their ovens and had to shut down! But we were able to reschedule for Thursday and still get the 20% off deal! My cousin Elliott, who lives in San Diego, met us for dinner and Ben’s sister Rebecca drove down for the day from LA and had dinner too. it was really fun! We had most of the same things but this time we also got the funghi pizza and the goat cheese and leek pizza. Both yummy!
Friday: Burritos
We stopped by El Zarape and got more burritos to take on the plane for lunch/dinner. Hahah! What can I say, we really like Mexican food (this doesn’t even include the burritos we had for lunches over the last week).
Saturday: Beet Salad with Chickpea and Brown Rice Patties
I was so proud of myself for this meal. We just got home from San Diego the night before and had almost no groceries in the house. But Ben did pick up the CSA veggies at his office so we had a little bit to work with. I made this beet salad without the greens. And I decided to make warm goat cheese (like the ones in this recipe). They were amaaazing! I also made chickpea and rice patties, but they were just ok so I won’t post the recipe.
Sunday: Stuffed Hungarian Peppers, Roasted Carrots, Pasta
OMG. These stuffed peppers were so good–much better than I was expecting. We used field roast sausage and I swear, even a sausage connoisseur wouldn’t know these were meat free in this recipe! We also roasted carrots and Ben made caccio e pepe with orzo.
Monday: Roasted Baby Eggplants with Feta, Hummus, and Rice
This meal seemed so fancy for some reason! The eggplants looked really fancy. We just used Trader Joe’s hummus and I didn’t love it. I feel like whenever I am eating hummus at a party, it is always from Trader Joe’s and I always think it’s so good but then whenever I buy TJ hummus, I don’t like it. There are about 500 different options, so maybe I am just picking the wrong one. What is your fave??
Tuesday: BBQ dinner club
My friend Nicole hosted this month’s dinner club and it was a Summer BBQ theme. I made feta, mint, and watermelon skewers with drizzled balsamic from Trader Joe’s. After dinner, we roasted s’mores at the fire pit in Nicole’s back yard! Yum!!! I also made this delicious summer gnocchi for the rest of my family.