rainy day blues

i was supposed to take the kids to a birthday party today, but the rain postponed our plans.  instead, i am thinking of making some sort of crock-pot concoction with chicken and vegetable broth-- i'll let you know how it goes...

here are some other things i've made in the kitchen recently, while bored:

simple and yummy!

ever have one of those mornings where nothing in your pantry will suffice for breakfast, and all you REALLY want is a big, fat hunk of chocolate cake?  that's what happened this morning, only there was no cake!  instead i started the day with chocolate for breakfast:  nutella on wheat bread and a huge amount of ovaltine powder in my coffee!  a delish way to start the day!  the only downside is that my 5-year-old wants to eat this every day now!

this lunch cannot be good for me-- but it sure was yummy!

i had a bite of grilled cheese sandwich with pesto at a festival earlier this summer.  if you like pesto the way i like pesto, then you're probably drooling right now!  and since i had an open jar of pesto in the fridge, i decided to dress up my sandwich at home.  just a smear of pesto on either slice of bread, two slices of deli american in the middle, and tons of butter on the outside = YUMMMMMM!!  and i added some fried plantain to my plate, also cooked in butter, to, um, round out my meal...  ;)

pesto pizza and fried ravioli, with pizza sauce for dipping

more pesto!  this time, the hubby requested pizza like his favorite, the mel cooley, that our local two boots restaurant no longer has on the menu-- it's a white pie with peppers, onions, pesto, and probably a few more ingredients.  my pizza came out pretty good, considering i had limited ingredients on hand.  actually, i wish i had taken a picture of the entire thing, because it truly was a specialty pizza:  the crust was made with a canned dough, which i spread with pesto on one half and pizza sauce on the other.  i covered the entire thing with shredded mozzarella cheese.  then i put pepperoni on 1/2 of the red side and thinly sliced bell peppers and vidalia onions on the entire green side and baked to a golden perfection!

and yes, i did say fried ravioli, a la tgi fridays!  i figured:  how hard could it be?  but just to be sure, i looked up a recipe online.  it called for buttermilk, which i did not have, so i used egg and milk instead, followed by plain bread crumbs, which i seasoned with dried basil, salt, and pepper.  i fried them for literally 60 seconds, turning once, in super hot canola oil-- they really cook up quickly!  also, the recipe, which i did not follow, suggested sprinkling them with grated parmesan while still hot.  i didn't do that, 'cause i thought this meal was rich and fatty enough, thank you very much!

oh, gotta go check on that soup...

rhonda :)