Day 1- 3 recipes down...

On our first day of trying our new semi-vegetarian lifestyle, the prince and I had some yummy meals...

For breakfast, we shared an egg and avocado breakfast sandwich.

Quite delicious and a nice start to the day.  

Get the recipe here if you would like to try making one yourself.

Then it was on to my mid-day project, Cannellini Bean soup...

A tad bit of prep work, but well worth it.

All packaged up and now in the freezer, ready to take to work for my lunches

{ yum }

Get the recipe here if you would like to make a batch.

AND, last but not least, the masterpiece pasta we had for dinner...  

I'm telling you this dinner was 5 star, also hubby and prince approved!

Pappardelle noodles in tomato basil sauce with ricotta and italian chicken sausages...

{ DELICIOUS } and so very easy!

Here's what I used...

This type of pasta was a bit harder to find, luckily Central Market had it, all be it a tad pricey, but dinner was so yummy that I would totally buy it again!

Along with two cloves of garlic (minced) and 2 Open Nature Italian chicken sausages and this recipe.  

FYI, the recipe calls for 4 cups of marinara sauce, but the jar is only 24oz = 3 cups, don't worry just add the same amount of water and everything will work out fine...  you can also use less noodles, that's what I did, afterall.

Here's another glimpse at our dinner in the making...

SIMPLE, QUICK and DELICIOUS...  you must try it!!

We also had some wonderful rolls with dinner...

Also a must try! We warmed them in the oven for about 5 minutes at 325 degrees = scrumptious!

Have a wonderful week, I'm headed back to work tomorrow and the prince is now telling me he is ready for bedtime... so, goodnight!

Something yummy.

I was cruising through the blogs I follow when I happened upon the most recent post from Grilled Cheese Social...  First have you checked out this blog yet?  If you love grilled cheese sandwiches or food for that matter you will love MacKenzie's blog!  She makes masterpiece sandwiches with just about any ingredient you could imagine.  And seeing as how I had been thinking about what I was going to have for dinner, when I saw her post "From Meme and Me"it was the inspiration I needed to try my hand at a fancy-schmancy grilled cheese sandwich and now I'm sharing it with you because it was DELICOUS!

Alright so here are the ingredients, all of which I picked up at Central Market (one of the best grocery stores/markets EVER)...

Yukon gold rustic bread

Sliced Muenster cheese

Jambon ham

Tomatoes (which I seasoned with a little salt & pepper)

And here's how it turned out...

The only thing that I still need to tweek is the cheese needed to be melted a tad more, specifically to the point of being ooey-gooey yumminess (hence the reason it's back in the pan after cutting it).

I was quite pleased with my first attempt at "gourmet" grilled cheese and I can't wait until my next sandwich.  Any ideas on the next ingredients I should use?

Oh! In case you were wondering, here's the sandwich that caught my eye and inspired my creation tonight...

Courtesy of Grilled Cheese Social

Until next time!

Love Steph