A Meal You Could Eat Every Day & A Super Cute Baby

You know you've made a good meal when someone says they could eat it every day for every meal...

Last night was busy! We babysat our friend's baby.

Meet Chase

We love him. He has tons of personality, always smiling and laughing. He's one of the best babies you'll ever meet. However, this particular night, he was a tad on the sick side and missed his mommy. This unfortunately meant I couldn't get two feet away from him without him screaming.

Since I needed to cook dinner, I improvised.

He sat against the dining room table where he could see me, while still being far enough away from the stove and stuff.

Jess was here, and she helped out too. He was mostly just interested in being in my arms though.

Dinner was AMAZING, but I didn't get to take alot of pictures. I made Peanut Chicken & Tofu with homemade peanut sauce. I used a bag of "stir fry vegetables" that I bought from Vine Ripe.

**Jasmine's Quick Peanut Sauce**

(I'm guessing at amounts here, because I wasn't measuring.)

-3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter

-3tbsp low sodium soy

-3/4 cup nonfat milk

-3/4 cup chicken broth

-1/2 tablespoon curry (I put the other half in the meat/veggies.)

-1 teaspoon of Cumin

Directions:

I brought the broth to a slow boil and added in the peanut butter. Using a whisk, I added in all other ingredients with the milk being the last ingredients. Simmer on low and whisk until your chicken and veggies are cooked and ready for the sauce.

I served it over the boil in a bag Success Brown Rice.

Ryan took the baby, so I could eat. Here's my portion. Jess proclaimed this the meal she could eat every day. :) Yay. A success.

Chase refused his peas and brown rice, so all he had was a "ba-ba." He left around 8:30, and we watched Donnie Darko. Fantastic movie!

This morning, I made an egg-white omelet sammy again. Because yesterday's sammy didn't seem to hold me over very well, I thought I'd add in one little Turkey Sausage patty, broken up into pieces. Tasty!

Flip Once.

Flip twice.

Done!

Love it!

Tonight, we are going to the gym together, and then we have another friend coming to dinner. I'm making Tilapia and Red Cabbage Tacos. Stay tuned.

Well, I'm about to pound out some work and then I have an eyebrow wax and pedi this afternoon. Yay! :)

Do you babysit for your friends' children? Do babies stress you out? I love babies. Even though he was sick and fussy, I still loved having him here (so did Ryan). It was cute. The baby is just whining and crying, and Ryan's talking to him so lovingly. lol. We're so ready to be parents. :)

Have a great day!

Little Black Dress & Two Alarm Curry

I didn't have a cocktail at the cocktail party, so I had double the carbs for dinner.

It's Friday!!!!

I work from home, and I have to "work" all weekend long, but I still love me some Friday. :)

Today was a busy productive hectic day. Everyone had a project for JMyers Inc. today. I suppose that's my job, though. :)

For lunch, I used the remainder of the tofu from the Five Alarm Curry and maybe another curry today for lunch. It was more like two alarms. Lunch time isn't a 5 Alarm affair. I had my curry with rice in a wrap.

I had a very quick lunch while perusing the Vicky's catalog. I need some leggings, and theirs are 2 for $20 right now!

Tonight, Ryan did a play by play of me getting ready for the cocktail party. He literally followed me around with the Nikon.

He took several not-very-good-looking pics of me putting on my face, and then, as he's walking away says, "Let me know when you're putting on your dress..." lol. I think that's going a little overboard for the blog. hehe...

This is me wiping deodorant off my dress. It's IMPOSSIBLE to get this dress on without staining it w/deodorant. Don't you hate that?

The final product. And, then me running back in to get my lipstick. A girl can't forget her lipstick.

After the cocktail party, I raced home because I had completely forgotten to eat before I went. They didn't have any food at the party. Just booze. I had a small glass of water, but that was it.

As soon as I came home, I changed into my PJs. Of course.

I think my favorite part of dressing up is coming home and getting back in comfy clothes. :)

Leftovers. Last night's Chop Suey and today's curry. Carbs with a side of carbs. I didn't feel like making anything special at 8pm.

Do you like to dress up or do you prefer t-shirts and jeans?

Five-Alarm Vegetable Curry

Tonight I had the best curry I've ever tasted... And, I made it!!!

This afternoon, after the Colts beat the Jets (of course), I hit up the 99 Cent Story and my new favorite, the Vine Ripe Market. As usual, lots of deals were found.

Between the two stores, I purchased the following:

-Chicken Broth, flavored and regular low sodium

-FANTASTIC ground chicken patties

-soy chorizo

-Dry onion soup mix

-Can of tomatoes

-Can of tomato sauce

-green beans, canned

-fresh mushrooms

-eggs

-grape tomatoes

-can of mushroom soup (for the crockpot!)

-HUGH JAS bag of fresh spinach

-cheese sticks

-turkey sausage patties (Ryan loves these)

-1 Liter EVOO

-nonfat yogurt, plain

-butter

-sour cream

-plastic baggies

-pasta wand

-cocoa butter lotion

-and a cool new plate to make my bloggy pics more interesting

I also bought some amazing Curry seasoning at the Market.

Okay. Seriously, it's time to gush. This stuff is AMAZING. FANTASTIC. I know, I know... It's a box of seasoning. But really... it's so good!

I used 3 tablespoons, which in hindsight was one tablespoon too much. (It recommends 2-3 tablespoons.) My mix included green cauliflower, green beans, peas, tofu, and chicken. (Ryan picks out the chicken, and I pick out the tofu.) I served it over brown rice.

To.die.for.

Seriously, though, this dish set me on FIRE!!!! So what's a girl to do when her tongue's on fire?

Eat ice cream. Obviously.

Vanilla bean ice cream drizzled with some almond butter. I nuked the butta in the microwave for better drizzling action.

Holy Yum!

I think these are the final pics from the photo shoot. (At least the ones worth editing.) You can view other photos from the shoot here and here. This is all the pics... I promise... I think... :D

It says "Dream." Can you read it?

I'm about to curl up on the couch with  hubby. See you tomorrow!

Do you enjoy spicy curry? Do you cook ethnic foods or stick to traditional American fare?

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