Its been a week since I blogged. I've been busy the past week. Lets fill you in on whats been going on and share the yummy food I have been eating.
Friday at lunch I ran off to Trader Joe's in Princeton. Main goal: buy some 2 Buck Chuck. What is 2 Buck Chuck you ask? Charles Shaw wine. The wine's were introduced in the California Trader Joe's and the cost only $1.99, that's where the nickname came from. On the east coast the cost is $2.99. They sell Merlot, Cabernet, Shiraz, White Zinfandel, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. I picked up 10 bottles! for only $30, that can't be beat. Its good quality wine as well, tastes great.
I also picked up some Roasted Seaweed Snack for $0.99. I loved this stuff! It was good to much on and has next to nothing in it so it is a great snack if you need something crunchy. A friend of mine also said these are delicious in rice, I'll be trying that out. I bought Wasabi flavored ones this weekend, I'll let you know how there are.
I found a website that reviews Trader Joe's products, they gave their Kale Chips a 10 out of 10. Those folks must be high on crack because those chips were disgusting. Never buy these, they are awful, especially for $3.99 a bag.
On Friday night I grabbed a bottle of 2 buck chuck Merlot and went to Blue Sage with my friends to eat some delicious vegetarian/vegan food. I absolutely love this place. LOVE.
We started out with one of my favorite things on the menu, Sliders. Four toasted mini brioche buns with basil aioli, yellow tomato-avocado salad, maytag bleu. Served with cooked to order frites. These sliders just melt in your mouth. We also got some crispy smashed plantains surround a savory parfait of wasabi crema, mango papaya salsa & sesame-soy black bean hummus. We immediately figured out that this was way to much to start out with. No matter what this always happens. I find it difficult to pick just one app, they are all so good!
Next my dinner came. Masa potato empanada's with roasted rep pepper pumpkin seed pesto filling atop giant pickled white beans, gazpacho sauce and heirloom tomato avocado salad. Simply astounding.
We topped the night off with Reconstructed Blueberry Pie,biscoff crust, warm blueberries, marcona almond pretzel topping and vanilla gellato. Mouth watering! It was a great evening.
Saturday I planned to do lots of relaxing and that's exactly what I did. I started the day off with a massage courtesy of my mom (thanks again mom!), then a nap and then I got making my pizza. I have been craving pizza. During the entire fast all I wanted was pizza. I was determined to make a healthy pizza myself and I believe I was successful.
Whole Wheat Mushroom Spinach Pizza
Serves 4
8 oz mushrooms
2 handfuls of baby spinach
1 package Trader Joe's Whole Wheat Pizza Dough ($1.19)
1/4 Cup marinara sauce (I eye balled)
6oz light mozzarella cheese, shredded
Olive Oil Spray
Some flour
1 tsp olive oil
Preheat Oven according to dough package (I think 425?)
1. In a pan saute the mushrooms in olive oil until cooked through. Add Spinach to the pan and toss around with the mushrooms until wilted. Take off of heat and set aside.
2. Flour your counter surface to form the pizza. I found the best thing to do is to form a rectangle that fits on a cookie sheet. You may find that the dough is a little hard to work with, but the taste is worth it. Make sure your crust will be flat and not too puffy.
3. Spray the cookie sheet with the olive oil spray. Transfer the formed dough onto the cookie sheet.
4. Spread the marinara onto the dough, leaving 1 inch around the edges.
5. Put the mushrooms and spinach on top.
6. Spread the shredded cheese on top of spinach and mushrooms.
7. Cook in the oven according to package directions (10-14 minutes). I wanted mine to get crispier so I cooked it for about 16 minutes.
Tada! Yummy semi homemade pizza that is very filling!
I'm done with blogging for today. I will hopefully post more of the yummy things I have been making soon.
Thanks for reading!
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