So yesterday I had a lot of trouble with my Internet and I tried really hard to get my update up but my computer just wouldn't let me.

So this is a double update for yesterday and today

So yesterday my dad took us to lunch at his favorite Chinese restaurant called Flying Tiger

I got the chicken with mixed vegetables

I normally get general tso but I felt like trying something different for once

Oh and since it was lunch you get soup, an egg roll, and a chicken leg with your meal!

I love that place

So later that night after being at Kings Island all day my sister and her boyfriend and I all decided to go to Waffle House

at 11 o'clock!

It was great I was starving and I ate so much

Both my sister and I put her boyfriend to shame

Alright so tonight for dinner I made enchiladas

To make them I used shredded chicken, sauteed peppers and onions, and a mix I made of corn and black beans seasoned with chili powder and cumin

I filled whole wheat tortillas with some of each and rolled them and placed them in a glass pan

I also made a quick mole sauce with tomato sauce and a ton of chili powder

I poured the sauce over the enchiladas and baked them in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes until they were heated through

I finished them off with some cheese and served with refried beans

I was super delicious and everyone liked them

even my sister who is kind of a picky eater

So tonight I wasn't really home until late and when I did get home my parents and sister had all gone out to eat so you can guess what my dinner was

LEFTOVERS!

Yeah I actually do get excited about leftovers especially when they are from an amazing Italian restaurant

Also this way I got to have a little bit of everything

I'm not sure what either of these were called but they were both really good

and I know this kind of looks like a saucy mess but it was delicious and I'm sure it looked better in it original form
I have had leftovers from this place a few times now
I'm hoping one day I will get to actually eat at the restaurant itself

Today I had a very BUSY BUSY day so I just decided to post my yummy breakfast

A French croissant!
very delicious

BBQ Eggrolls

Today I brought home a little piece of my work because I was very impressed with myself

Yes I made these eggrolls all by myself from scratch!

Drew and been were also impressed

they both said the ones that I made looked way better than any of the ones they made and they even looked like we may have bought them

lol Well I just think its because I'm a perfectionist and I probably waisted to much time trying to make them perfect

Alright well anyway if you didn't know these are the BBQ eggrolls that we make at Smokin Aces

They are simply just pulled pork and cole slaw wrapped up in a wanton wrapper and deep fried

With a little BBQ sauce these things are dynamite!

Sloppy Janes

So my sister is home and her first request for dinner was Sloppy Joes

So I made her some of my own homemade Sloppy Janes

which are sloppy joes just with ground turkey instead of beef

I would give you the recipe but to be honest I don't really have one

I have made these twice and both times I have just added everything to taste without measuring

But basically all I did was brown about 1 1/2 pounds of ground turkey along with one chopped onion and right at the end about 4 cloves of minced garlic

I then added 1 can of tomato sauce and that's where the measurements stop

After that I added a little soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chipotle ketchup (Just because we had it not a big deal if you don't but it added a nice heat) and of course lots of pepper because you know my family loves it

and just a splash of apple cider vinegar

That's about it not to complicated sorry its not an exact recipe but that's just not how I do things

Today we my sister came home from Chicago so my mom and I went to Cincinnati to pick her up

Well she was supposed to be in at 1:30 but the bus was running late so my mom and I decided to grab a little lunch at Bruegger's Bagels

I got the Turkey Toscana hot panini

My mom got the Primo Pesto Chicken panini

I really liked my panini and I tried hers too and it was also really good!

I wish we had one of these places closer to home I would go there all the time

But then again maybe that wouldn't be to good

especially for the wallet

Spaghetti & Turkey Meatballs

Tonight I made spaghetti with turkey meatballs

To start off I made my regular marinara sauce that I always make and then while it simmered I got started making my meatballs

I used a recipe I got from Giada De Laurentiis for turkey meatballs and it worked very well

they were very moist and just as good as any other meatball

to make them combine

1 small onion (grated)

3 garlic cloves (minced)

1 egg

1/4 cup breadcrumbs

3 tablespoons of ketchup

1/2 cup of Parmesan

a few tablespoons of basil and oregano (however much you like)

and finally 1 pound of ground turkey

To cook them you can either bake them of simply fry them in a large pan with a little olive oil

I decided to fry them in a pan

So I used my small disher to make bite sized meatballs and I quickly seared them all off in the pan about 2 minutes per side

I then added my sauce to the pan and allowed them to simmer in the sauce for about 15 minutes

At that time I cooked my pasta and then when the meatballs were ready I simply served the sauce and meatballs over the pasta with a little extra Parmesan cheese