Potato Wedgies

Well, I’m really not on the ball here anymore. But.. My hockey billet is gone for 2 weeks, well pretty much gone forever!

I finally have my laptop to myself and, actually, the house to myself! I’ve been doing a bit of blog reading today and I came across something called just4today. Basically, you come up every morning with 4 things that you want to get accomplished that day, 4 daily goals. This helps in the whole 1 day at a time theory I’m “really really really trying” to follow.

So, just for today, I’m going to take 20 minutes to write in my blog(check), I’m going to walk 4 km at lunch (which I did), not eat any “tempting sweet/junkie” foods (days not done yet!), and take my vitamins before bed(see previous goal).

Today I thought I would post a recipe I have been meaning to post since last weekend.

Potato Wedgies

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 russet potatoes, scrubbed and cut into eighths

Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

Place Parmesan cheese, olive oil, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper, salt, and potatoes into a resealable plastic bag. Seal the bag, then shake to coat the potatoes with the seasoning. Spread the potatoes over a baking sheet.

Bake in the preheated oven until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, about 25 minutes.

We dipped these in ranch dressing.. yum yum!

Bacon Wrapped Scallop Skewers

Well that was such a fun weekend. We had two of Dan’s friends from college come stay with us, a hockey game, and a men’s curling bonspiel. Friday night I talked to Janelle, and she filled me on this town. We talked about who is stuck up and belongs to a clique and what there actually is to do. I can’t stand people who are cliquey. It makes it so hard to feel like I belong in this small town when everyone already belongs to a group and won’t even give you two cents..

Dan’s friends were a good time.  Steve-o was the one that got dumped as soon as they got back from Mexico. He was kinda blah.. but Bender is just absolutely hilarious. He has this giggle and once he starts laughing everyone is usually laughing with him. The hockey game was a huge win for us, and after we walked over to the curling rink to watch some of the men’s bonspiel. We came home pretty early and ended up playing video games until early in the morning. I actually slept in until ten yesterday too. I was suprised. I usually don’t sleep past 8 in the morning…

We had made a huge steak and scallop and shrimp supper.. I don’t usually care for seafood that much but these scallops were amazing!

Marinated and Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Scallops

4 tsp. chopped cilantro
2 cloves garlic, grated
1 Tbsp. lime juice
1/4 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
1/2 tsp. California hot sauce (or hot sauce of your choice)
1 Tbsp. canola or olive oil
1/2 lb. sea scallops
1/2 slice bacon for each scallop

In a small resealable sandwich bag, combine cilantro, garlic, lime juice, chili sauce, hot sauce and oil. Seal bag and massage to distribute ingredients. Seal both and refrigerate at least 1/2 hour or up to 6 hours.

Lightly oil grill grates. Preheat grill to 400-425F. Wrap each of the scallops with a strip of bacon. Skewer the scallops. Grill for about 4 minutes each side, or till scallops are done, basting with remaining marinade throughout cooking process.

Creamy Lemon Chicken Soup

I woke up this morning to the outside door banging up against the house. Its storming, and cold, and snowing.

I’m so glad I have some of this soup frozen for my lunches!

Creamy Lemon Chicken Soup
5 cups chicken broth
5 cups water
5 tsp chicken bouillen powder
3 medium carrots, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
4 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 cup uncooked long grain rice
3 eggs
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp oregano
pepper

Combine first 5 ingredients and boil. Add chickena nd rice. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Whisk together eggs and lemon juice. Add slowly to soup. Seasonw ith oregano and pepper. Enjoy!

I didn’t put the eggs in the soup because I was freezing it, but it ended up being super thick anyway. So I’m not too worried. My boyfriends mom said to leave out some of the lemon but I didn’t think it was too bad.. I mean thats the way lemon soup is supposed to be..