Oh, school....So it begins. This is my "first" week back. I don't have kids yet, but we are in all day meetings and putting in the last efforts to make our room look great and function just as well. I have 35 munchkins this year...yikes! But, I do get assistance from our library teacher for 2 hours a day. I am excited to meet my new kids on Wednesday for Meet the Teacher Night. I know there will be a lot of nervous parents, eager kids, and a lot of questions (a lot about the possible teacher strike). I wanted to share a recipe before I got too busy. I have a full load of work every night. I use the desktop post-its on my laptop, and it covers the entire right side of my computer screen. John told me today that it was nice knowing me. I feel like my cats are even thinking the the same. During the summer Handel wouldn't cuddle with me in bed because he knew I would be home most of the day. He has started to get some cuddle time in and getting a bit more clingy.
John and I hosted our housewarming party this weekend. It was a huge success, and everyone seemed to have a great time. I had great intentions on making all the food we served, but coordinating my schedule around school and entertaining out of town guests, didn't sync up, so Trader Joe's stepped in to help out. After the craziness of the weekend, I can now fully focus on the craziness of school beginning. I rushed home with a million things to do today, but one thing that I had to do almost immediately, EAT! I started grabbing things left and right, hoping it would become a meal. I do this quite often, and it worked today!I started with grabbing cubed tofu and frozen succotash from Trader Joe's. As I was cooking, I started to get more ideas of how the meal would turn out.
Tofu
Drain cubed tofu and add to skillet with 2 tablespoons olive oil
Heat with medium to medium high heat until golden and tender
Succotash
Boil a pot of water
Add succotash and cook for 8 minutes
Sauce
Pour one can Trader Joe's Brushetta in a pot
Add 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Add 1 tablespoon olive oil
heat
Assembly
Add succotash to the tofu and continue to heat
Add the sauce
Place 3, large romaine leafs on a plate
Take the mixtures and put in the center of the three leafs
I served this with a side of broccoli. I simply drizzled broccoli with olive oil, added seasoned salt and smoked paprika and baked them at 450 until slightly browned on the tips. John enjoyed this meal. Handel also tried helping himself to the food.
Are you interested in personal fitness and a better well-being...check out my brother (Jonathan), and my sister-in-law's (Sarah) blog and indigogo. They are both committed to eating well and exercising and helping others do the same. They want to become certified personal trainers and start fitness studios. The links are as follows:
