I decided to attempt one of my favorite things that my grandma and mom cook for me: chinese cabbage salad. This salad is so ridiculously amazing, I am obsessed with it. I successfully made it (almost) as delicious as my mom and grandma make it, but of course it wasn't perfect. It wasn't made with as much love as they make it with!

This salad is made with shredded green and red cabbage, chopped scallions, toasted slivered almonds, toasted sesame seeds and crushed ramen noodles (uncooked). The dressing is made with olive oil, sugar, and rice vinegar. It is heavenly.

Since my Thanksgiving lacked pumpkin pie, I have been seriously craving something with pumpkin. So, I decided to make pumpkin bread. It is amazing.

Casey would be so proud of me for how successful this bread came out because of how moist it is. It has a delicious crispy outside crust and is completely moist and amazing on the inside. The recipe didn't call for nuts, but I added pecans in the batter which turned out perfect.

YUM!

Tonight I had breakfast for dinner and I loved it.
I made baked eggs with ham, cherry tomatoes, thyme, and gruyere cheese. yummmm.

Arriba!

Tonight I made some delicious mexican food! I made an enchilada casserole with chicken seasoned with cumin and coriander, black beans, green chili peppers, red enchilada sauce, corn tortillas, a mexican blend of shredded cheese, and sour cream. I made way too much and will have leftovers forever, but it was so yummy and had the perfect amount of spice.

So I have been cooking outside of my healthy cookbook (ever since Leah told me to) and while the healthy food is great, the food I have been cooking lately is pretty darn awesome. So, I think I'll cook both healthy and unhealthy, because cooking at home is still a lot healthier than eating out anyway. :) It is all about moderation!

Tonight I made pasta with tomato cream sauce. It was divine.

I made the sauce with olive oil, butter, yellow onion, garlic, tomato sauce, heavy cream, fresh grated parmesan cheese, fresh basil, and then seasoned it with salt, pepper, and sugar. Can you say YUM?

Thank goodness for leftovers. I get to have this another night! And then another!

I'm back!

yay.

Tonight I made beef with snow peas and it was delicious!!!

I wish these pictures were better, because this dinner was amazinggg. I marinated the flank steak in a combination of soy sauce, sherry, brown sugar, cornstarch, and fresh ginger. I stir fried the flank steak with snow peas and served it over steamed jasmine rice. Then, I topped it all off with crushed red pepper flakes. It was soooo goooood.