What I Ate Wednesday
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by Carrie under food, What I Ate Wednesday |
It’s What I Ate Wednesday time again.
I’m no Julia Child. I consider myself an adequate cook. I can follow a recipe and I’m becoming pretty good at adapting pancake recipes. So, imagine my happiness at the results of my efforts to be creative with my Nature Box Dried Figs.
Dried Fig and Strawberry Jam
1/2 cup chopped dried figs, simmer for 20 minutes in 1/2 cup water. Add a little more water if too much evaporates during cooking (I did add a little). Add 1/4 cup-ish frozen chopped strawberries for the last 2 minutes of cooking. Put in blender with a squeeze of lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Blend. Eat. Easy.
It even made a fantastic almond butter and fig jam sandwich for lunch.
And then there was a little left, so I mixed it in my overnight oats with some almond butter drizzled on top. AB&J overnight oats were a huge success (there are some blueberries in there too).
A yummy lunch from the week: spaghetti squash with marinara sauce, quinoa, fresh tomatoes and shredded parmesan. Yum!
And then the indulgence from the week. We hunted down the Grilled Cheese Truck on Sunday night. This was our second visit, you can read about the first visit here. I had the brie and caramelized onion grilled cheese again. Yum. But, the sandwiches were actually better on the first visit.
Those caramelized onions prompted me to try to make my own to go on top of a pizza last night. They didn’t really caramelize very well, you have to do that slowly, right? And, my pizza rolling skills are seriously lacking. But, you can tell the pizzas are homemade, right?
I received the same NB yesterday and can’t wait to try out my culinary skills with the figs. Spaghetti squash is a favorite!
That jam looks so good! I love that figs are so naturally sweet. Just saw yesterday’s post too, such wise kiddos, you should be really proud!
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Thanks Laura. I’ve never eaten a fig except for in a fig newton, so it was good to try something new.
I’m giggling at the shape of your pizza but I’m sure it tasted awesome! I LOVE carmelized onions (but not any other kind). The pasta looks amazing, too.
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Thank you Jan. That was so sweet of you, I’m getting on it today.
The figs look delish! I’ve been slicing some up for breakfast and inside my salads
Oh my gosh, we had the Grilled Cheese Truck last night! I had the fully loaded (with BBQ pork and mac and cheese on wheat) but was debating the Havarti combo with pesto. Mmmm I can always go for cheese 
That fully loaded grilled cheese looked totally heavenly. I love pulled pork. Cheese = yum!
That fully loaded grilled cheese looked totally heavenly. I love pulled pork. Cheese = yum!
That all looks yummy! The only tip I have for pizza crust is that you roll it in a ball first and the roll it in an X shape, up and down, then side to side, to keep it round. I used a rolling pin last time and it worked great; you just need plenty of flour. Good luck!
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Great idea. I did use a rolling pin, but started in more of a rectangle shape. It was good, so I will be doing it again.
I have big problems with gluten so I can’t eat any bread. I miss eating bread though.
The bread in the picture was actually a gluten free bread. Have you found any good ones, this one is from Udi (if I remember correctly) and it was good.