So True

I really need to email this to some of the girls I work with....We are 100% commission. If you are in a bad mood your clients will feel it and run away.  In fact, they will run to anyone who is smiling.

Pink VS Blue

When Jonathan and I first moved in together he thought my classification of chores as pink jobs vs blue jobs was funny. It has now become a system that we use on a regular basis. My neat freak self is calmed a bit because I know that there are things that I don't have to do. Jon's mind is eased because he only has to remember a few things. 

I bring this up now because we just bought a BBQ and ended up in a Facebook debate with some friends. I think BBQ-ing is a pink job. It is a way to cook meals. Our friends think that it should be a blue job. What do you think? 

Here are some of our other breakdowns....I think I get the better end of the deal!

1. Cleaning the bathrooms = blue. Cleaning the rest of the condo = pink

2. Cooking = pink. Dishes = Blue.

3. Kitty litter box = blue. Brushing the kitties = pink.

4. Building the xmas tree = blue. Attaching the lights = blue. Putting on all the decorations = pink.

Unintended Blogging Silence

When I first started blogging I had a really great office space. Our nightly routine was to both sit down at our computers across from each other and I would blog while Jon gamed. It gave us both a chance to wind down and relax before bed. 

Our new place has a teeny tiny second bedroom with more desk than room- the one chair is there for both computers and we trade off. The biggest downfall with that plan is that instead of relaxing across from each other every night we end up in separate rooms. Which means that I don't ever go in there because I want to be together when we're both home....but I miss writing. 

So I am posting more. No matter what. I will close myself into this room and get back into the groove!

Our bitty new office

Wedding Video

So we were lucky to have such amazing photographers for our wedding because it's sounding like we may never actually get the video. The company that we hired was called Tru Moments and they are based out of Calgary, Alberta. The videos on their website are stunning and they had done a previous wedding for our planner so we thought we were safe going with them. We were wrong.
The contract says that we should have had the rough footage and our hard drive by the end of August and the edited 20 minute show video by the end of December. It is now June and we haven't received either. Lots of phone calls and emails have  been ignored and we are now wondering what we should do (other than tell everyone we know to NOT HIRE TRU MOMENTS!!!!)
Any hints????
Does anyone want to help us spam them so they have to respond???
Their email address is info@trumoments.ca

Chicken Fajitas

Yeah for recording my cooking! Tonight's attempt at fajitas was really good! Not quite a true fajita flavour, but fast and easy. Enjoy!!

So, Recipes...

It took me forever to write the Question 11 blog post (which is here) because I never really follow a recipe while cooking. I try to buy whatever is the freshest at the market or what looks good to us at the time. That leads to a very unpredictable grocery list and means that most recipes call for ingredients I don't have on hand. It also means that I have a rough idea of how I create certain flavours, but the meals are hard to duplicate. I really just combine things I like and since I know what they all taste like I am pretty confident that it will be decent. I have had a few that weren't entirely edible, but they turn out more often than not. I am going to start recording what I toss into the pan so I stand the chance to re-create the good ones!!
So, tonight's dinner was......Warm salad. It's a bit chilly out today so I didn't feel like salad, but we were definitely behind on the veggie count for the day. Here's the mix and the instructions!

Once the onions were browned I really did just toss in the rest of the veggies as I chopped them up. It was amazing! All of the veggies were fresh from the greenhouse yesterday so they were full of flavour. I didn't really need to toss the basil in, but the bag of it was taunting me from the fridge!

The end result! So good!!! 

Question #11

Day 11. Post a recipe. Or, if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out.

Look at me- I followed a recipe! My Mother-In-Law will be so proud! I cook all the time and love trying new things but I am horrible at following recipes. I usually just mix a bunch of things and taste as I go. I read a blog named Gluten Hates Me and am always saying that I want to try some of the things that she makes. So I did.
Marlow is also gluten free (just in case you missed it in her blog title...) and she has been experimenting with different pizza crust ideas. I saw this one for a potato crust and thought it would be the perfect starting point. 
To make the crust you'll need:
2 firmly packed cups grated raw potatoes
1/2 t salt
1 egg, beaten
1/4c grated onion
vegetable oil
Preheat the oven to 400C. Spray a 9 inch pie pan. Place raw potatoes in a colander and salt. Let sit for 10 mins, and squeeze out water. Mix potatoes, egg, and onion. Pat into pie pan, building up the sides.
Bake 30-40 mins or until golden brown. After the first 20 mins, brush with oil to crispen the crust. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 375 for the rest of the pie.

My cooked crust. 

Top it with whatever you like on your pizza. Marlow chose a mix of cherry, roma and slicer tomatoes with Fontana and Parmesan cheese. We chose roma tomatoes, salami and mozzarella cheese.

Looking amazing in the oven!

 With our mix of toppings we left it in for 15 minutes and then switched to the broiler on high for 2 minutes to bubble the cheese.

All done cooking! Time to eat!!

 So this is the point that the recipe stopped working for me....we didn't have a pie plate so I made it on a pizza pan. As I started to cut into it with the pizza cutter the crust didn't hold it's shape. I think the pie pan would have allowed for a thicker, sturdier base. We ended up eating pizza casserole instead of pizza, but it was still amazing!!! I am going to try it again soon (hopefully with a better outcome!)

The finished product!