Jul
2012
Eating Up My Kitchen
Weird things happen when you move. You search through your cupboards and realize it’s time to start eating up all the stuff that has just been sitting there.
You know, that stuff that has been there so long, it sticks to the bottom of the shelves. The stuff that you’ve forgotten is there….or wonder why you bought in the first place.
Then, you end up doing strange things. Like having a new appreciation for relish that you have leftover from last summer’s barbecue. Surprisingly it doesn’t go bad….and even more surprisingly, it tastes really good on just about everything…including scrambled eggs. Who wouda thought.
Your lunch consists of interesting combos like green smoothies (because you have so many frozen fruits and veggies) paired with frozen buffalo chicken wings (that you stuck in your freezer for apps on football sunday and forgot about).
I’ll spare you the buffalo wings photo
You make Jello. Eat gluten-free mac and cheese (pretty darn good, why’d I wait so long to eat it?). And donate six jars of salsa to your sister’s birthday party this weekend (why did I have so many?).
And then you find yourself with random ingredients and realize you should start baking. That’s more fun than packing anyways.
This weekend, I found myself with a mix of quinoa, oats, almond butter, dried cranberries, flax, and a few other cupboard things. And from the blog posts I’ve been reading lately, this sounded like just the perfect excuse to bake quinoa cookies.
I won’t go too far into the recipe because it’s similar to the one that Katie at Yes, I Want Cake posted the other day, but all i will say about it is- if you haven’t made quinoa cookies, YOU MUST TRY IT. Do not wait until you move and have to clean up your cupboards.
I just threw in quinoa, oats, applesauce, almond butter, and some dried fruit/chocolate chips, plus an egg and a couple other good things.
Then, plopped them onto a cookie sheet and baked for 10 minutes or so.
And out came quinoa-oat cookies! They’re sweet, but not too sweet. They’re more like a snack or breakfast type cookie instead of typical dessert. But don’t let that fool you. They’re so good that they’re all already gone.
I’m making more.
I just already used up all the ingredients, so it’ll have to wait until next month.
And now that my cupboards are almost bare, I guess I’ll have to finally start packing the closet…..I’m only moving a mile away, but moving’s still moving.
-Have you baked anything good lately?
-Eaten any random combos? Like relish or hate it?
-When’s the last time you moved?
Alex @ therunwithin
July 24, 2012 at 4:54 am (303 days ago)those cookies look amazing, I love finding new uses for things.
Apples and Arteries
July 24, 2012 at 5:29 am (303 days ago)Oh wow – those cookies look delicious. I’m finding I need a late afternoon snack before working out and a couple of these would be perfect.
I made a big batch of granola last night to use up nuts, seeds, dried fruit.
Rebecca
July 24, 2012 at 8:36 am (303 days ago)Yum, I love homemade granola
jessie
July 24, 2012 at 6:14 am (303 days ago)haha, I always found so many un eaten food everytime we would move. There was always an obxnious amount of different spaghetti sauces throughout my cupboards.
Those cookies look delicious. I have a shipment hopefully coming today containing some oats.. so it’ll work out perfect
Thanks!
Laurie @ Love, Laugh, Laurie
July 24, 2012 at 7:01 am (303 days ago)I have been doing the same thing since we moved. Either eating everything or realizing that something really needs to be thrown away
Rebecca
July 24, 2012 at 8:35 am (303 days ago)Ha- I’ve def found a lot to throw out too!
Kate
July 24, 2012 at 10:13 am (303 days ago)Haha that’s a creative way to use up all that food. I love the stuff you find when you clean out the pantry. It’s like walk down (food) memory lane.
eatpraytri
July 24, 2012 at 2:12 pm (303 days ago)ha! well we moved about two months ago and are moving AGAIN in just over a month. We have already started eating up our kitchen. 6 jars of salsa??!?! LOL. Those cookies look amazing.
Rebecca
July 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm (303 days ago)Ha! They were all sitting in the dark part of the back of the cupboard….I think I kept buying them thinking they are, “good to have in the house”…and just never using them!
healthcraved
July 24, 2012 at 4:31 pm (303 days ago)Haha I eat random combos all the time, mostly due to my laziness when I put off going to the grocery store (aka carrot sticks wrapped in Kraft American cheese singles for breakfast) or because I just like combinations that others find appalling (aka my love for cottage cheese mixed with ketchup, and oatmeal mixed with black beans). Your relish and eggs combo looks amazing. I will definitely have to try it.
Rebecca
July 25, 2012 at 12:43 pm (302 days ago)Those are interesting combos!! The carrots and american cheese sounds pretty good though
Sunnie@moderngirlnutrition
July 24, 2012 at 5:22 pm (302 days ago)Great post! You are such a good writer!:) I totally understand-but I never want to throw any of it away because I know that as soon as I do, I’ll need it!
Rebecca
July 25, 2012 at 12:41 pm (302 days ago)thanks!