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Click here for the ranch recipe.

The weather has been ridiculously hot lately, but I felt like making cheesecake. Wait, that picture isn't of cheesecake! I didn't want to cook dinner AND cheesecake using the oven or stove because that would keep the apartment hot, so I made these wraps and only had to cook the bacon. I found the idea on Food Network, but I added swiss and left out arugula. I also made a different ranch dressing, which turned out to be vegan and delicious.

( Non-dairy Ranch )

Notes:
My ranch ended up being a bit thin, but our friend, who was over for dinner (mostly for cheesecake, though ~_^), said it was his favorite ranch dressing because it wasn't as thick as ranch usually is.

Pics of the cheesecake TBP.

This dish was just okay, and I don't think it will do too well for leftovers. I think it would be better with chicken, though I doubt I will make the recipe again. I wasn't in a measuring mood tonight, so I didn't measure anything on either of these recipes.

I don't think I posted the recipe last time I made these portobello mushroom fries, so I posted it below.

( Mexican Baked Fish )

( Portobello mushroom fries )
Notes:
I made things difficult for myself by buying precut mushrooms. Because they were cut, scraping the gills off the undersides of the caps was difficult without breaking them. I also didn't do the grilling step so I had to leave them on the fry pan for longer; that didn't really work out because they got too dark before they were done. I'm surprised I tried this recipe again since it gave me a hard time last time, but they are pretty tasty, even if I can't seem to get them just right.

Winged it on this one. A bit of vegan mayo, a ton of cheddar, some cayenne on garlic bread fried in a bit of butter. With frozen TJ fries.

This one is salami. Yum!

Today I just brought sandwich stuff and put it together at work. I know it just looks like a bunch of lettuce, but the lettuce is hiding everything else.

Packing lunch is a little trickier now that I have to worry about the size of my containers.

I've been eating nachos from leftover taco meat for a while. Tomorrow is my one week cutoff day for leftovers, so I might as well toss the rest of it tonight. And the guac too, cause it's not that good. I bought really good guac for game day, though I didn't take pictures of it since it was store-bought. So now I have to figure out which brand it was. Doh.

Click here for my taco stuffing pic.

Plus cake and ice cream, because I had a rough day


The following conversation I had with my bf and our friend cheered me up considerably.

me: Are you guys gonna have any more tacos? I can open the other box of shells.
RV: I don't think I'm gonna have another one...
bf: Oh, and there's dessert!
RV: Dessert? What dessert?
me: Cake
bf: You remember that cake I brought in [to work] that was almost like a brownie?
RV: You mean the anchovylove-is-amazing cake?

^_^

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This was the last of my taco seasoning and I couldn't make more because I'm out of chili powder. I posted the cake recipe a couple days ago.

I actually cooked this a while ago, but I don't remember when, so I'll just post it as today. Neither of us really liked this one. It turned out too rich for us to eat much of it, so I don't think I'll make it again. We had to substitute a few ingredients because of our lactose intolerance and adverse reactions to eggs, so those substitutions may have changed the flavor.

( Stovetop Mac-n-Cheese )
Alterations:
- Egg substitute
- More cheese
- Plain soy milk (reduced over medium heat) for the evaporated milk

( Baked Cod Casserole )

Confession:
I used mozzarella instead of swiss. The swiss we bought was made from unpasteurized milk and I got all paranoid. My stomach is still recovering, so...

For lunch.

( Taco Salad Made Over )

Philly cheese steak sandwich. Click here for the recipe.

I've been cooking and bringing lunch but I have been forgetting to take pictures. Boo. I've been sick, so I haven't been eating anything exciting anyway.

This soup is even better in the winter.

Click here for the recipe.