So thankfully, we made a party out of Saturday. I took Beaux jogging that morning in the misty weather, and then Justin and I went to the grocery. Friends from Vicksburg came over, and it was just so nice to sit around, relax in the sun, and eat good food. Thankfully the sun came out, because it was not looking that way yesterday morning. Literally, the entire time I was jogging with the puppy, I was thinking 'Rain, rain, go away. I want to lay out today'.
Before we went to the pool though, Justin and I got busy in the kitchen, cooking. I've been craving onion dip lately, and finally came across a recipe I though was lazy enough for me to make and adapt. I want to share it with you because you need to go make this ASAP. I don't care that it's eleven in the morning, this dip is that good.
Baked Vidalia Onion Dip
(Recipe adapted from The Southern Living Cookbook)
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 regular sized Vidalia onions or two massive ones, diced
- 2 cups (or really three) of shredded cheese (any of your favorites will do, just mix it up)
- 1 cup Chobani (or any lowfat greek yogurt)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon Tony's seasoning (or Tabasco, depending on how you like your heat)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup panko or breadcrumbs (for topping, optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a two-quart baking dish
with cooking spray.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add butter and melt.
Add onions and cook until softened and beginning to brown, about 5-7 minutes.
Add garlic and seasonings and cook for another minute.
Mix the yogurt and the onion mixture in the prepared baking dish. Top with panko, if desired. Bake for 25 minutes and
let stand 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with a little extra cheese and
serve with your favorite cracker (or just eat it with a spoon)...
Seriously, this stuff was amazing. It was gone in about twenty minutes while the main course (bacon burgers) were cooking. I know you'll love it. And if you don't, you're just weird.
I also made this brownie cake, adapted from my favorite cook ever, Barefoot Contessa. Here is the recipe to the original version. The only things I really changed were to use 1/4 cup of greek yogurt for half of one of the sticks of butter, and then instead of two cups of real sugar, used one cup of splenda and one cup real. It turned out just as yummy as all her recipes do.
Anyway, doing a one eighty turn on here. I've been trying lately to healthier, like choosing fruit and veggies instead of chips or pasta salad during lunch. I've also been trying to exercise, like I've mentioned previously. But I haven't really noticed a change yet (and I know you're thinking that it's because I'm making these fatty recipes listed above. But I didn't really eat much of these when I made them. So no comment). So I've decided to try this no junk food challenge. I haven't had a soft drink in a little over a week, and hopefully I can handle the rest of these things with proper planning.
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| from Pinterest. |
I understand that both of the recipes I mentioned on here are totally off limits during this challenge, so of course I made them before I started. Anyway, hopefully I will be able to make it, and post on here about how I avoided these foods.
For now, I'm off to go get ready to see Dark Knight Rises. Seriously, I hope its amazing as I'm sure it is. I'm just upset that there will be no more Batman movies to look forward too.
Oh well. I'll leave you guys with this amazing picture from last night while we were babysitting a friend's dog.
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| best friends forever. |
Dogs are the best. Have a wonderful Sunday.
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