Sunday Esque Brunch

Happy Monday, all! Since Matt and I don't play by the rules, we decided to have a tasty Sunday esque brunch this morning. This is a simple frittata that you could add any of your favorite veggies and herbs to. 

Had it been just me making this for myself, I'd have nixed the bacon and substituted spinach. However, I'm proud to say that Matt REQUESTED tomato in his frittata this morning. I got really happy but pretended it was no biggie. Here's the step-by-step, folks.

Start by cracking 8 eggs into a big bowl. 

Splash in a little half & half, then a little milk. Don't measure. Just do it.

Chop up some bacon! I like mine burnt to a crisp. This is a little underdone for my taste, but it got the job done. 

Happily chop up a tomater per husband's request. 

BEHOLD. Gouda cheese. Grate some right over the bowl. Right after you've hurled in the bacon & tomato.

Sprinkle in some sea salt & freshly grind some pepper over the top. 

Whisk. Then pour into a greased pie dish. AND BAKE IT AT 375 FOR 25-30 MINUTES.

Poifect.

Have a happy week, you guys! Be sweet.

No one's gonna love you more than I do.

I have been quite remiss in maintaining this blog. Grad school happened and everything about it was put on hold. Here I am, though, with two semesters under my belt and a new last name! Our wedding events lasted all of 4 seconds, I'm pretty sure. Everything flew by, but not without documentation. Britney and Holly of Magnolia Pair captured our day. They're amazing. Here are just SOME of my favorites. :)

So nervous.

So cute, stop it.

First look!

This picture just screams "Ralph Lauren fragrance shoot" to me.

Kills me.

The wedding party. Just look at them. I love them.

First dance with my life partner, NBD.

Dad dance.

Mom dance.

Classic.

Pals! 

Can we say overstimulated?

As we (I) speak (type), my husband is sniffly supreme at his work place. Bless it. This is good and bad. Bad because I obviously love him to the tiniest pieces you've ever seen, and even entertaining the thought of him being trapped at work with the slightest discomfort makes me fall to the floor dramatically and wail like a slob-kabob. 

But its good because it gives me an excuse to make a batch of my mother's famous homemade chicken tortilla soup. Tomorrow will bring a new post with sweet pictures from our NYC honeymoon and a soup recipe you should make for your loved ones to slurp. YBYA.

Cheers!

Date Night.

Friday date night typically means me cooking something easy and 39 episodes of some show on Netflix with my favorite and cutest friend/fiance. Lately its been Friday Night Lights, and tonight we wrapped up season 4 (sobs). I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JESS MERRIWEATHER OF FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (played by Jurnee Smollett) WAS MICHELLE TANNER'S BFF IN FULL HOUSE (Denise Frazer). 

For tonight's date night, I decided to make pasta alla Marlboro Man. I wanted to keep it simple for 2 reasons tonight:

1. Matt eats everything I make, even when I make healthy versions of things that he normally wouldn't pick himself; I wanted to make something right up his alley (ground beef instead of the usual turkey, light on the tomato sauce, etc.) to show my appreciation.
2. I wanted to make Blue Moon cupcakes for dessert, and I wanted to cook a low maintenance meal so I wouldn't be in the kitchen all night. I'm not THAT domestic.

Baking always makes a fat mess. Here's a picture of all th--I'm such a brat, I just wanted to show you my KitchenAid. Sorry. I made this mess on purpose. Sorry.

The cuppycakes themselves. The frosting is frothy like beer foam.

Pretend I chose a plate that didn't have cherries on it. Sick.

:)

Well. Survey says: The cupcakes were good, but not great. The cake itself was a little blah. Maybe it needed more orange zest than originally called for. The frosting was kind of weird. In the words of the taste tester pictured above, "I like the idea of these cupcakes more than the cupcakes themselves." 

Its time for me to go fall into my bed like a chopped down tree. Happy weekend!

I'M BACK!

SUP HOMES! I totally miss blogging. Didn't I tell you this would happen? Way back when I started VFL? I did. Its happened with every blog I've started. But I'm back this time. I have to be! You guys! I'm getting married in THREE months! I have to prove to my OTL* that I can commit. This blog represents my marriage, you guys. It represents everything that is about to be. 

I have pictures. I have recipes! I have fresh gabs for my friends & followers.

But before all of that, czech this blog out. Read the last few entries. Just a warning, it will make you cry. But it has made me feel extra thankful for the love in my life. Granted, it also made me feel extra sensitive and sobby supreme, but it doesn't take much. 

I'll be back sooner than you can shake a wet cat dry.

*one true love