Veggie Omelet

"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast."- John Gunther

After a week of classes and working, I take my weekends seriously (which luckily start on Friday). I am skilled beyond your wildest imagination at lazying around for hours. However, when I do finally drag myself from my delightful cloud of a bed, I love to make a big hearty breakfast. 

One of my favorite breakfasts is an omelet stuffed with vegetables and cheese served with a fruit and yogurt parfait and seasoned breakfast potatoes. I honestly love to cook- whether it is just for myself or for others, and I think breakfast is a great meal to share with a bunch of people, but this recipe is just as easy when made for one than when made for five.

Veggie Omelet, Potatoes, Yogurt Parfait, Blueberry Muffin

Omelet:

• egg whites
• milk
• cheddar cheese
• onion
• bell peppers
• avocado
• vegetable oil

Vegetables I used

Dice your veggies

Use a small amount of vegetable oil to crisp your veggies, cook over medium heat for two minutes.

Egg Whites forming the omelet

Put veggies and cheese inside the egg and cook another minute

Potatoes:

• Russet Potato 
• onion powder
• garlic powder
• tabasco
• salt 
• pepper
• vegetable oil  

Cut potato into quarters
Fill a glass pan 1/2 way with water and put potato quarters inside
Microwave for 4 minutes

Cut potato into bite size pieces  

Place in a pan with oil and butter
Season potato to taste

Cook until brown and crispy 

Yogurt Parfait:

• plain vanilla greek yogurt
• berries (raspberries & blueberries are my favorite) 
• granola
• honey 

Layer yogurt, granola, and berries. Drizzle with honey. 

Enjoy!  

Happy Easter All! X

Chicken Fajitas

"We all eat. It would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly."- Anna Thomas

I recently spent a week in beautiful Cancun. I went on Spring Break with some of my best friends and we were lucky enough to stay in a gorgeous time share (honestly, how many college kids get three rooms for 5 girls where everyone gets their own bed?). Major thank you to my beautiful friend who let us all come along. 

The view from our suite

Flowers & sunrise on the resort

 Anyway, we had a great time and made plenty of great memories...despite the Barra Libres (or perhaps because of the barra libres).

 However, once we got back to school I realized just how much I missed the food- especially since we actually ate guacamole with every single meal.

In all honesty, I eat mexican food at least once a week. When I learned I was going to school on the East Coast (where the mexican food isn't exactly up to California standards),  I decided to learn how to make one of my favorite mexican dishes--Chicken Fajitas! And now, I am going to share that recipe with you!

Chicken Fajitas

What you need (serves 2-3):

• 3 pieces of chicken breast
• 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1/2 orange bell pepper
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper
• 1/4 onion
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 3 tbsp limes juice 
• 6 flour tortillas

Optional:

• shredded cheese
• guacamole
• sour cream
• black/refried beans 
• salsa

How to Make:

• Marinate your chicken in 1/4 cup of olive oil, crushed garlic, and the lime juice (30 minutes)

• Chop up your onions and bell peppers into thin strips while the chicken is marinating

Cut into 1/2 inch strips

• Use 1/8 cup of oil on a medium sized pan over medium heat. Beware of the sizzling oil! 
• cook your chicken until completely white in the center (approx. 10 minutes)
• Wrap your tortillas in foil and place in your oven for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F

• In a separate pan, use the remaining olive oil over medium high heat and cook your peppers and onions (approx. 4 minutes) 

• Move your vegetables into the skillet with the chicken and toss the ingredients for two minutes
• Serve the chicken vegetable medley with whatever optional ingredients you enjoy 

Cheese, always cheese

• Wrap everything in a tortilla

Enjoy! Especially if you serve with a pitcher of margaritas! 

Also, I love to cook while blasting music, and today I started listening to a new group that I cannot get enough of. One of my good friends recommends music for me pretty regularly, and he is great at it. He emailed me a couple weeks ago about a band called The Oh Hello's and they are fantastic. I love having friends that totally get my musical tastes. Check them out and see if you're as into them as I am.

Cheers X