Tuesday Things.
1. Totally still in full summer mode over here. Espesh (can I use that? ew.) since it’s over 90 degrees. But I do want a pumpkin thing every now and then. Also, dunkin pumpkin > starbucks pumpkin. Every year. Ooooh and I kind of want a pumpkin beer. Or as my dad calls it, perfume beer.
2. Is anyone else underwhelmed by the new google homepage logo?! It looks super 2006. But I know nothing.
3. Two of my most favorite things!! Tart cherry chocolate tart. I just can’t. It reminds me of these.
4. Target stole all of my money again. WTF.
5. We took one for the team and made rainbow chip cupcakes (from a box) over the weekend. I wanted to see how they compare to my confetti cupcakes (in my book!) and um, they were incredible. No shame here.
6. What kinds of things can I plant in the fall? Flowers, food, and the like? Tell my uneducated gardening brain puhlease.
7. As HUGE fans, Eddie and I finally watched the Entourage movie last night. Um, when it was ending, I thought it was only half over! It was like a gigantic long episode. I want 25 more.
8. 21 shocking facts about the incoming freshman class. I’m quite elderly.
9. Taco Tuesday is in full force tonight. What are you making?! I’m currently obsessed with finding the best posole recipe. Do you have one? I’ve been meal planning like a fool.
36 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
Have you gotten into Narcos on Netflix yet? I’m absolutely obsessed. Most shows I can multi-task and watch but with this show I cannot look away. So fast moving!
Re: 7, please not 25 more! Entourage as a show was decent for a few seasons but it went on WAY too long, and the movie was completely unnecessary. That being said, I get how it is entertaining, in an escapist sort of way.
Re: posole (pozole), these are my favorites, depending on whether I want chicken or vegetarian:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/easy-chicken-posole
http://pinchofyum.com/mushroom-poblano-posole-verde
I think pork is “traditional” but I haven’t tried it with pork yet – if you find a good recipe I’ll give a try.
I would love to hear more about your meal planning process, especially with a baby! I’m about to have my first and of course my biggest concern is what we will eat… haha
I think Not Without Salt has one of the best pozole recipes out there — a roasted green pozole with chicken: http://notwithoutsalt.com/happy-birth-day-date-night/
I’ve become a meal-prep fool. Who am I?! I have Pulled Pork roasting in the oven right now…turing that into tacos in a couple days sounds crazy amazing.
Sigh, Target takes ALL my money.
I’ve never had Dunkin punkin (see what I did there?) but I need to! I am dying for some PSL.
I don’t have a favorite recipe for posole (I usually just throw sauteed onions, garlic, Hatch green chile and chicken broth into my slow cook with the posole), but I suggest that you try it at least once using dried posole rather than canned hominy. So good!
Blue apron has a kick-ass pozole recipe that we’ve made a couple of times: https://www.blueapron.com/recipes/pork-tomatillo-pozole-with-hominy-avocado-radish. So yummy!
Love this! great post.
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I, too, would LOVE to hear more about your meal prepping and planning. Ever since having a baby, I can’t seem to get my butt in gear for making meals. I have no idea what happened to me. I used to love doing it, but now it feels so overwhelming and I just want to hide out every day and pretend it’s a problem that doesn’t exist.
In regards to #6: fall is a great time to plant bulbs (like tulips or daffodils) and some seeds (like sweet peas) also benefit from over-wintering. I’ve even had lettuce self-seed and come up in the spring, so you could try that, as well. Anyway, the most important thing is figuring out what zone you’re in, but a quick google and you should find a ton of plants that will work!
Jess, I’m totally with you regarding the Google logo. I was hoping it would be just a temporary, daily logo change, because I didn’t like it much, it looks so retro, so ’90s bleh. Not liking it. at all.
Oh yes, I’d love to get on the meal planning wagon and be more structured with my shopping/cooking/eating habits :-)
In the fall – we plant lettuce every year. There is NOTHING better than fresh arugula grown in your own garden. Try it – you’ll love it.
Thanks for a great blog!
obsessed with arugula so definitely going to try this!
GASP, thou has blasphemed against the Starbucks! This is messing with my brain!
I shouldn’t go this far, but the new Google logo makes me kinda angry. It’s like, excuse me, the other one was very classy and it was working. Why change it??
I’m definitely a cliche mums person in the fall. I’ve found people either hate mums or love them. I love them. Especially in a nice rich burgundy color.
Wait, how did I not know the Entourage movie was even out yet? Probably because we don’t have cable and only watch Netflix, but still.. now I cannot rest until I see it.
Also, I made a box of Pillsbury funfetti cupcakes over the weekend and they were FABULOUS. Way more moist and dense but fluffy than anything I’ve ever made from scratch. Those cake box people know what they’re doing! I used canned frosting too – chocolate fudge. Delish.
Ground turkey tacos all around here! Trying not to put on the annual 8lbs of football weight, football weight it’s a thing!
Speaking of football, I’ve been trying to figure out why, I too, love Ricky Jerret from Ballers, and I just found it…………he’s Denzel Washington’s son! I’m sure you already knew this but this is NEWS to me and completely explains the love!!
ummm i know. I LOVE HIM.
I hate the new Google logo too…forget 2006, my daughter says it looks like pre-school…which… um…was probably around 2006 lol! So maybe you DO know something ;)
Taco Tuesday was in full force last nigh here, too and I made your Easy Weeknight Chicken Tacos. It was delicious, thank you for the recipe. Planning on making your Garlic Brown Sugar Flank Steak with Chimichurri tonight, your Pan-Crisped Salmon with Light Dijon Cream and Garlic Butter Breadcrumbs tomorrow and Hot and Sweet Triple Pepper Pizza for Pizza Friday. And that’s my meal planning for the week. And Target takes my money too, why do I love going there so much?!?!!?!
Ooh,Ooh ….I’m making a baked chicken breast with breadcrumbs,garlic and bacon crust on top .I found it in an English Magazine this morning.
I am new to blogging, this is my first year. Posole was my very first post. https://sprinkleandadash.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/posole/
Since I am married to a Latino hubby I better get it right. I am going to be checking the links to all those wonderful posole recipes just in case someone else has an amazing option I need to add to our favorite.
I too, love fall. It was 105 yesterday and probably again today, but my house is decked out for autumn.
Grilled Chicken with Guacamole tonight.
i am going to make this next week!! thank you!
I loved Entourage as a show and the movie made me miss it oh so much!
Yep – the new Google logo is totally disappointing. Hate it! Glad you see reason, like me! :)
How are you this age and a mother and still talk like this? Honest question – what is your long-term brand plan for this blog? The dingbat teenager tone is SO tired. Your recipes are good, but your fake-young, ditzy persona puts me off every time. You are clearly a bright woman if you are able to run such a successful blog, and you seem like a nice person. But will you be 40? 45? and still putting on this fake, “OMG, amazeballs. delish, ridic, glitter, neon! I hate vegetables, LOL!” You’re hiding behind that juvenile tone, but it’s unclear why. I’m younger than you are, and it’s frankly embarrassing to read.
Wow! What is going on these days with everyone being so critical and downright mean??? If you find yourself upset reading a blog them maybe you should just stop reading the blog? Your comment is completely unnecessary and doesn’t serve any purpose other than to make YOU look like an angry and unhappy person.
I read this message and couldn’t believe how mean spirited it was. If you think her blog it’s embarrassing to read and puts you off every time, then DON’T read it. I am sure nobody is forcing you to read her blog. Every writer has their own style and that should be respected. The only people in Jessica’s life asking the “honest questions” or trying to figure out, if she is hiding behind a persona should be her family members and closest friends, since is none of our business. And I am sure, you would not appreciate, if somebody comes along and starts dissecting, criticizing your work and trying to be all Freud on you.
hi kris! (okseriously) –
um, I ask myself that daily – how AM I a mother?! I definitely don’t feel “adult” enough to be one. but once I became a mom/turned 32, was I just magically supposed to stop loving neon and glitter and sprinkles? how? I love those things! why would i try to be someone i am not?
I appreciate your concern on my site branding. my general goal is to continue being 100% myself in this space as I always have. be authentic. not sell out. not become commercialized like many blogs have. it will evolve with me just as it has over the last 7 years. who knows what will happen when i’m 40! I realize that we probably wouldn’t mesh in person and that’s okay. you might not like me. I am completely open to your criticism and I understand where you are coming from. since you have left a comment on my site before, you are welcome to use your name and email address when leaving unfavorable ones like this too. I publish all comments as long as they aren’t rude to other commenters.
and I am so glad to hear that you’ve tried some recipes you like! the best part is that there is a print button for those so you don’t have to read my rambles.
and jodi and blanca, thank you so much for your kind words! but i publish things on the internet so it’s fair game for criticism.
It is tempting to not reply to the trolling comment but I’m baffled as to why you choose to leave such a critical one. As women we need to build each other up not tear each other down. And I have to say it is ok not to like Jessica’s style but then just choose not to visit her site.
Jessica
You really need to try the Duff Goldman cake mixes from Target. I know it is a boxed mix but they are so fun and taste good. They would also go great with sprinkles.
Have you tried Pumpkin Cider? I’ve found it at Trader Joe’s, and it’s made by Ace. I think it’s a blend of pumpkin and apple cider (alcoholic), and I think it’s SO much better than pumpkin beer. It seriously tastes like fall in a cup.
i haven’t! unfortunately out TJ’s doesn’t carry booze (PA is a closed state, wah) – I’m dying to try!
I know I’m late, but I had to comment because I recently discovered pumpkin cider as well! The Ace brand is very good, but McKenzie’s cider hits it out of the park. They have a Pumpkin Jack and a fall ‘Seasonal Reserve’ which I actually prefer over the pumpkin. It does taste exactly like fall in a cup. I’ve only found it at Total Wine so far, not at the grocery store, but if you can find it, I highly recommend it!
Ugh, I hate the new Google logo too. I have a thing against rounded fonts (like arial) and thought the old one was way classier! If a font and a word like google can be classy.
I’m so behind on everything in life (hayyyyy full time job + pregnant) so I’m just reading this but POSOLE! I put a vegetarian version online a few months ago that I love – it’s the hominy texture that gets me. You do need to make your own chili paste (reconstitute dried chiles with stock and garlic, blend, store!), but after that the recipe is super simple and having the paste around is really key for people like you and I who love Mexican all the time. Enjoy!
http://funnyloveblog.com/2015/05/04/vegetarian-posole-cinco-de-mayo/
I have to take my kids Halloween costume shopping tonight so I decided it is a perfect excuse to celebrate Taco Tuesday! Don’t make me goooooo, I’m hoping tacos will make them forget.
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