April 10, 2010 – Foodologie

Hi Ladies (and gentlemen?)! Hope your weekend is starting out well! Mine’s been okay. I finished the book I had to read, now paper writing can commence, but before all that I had a lovely morning.

I watched Ugly Betty (cried a bit… so sad this show is ending) while I had breakfast, cleaned the apartment, did some laundry and went to the gym (45min elliptical + 15 min treadmill + some weights). Then I came home and before going to the library decided I should probably have lunch. So this ensued…

Holey Moley! Sooo good!

Now, I love toasted/pressed sandwiches. However, I’m poor and unmarried (no registry… not for a long time, if ever) so instead I got a little creative.

I started with a flat out foldy thing (flat bread essentially but any bread would work), spread some delicious hummus on both sides, layered a little under 2 ounces of reduced fat cheese on both sides, then added spinach, sprouts and yellow peppers to create this:

Then I heated a pan and sprayed it with cooking spray and placed another pan on top and weighed it down with a jar of tahini, like such:

Then I had the most amazing meal ever! Check out the melty cheese!

But seriously what made this extra delicious was this hummus:

Tribe Mediterranean hummus. It tastes Moroccan!! Sooo good! (Note: if you have a Harris Teeter look in their deli section for Moroccan Hummus! Delish!)

I love this hummus with the yellow peppers as well.

Tip: If you don’t want to consume an entire pepper at one time, one way to keep it fresher longer (since they are expensive and you want them to last!) is to wrap the cored pepper in a paper towel then place it in a bag in the fridge.

It’ll keep fresh for up to a week!

Friends, I am a bottomless pit today! Sadly I came home from the library with no desire to cook (gasp, rarely happens). This is where I need a sexy man who waits eagerly for my arrival just so he can serve me a gourmet, healthy meal.