Belly Bands: LT approved!

I am wearing my belly band that I purchased last night at Target and I would just like to say that it is amazing! Whoever invented this item is a genius! It is just a stretchy piece of fabric that you can wear over unbuttoned jeans to keep them and your growing belly in place. So so comfortable! LT approved!

P.S. Geoffrey also made me a fruit smoothie this morning and it was delicious! Nevermind that it was 40 degrees outside and that my fingers got frost burn (just kidding they didn't):) This was also LT approved!

This pregnancy thing is getting better and better each day!

Oh... walnuts!

Guess what I am reluctantly eating right now? If you guessed walnuts, you are correct. Why am I eating walnuts? Well, because they contain omega-3 fatty acids and since I don't eat any fish, I either have to take an omega-3 supplement each day (yech, doesn't sound appetizing plus they give you fishy burps apparently, which makes it a million times less appealing!) or I can eat a couple handfuls of walnuts so that Baby G's brain can develop well and so that Baby G will be more attentive. So Geoffrey bought me a nice bag of walnuts and likes to harass make sure I am eating them. Along with my 20 glasses of water. Oh joy. Did I mention that walnuts are one of my least favorite nuts?

If you want more info on walnuts, check out the Walnuts website--it even has recipes!

13 Weeks

So, I know that I have been lagging with the cooking project. But it's only because I've been busy with a different sort of project the past few months.

For the past thirteen weeks I have been busy feeling excited, nauseous, anxious, nauseous, nervous, nauseous, cautious, nauseous, hungry, nauseous, forgetful, nauseous, fatigued and (wait for it...) nauseous. I've been sans caffeine, cocktails, wine, sandwich meat, and soft, stinky cheeses. I've lost my sweet tooth (the horror!) and my love of spicy, flavorful food. I can't drink orange juice or eat fried foods. I'm living off of cantaloupe, pears, apples, cottage cheese, toast, peanut butter, chicken soft tacos (from Taco Bell only), crackers and other similar plain tasting foods. I'm sick of drinking water, including soda water. I've lost weight, yet my clothes feel tighter everyday. I've felt alone, yet there is always someone with me!

These are all tiny inconveniences of our new little project. As it turns out, we (well, technically me) are expecting a baby! Baby G (also referred to as Little Thing) is expected to arrive in early June 2011. We are so excited and can't wait for out little peanut (literally, in the first ultrasound LT looks just like Snoopy!) to arrive and meet you all!

The Facebook

I watched The Social Network the other day and I really enjoyed the movie. Like, really, really enjoyed the movie. It's probably one of my favorite movies of the year. The acting was fantastic, especially Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg. I didn't like him in Adventureland, but he was so good at being this sarcastic, super nerdy, socially awkward guy with borderline Asperger syndrome. In the end, I kinda felt sorry for him and wished I could give him a hug. Poor, lonely, genius billionaire! I also really liked the rest of the cast including the Winklevoss twins, played by ONE guy. This guy.

He doesn't even have a complete IMDB profile! Andrew Garfield, the guy who played Eduardo (the CFO) was also very convincing and has a mane to rival Rob Pattinson's! Justin Timberlake was surprisingly good, playing Sean Parker as this hard partying, sleazy but wise key player in the Facebook story. I also got a nice glimpse at Rooney Mara, who will play Lisbeth Salander in the American version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". I am impressed.

Back to the movie! The storyline was compelling, the idea of "the Facebook" and how it took off was unbelievable! I am still so amazed by these people, geniuses really, that can change our daily lives with one single, simple idea. It's just incredible. Incredible.

Watching this movie made me realize that I am not one of these people and I am OK with that. However, I've decided that my future children will be headed to Harvard:)

The movie also got me thinking about when exactly I joined Facebook and how and who sent me the link, etc. But I don't remember. Do you?

If you haven't guessed yet, I give this movie a A++. Go watch it!

Bad blogger

Hello,

The recipe project is still alive, just wanted to let you know. I've been lazy (well, more like preoccupied with Fantasy Football). New food post coming soon.

Let's go Jets Defense!

Mayra
Potrero Hill Interceptors Manager

Quiche Me

Week 25 (June 23)
One of Geoffrey's Top 5 foods is eggs. Today he decided to make a quiche, but didn't want to make one with a pie crust because he didn't want it to taste buttery. He searched and searched and finally decided on a "Basic Quiche" recipe, omitting the pie crust. So, technically, this is more of a frittata.

First he sauteed the veggies (and threw in any extra veggies we had on hand).

Then he put together the dairy products (notice that this quiche has half and half AND grated Gruyere cheese!).

He decided to used my springform pan (first time used in our kitchen since I purchased it YEARS ago, might I add) and the "crustless" quiche came out beautifully!

We served it with a nice little green salad and some M Riesling.

Our rating for this recipe: 7.5 (Mayra: 7, Geoffrey:  8)

Basta, Pasta!

Week 24 (June 16)
We were in the mood to try a new pasta recipe today but wanted something easy and light to make. We already have our go-to recipe for homemade pasta sauce and have always wanted to try to make a fettuccine alfredo, but since Geoffrey doesn't like cream cheese or butter, it is usually a little difficult to find a recipe he would approve of. But, when we got our Real Simple magazine, we found the Creamy Fettuccine with leeks, corn and arugula recipe and it was pretty close to what we were looking for.

So we cut up the leeks and soaked them in water to remove any dirt.

We sauteed the vegetables and added the heavy cream.

Then added the pasta and arugula.

We served it with some bread, cheese and salami.

Our rating for this recipe was 7.75 (Mayra 7, Geoffrey 8.5).