Posts Tagged ‘food’

One of my older sisters gave me a couple of handmade reusable sandwich wraps as a gift a few years ago. Since I didn’t often take lunch anywhere, I stashed them away in my hope chest. After the wedding, the hope chest got unpacked and the sandwich wraps entered my kitchen, where they’ve been used at least twice a week since Michael and I returned from our honeymoon. They really do a great job of keeping sandwiches fresh – the bread doesn’t dry out at all. As an added bonus, the wrap serves as a placemat and keeps crumbs in one spot.

Now I’m on the hunt for some good reusable snack bags and a couple of nice lunch bags. I spent awhile searching Etsy today and came across a ton. Here’s a sampling of what I found.

{Top row, L-R}

Cherry print cloth sandwich wrap from One Pink Ladybug

Organic snack bag with butterfly by BebelooshMini

Tall box lunch bag in Avocado Damask from urban harmonie design

{Middle row, L-R}

Basic oilcloth lunchbag in fruity pink by Rick Rack Queen

Sandwich and snack bag set from Bag it Conscious

Medium rainbow polka dots pouch bag by urban harmonie design

{Bottom row, L-R}

Set of 3 organic sandwich/snack bags from OrganiLuxe

Recycled cotton lunch bag by Bag it Conscious

Stenciled snack bag from Ulde Yrth

This post is dreadfully late. And rather short. I blame it on the holiday weekend. Here it is at last.

• The Swingy McBride Tunic and Azure Letizia Dress from Christa Taylor garnered oohs and aahs from me earlier this week.
• Isn’t this old library card catalog-turned-buffet featured on Young House Love just gorgeous!
• Did you see this proposal over at The Bright Side Project? It was so sweet of the BSP ladies to let Matt propose to Lauren through the site.

The picture of the week:

{Photo copyright La Tartine Gourmande}

• Holiday with Matthew Mead, a book-azine all about the winter holidays (mostly Christmas, from what I can tell), is ready for press. You can order on their website and your issue will be shipped straight to you in October.
• I don’t have a pantry, but this armoire-turned-pantry idea looks like a great way to add some storage space in the dining room without having to fudge on design/decor.
• Amanda of Sweet Bella Bakery made beautiful cookies for us to use as favors at the wedding. Gorgeous (and tasty!) wedding cakes and monogrammed cookies. Mmmm.

The picture of the week:

{Photo copyright SixFourteen Photography}

I think I may have to try this out whenever my sister, Anna, gets engaged. She has at least 16 pairs of Converse in her closet.

{image copyright Annie B}

I don’t know about other parts of the country, but peaches are currently $0.50/lb at the Wal-Marts around here. This week I just bought a handful – mostly for eating, but I also attempted homemade peach tea this afternoon and I’m going to try baked peaches for dessert tonight.

If they’re still that cheap when I go shopping next week, I’m planning to stock up and freeze a bunch. I’d also like to try my hand at canning. Home-canned peaches will be good when peach prices go back up, and peach butter or honey, and peach preserves sound yummy. Hopefully the prices stay that low until I get back into town!

The Sunday List is back! Here’s what I’ve discovered in the first week since we’ve had internet access again:

• Whoopie Pies. An entire book devoted to them. And a yummy post at Bakerella (accompanied with pictures, of course) detailing her first batch. Mmmm.
• While we’re talking food, I’ll go ahead and mention Canelle et Vanille, a stunning food blog I stumbled across this week. Former Ritz-Carlton chef Aran Goyoaga is now a stay-at-home mom, but still nurtures her love for cooking. Her recipes look tasty and her photography will make you drool. I think I want to be a food stylist/photographer now, thank you.
• Every Friday, Julia of Hooked on Houses posts about houses from movies and tv. My favorites are Meg Ryan’s dwellings as Annie in “Sleepless in Seattle” and Kathleen Kelly in “You’ve Got Mail,” as well as Barton Cottage in “Sense and Sensibility.” The bad real estate photos are also great entertainment!
• I didn’t just find this dress this week, but I absolutely love it. I bought it at JCPenney just in time to wear to my bridal shower – and then to our rehearsal dinner. (Okay, and I’m wearing it now.)

The photo of the week is from our wedding. Thank you, Caroline!

{Photo copyright Caroline Ghetes Photography.}

Food Lion currently has Ronzoni pasta on sale 2/$1.48 and Ronzoni has a mail-in rebate for $3 when you buy 6 boxes. This breaks down to: $1.48 x 3 = $4.44 (plus tax).

Add in $0.44 for your stamp to mail the rebate in, and you’re at $4.88 (plus tax), but you’ll be getting a $3 rebate, making those 6 boxes of pasta only $1.88.

Now, if your Food Lion has the Quick Cook pasta with peelies on them for $0.50 off, you’ll be able to get an even better deal. Buy 3 of the Quick Cook pastas, and then 3 more boxes of Ronzoni and your total will be $4.44 – $1.50 = $2.94 (plus tax).

Once you mail in the rebate, you’re at $3.38 (plus tax), and then you’ll get back $3.00, making your total for 6 boxes of pasta just $0.38. Not bad.

If you can find the $0.55/1 printables from Coupons.com, you’ll be able to get an even better deal!

{Note that the 2/$1.48 is for the regular Ronzoni pasta, not the Smart Taste or Healthy Harvest. These are not whole-wheat pastas.}

One night at the dinner table, the wife commented, “When we were first married, you took the small piece of steak and gave me the larger. Now you take the large one and leave me the smaller. You don’t love me anymore.”

“Nonsense, darling,” replied the husband. “You just cook better now.”

{image ©David Smith | Dreamstime.com}

*My mom thinks, as does Michael, that I’m a good cook – this e-mail wasn’t a hint!