Asian stir fry mix remixed

Yup, the same frozen Asian stir fry mix from Ralph's added to whole grain pasta.  And, the best part is that it's (the vegetables are) totally microwaveable and it still comes out nice and not too limp the way microwaved vegetables sometimes do.

Bullet Bill

Another little collaboration with my friend.  I'm sensing a Nintendo theme here.

Chicken and "Asian stir-fry" mix

Hooray for totally easy meals that look complex :)  I found these bags of frozen "Asian stir-fry mix" vegetables on sale at the grocery store and bought them because I totally love the combination (I'm not sure what makes it Asian, but I'm not complaining).  Green beans, broccoli, mushrooms, and onions.  Chicken was cooked the same way as I did here, and after I took the chicken out of the pan, I just threw the frozen vegetables into the leftover oil and sauteed them until the onions were translucent the mushrooms were soft. 

Another delicious and economical dish.

Did you know that when you search Kirby, the top hit is a vacuum store?

I'm afraid I don't have the pattern that was used to make this Kirby, it's quite well done.  I just added the detailing on the face after my friend finished crocheting the body.  She hates finishing, and I have a love/hate relationship with finishing, so I offered to do it for her.  I had limited colors of felt so Sharpie cheeks it is!  Also, I've only recently discovered the wonders of using felt for intricate detailing on crochet things, I used to crochet everything.  Felt is much nicer (and I only have to glue, no sewing!)

Scientists have the best humor.

 

via Improbable Research

This apparently isn't the first time someone has snubbed the abstract.

I lol'ed.

A step up from plain pasta: Peas and tuna pasta

This meal was pretty darn tasty and pretty much composed of random things I had in the cupboard.  And I think all together, this dish cost me around $1 per serving. 

-Can of water-packed tuna (not as healthy as the oil packed but still good) (I probably used about half for one meal)
-Frozen peas
-Mini shell pasta
-Dash of salt and pepper

This was inspired by a Real Simple dish but that one was for a cold pasta dish, and I like my food hot ;]  All I did was cook the pasta, cook the peas in the pasta water, and put tuna into the bowl.  I didn't even have to cook the tuna; I just put the hot pasta and peas on top and mixed it up.

Economical and tasty. Not bad.

Apparently, strawberries aren't actually a "berry"

I love quick little projects like this strawberry that require minimal finishing :]  I'm especially loving the pattern for the leaves at the top, this is the best one I've come across yet.  I found it at the Make Little Things blog somehow in my trawling of the great wide internets.  I'm still on the hunt for the most perfect strawberry pattern, I feel like this one could have been pointier at the tip of the fruit ;] But now I'm just nitpicking.

Also, it is a very special strawberry-blonde's birthday today. Something like 16 years I've known her now, and I'm quite happy to make that another 16+ years :]