Pb and Jazz sandwich!

As a college student, you learn to get creative with food. And as a runner with a wee little budget, I really REALLY have to get creative.

So with peanut butter, bread, but no jelly, I used what I did have and it turned out great! Boyfriend approved, too ;)

Ingredients:
- bread
- peanut butter
- not jelly but... Pomegranate!

Cut open the pomegranate to extract the seeds, spoon some seeds on a slice of bread (as well as some of the juices!), cover it up with the other, peanut-butter-covered slice and you're done! A delicious, healthy new twist to the ole pbandj.

cleaning-out-the-cabinets-creation

It's one of those evenings where hunger is nagging but the contents in your kitchen are not cohesive. With a little imagination, however, a tasty, hasty meal can easily be whipped up.

Ingredients:
- 1 can 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup
- handful of mushrooms, whole or sliced (mine were whole, but either works)
- a can of quartered artichoke hearts
- grape tomatoes, cut in half (again, any tomato such as Roma or on-the-vine tomatoes will do, just dice them into medium-sized chunks)
- 1 box of whole wheat thin spaghetti pasta
- jar of mixed herbs (basil, oregano and tomato)



Mix the tomatoes, mushrooms and artichoke hearts in a pan. Sprinkle with the herbs and saute until the mushrooms are rubbery.

Empty the can of cream of mushroom soup mixed with about 3/4 the can of water. Let simmer to thin it a bit.

Cook the pasta according to the package.

Put pasta in a bowl, top with desired amount of sauted veggies and pour over with desired amount of cream of mushroom sauce. Finally... enjoy this easy, healthy, cabinet-cleaner meal!

 

cheap but oh so chic collage

So I know collages may seem a little cliche, but who doesn't love a cluster of favorite pictures arranged just so and then framed to perfection?

Well not to perfection, because that would eliminate character. But here is my attempt at a late night collage that turned out to be the perfect "pop" for my apartment bathroom.

Ingredients:
- old frame, spray painted black.
- an assortment of magazines, old and new.
- scissors (of course)
- decoupage

Wallah! Cheap but oh so chic ;)

vanilla coffee in the air

Hello all,

Here is my first Pinterest project brought to life!

Ingredients:
- 3 mason jars
- 3 small vanilla scented candles (courtesy of Kroger)
- 1 bag of French vanilla coffee beans (courtesy of Kroger)

Fill each jar evenly until all of the beans are used. Next, nestle a candle into each jar, light and enjoy :)