Weekend Casualties
This post was almost a casualty of the long weekend. I’m just warning you, I may go Kevorkian on it midway through.
I’m surprised yesterday didn’t kill Joey Chestnut.
He ate 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.
That’s 5.4 hot dogs per minute. That’s almost eating a single hot dog per 10 seconds. He didn’t beat his record though of 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. And he calls himself an American.
Barbie’s stint with Atkins died this morning when Gigi started stuffing Cheerios down her skinny little throat.
“Not all carbs are bad, Barbie!”
Later on, the crew killed some weeds.
Payback is a female dog. If looks could kill.
I spent the bulk of my day working on the book, while the family killed time outside.
So adorable it kills me.
Dinner prep turned into a bloodbath. First, I checked the pantry for ingredients,
and an entire package of spaghetti noodles jumped to their death.
I should have seen this coming. They had such a LONG life ahead of them. (I kill me.)
Then this papaya just about killed my dinner plans.
It looks so good, but tastes so very, very bad. I loofahed my tongue for ten minutes to get rid of the taste of death.
Green papaya salad was then reincarnated.
Green Apple Salad
Makes 4 side servings
- 3 c. fresh green beans, blanched
- 1 green apple, cored and julienned
- 1 carrot, peeled and julienned
- 1/4 c. fresh mint, chopped
- 1/4 c. cilantro, chopped
Dressing:
- 2 T. ume plum vinegar (or rice vinegar)
- 3 T. lime juice
- 1 T. organic sugar or stevia to taste
- 2 t. minced ginger
- 1/2 t. sesame oil
- salt and pepper to taste
In a small bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients.
In a large bowl, combine green beans, apple and carrots.
Add dressing and herbs to vegetables, and toss until well combined.
Dressed to kill. Refrigerate until serving.
Out of the pantry carnage, I found what I had been looking for,
and breathed new life into it.
Salad Rolls with Hoisin Peanut Dipping Sauce
Makes 4 rolls
- 4 rice paper sheets
- 4 oz. precooked tofu
- 1 c. shredded cabbage, lettuce or bean sprouts
- 1 carrot, peeled and julienned
- 1 cucumber, julienned
- 1/4 c. fresh mint, chopped
- 1/4 c. fresh cilantro, chopped
Sauce:
- 2 T. natural peanut butter
- 2 T. organic hoisin sauce
- 1 T. lime juice
- 1 t. soy sauce
- organic sugar or stevia to taste
In a small bowl, whisk together sauce ingredients and set aside.
Prepare rice wrappers by putting hot water in a pie plate or shallow dish. Insert one wrapper at a time, hydrating for about 60 seconds then carefully transferring to a plate.
Fill with tofu, vegetables and herbs.
Roll both ends up and then roll one side tightly towards you.
Repeat process with remaining ingredients. Cut rolls in half and serve with dipping sauce.
We killed that dinner.
And this weekend has left me dead tired. Since he’s already going to kill me, I might as well go out with a bang, right?
It was nice knowing you. May I rest in peace.
I’ve been meaning to pick up summer roll paper to make my own–thanks for the reminder! They are so expensive at restaurants/sushi stands…it kills me!
booty booty booty rockin everywhere.
What? it’s a song.
“payback is a female dog” giggle giggle
Nice save!
I’m so glad our husbands shop at the same 12-year-olds-R-Us store. Mr. Carbzilla was wearing the totally matching outfit today (though I get more buttcrack in the garden).
Reading to Lulu in the fort – seriously so ridiculously cute.
Glad you survived….so far!
I LOVE rice paper wraps! Haven’t used them in so long. Thanks for the reminder — yours look wonderful.
Haha what great payback you have there! Glad you had a good day.
oh my god SO recreating this meal… the salad dressing looks like it’s just up my alley. ps. i love that gigi has a pink bandaid on. heh.
Beautiful dinnner – if they sold those skin things round these parts I’d make that in a heart beat
I love that Barbie was on Atkins…she obviously knew what was good for her
Great minds think alike – I made some fresh spring rolls this past weekend for my thai food feast. I always forget how good they are, and easy to do, until I make them.
And thank you for the equal-opportunity booty shots
Not all carbs are bad Barbie–LOL!!!
Glad you got busy on the spring rolls and peanut sauce. I have been busy with these myself lately.
That salad looks amazing! I think the green apple is even better than the papaya. Those spring rolls look fantastic as well. I hope you’re a perennial pea.
Jenn
BAhhahahaaa…loooove it!! Yowza…that dinner looks insane! I always want to make wraps but never do…I need to change that!! The playhouse photo melts my heart…too cute. And poor barbie…I hope she survives the night!
Thanks for sharing your rice paper wraps- I´ve been wanting to make some for three weeks now and yours look absolutely delicious
and I have to try the sauce, too! Sorry for the papaya though 
I´ve actually never had a good tasting one – must be bad luck.
Have a great day!!
xoxo Mel
Hahaha!!!! Love all the booty pics from yesterday and today..
Bah just the thought of hotdogs right now makes me gag. I can’t stand watching that hot dog eating contest, though I must admit I was (almost) bemused by Kobayashi (sp?) “storming the stage.” Chris and I calculated that Joey Chestnut ate about 14,000 calories in that 10-minute span. It made Chris feel better about the two he had for lunch that day.
Great post, as always!
It was that kinda weekend! My husband was workin the full on plumber butt – Pea Daddy should be happy for the boxers making an appearance!
Spring rolls!
Sweet, sweet payback!
Hahah Pea Daddy had it coming to him!!! Although, I’m sure he won’t mind you pimping him out a little!
Good for the ego.
I have been wanting to make summer rolls for so long but I always forget to look for rice paper at the store. They are so refreshing and make a great light dinner.
Please don’t let the girls know about the hot dogs; they’re too young to know about such terrible things. I saw the package of spaghetti and thought of the “had it coming” song from Chicago the musical
The spring rolls look so perfectly summery and delicious. I’m going to reincarnate that meal.
Those contests gross me out. I seriously gag at the thought of them. How is that impressive? Although me at the all you can eat salad bar…I have been told is quite impressive!
It’s really obvious I’m not working when you make me laugh out loud.
Your salad rolls look really yummy. Rice paper scares me but I may need to get past that . . .
Amazing dinner! Those rolls looks so delicious! I am going to have to pick your brain soon about some mom things soon!
Yum, I need to give those spring rolls a try!
The last papaya I had also tasted like death. I wonder what makes them do that – I’m now scarred and won’t be going back anytime soon.
Haha, a female dog, huh? You are too funny!!
What a delicious and healthy dinner. I swear I’d eat like you if you came over and cooked all that up for me!! I do not enjoy cooking. Or maybe I’m just lazy… 
Daddy pea spends so much time with the girls it melts my heart! BTW your lunches and dinners always look so light! Does he get a massive serving or is he satisfied with such a (looks like) little portion?
ahhhhh you’ve done worse, don’t worry!
Sitting in an overheated apartment (at 9am; I don’t even want to think about what it’ll be like in here by noon), your spread looks beyond delicious. Must buy cucumbers and cilantro ASAP.
I could not imagine eating that many hot dogs! I don’t see how those people do it.
I think those wraps look really really good. I keep meaning to make my own spring rolls and never forget the idea when I plan out recipes for the week.
Hee hee payback is a female dog, love it! What did he say when he saw the photos? At least it wasn’t serious buttcrack…
Such a cute pic of dad & daughter reading, so lovely
The rice paper rolls look delish – love how they jazz up raw food!
Oh love that dinner! It looks fresh and totally amazing. Yum! I also happen to have spring roll wrappers that need some attention. Whee!
LOL at the angle shots lately! Sounds like you all had a lovely post-4th of July Monday!
Sorry about the pantry spillage. Happens to the best of us!
Mr. Pea is a Red Sox fan?! I think I’ve just come to like this blog 10 times more
You crack me UP! LOL LOL
Have to say that Pea Daddy has got to be the best Daddy in the world. That picture of him reading to lulu is SO effin adorable!!!
I have some summer rolls now after searching forever so I must make these!
oh butt shots…hilarious! i like the spring roll idea! i always see those in the store and think about getting them then freak out and change my mind…bah!
OMG. your last three posts have killed me. i am laughing at my desk right now, which is much needed since i might (a) still be hungover and (b) want to run out of work and never come back. and they said mondays were bad…
happy belated 4th of july – catch up soon my dearest MP!!!!!
I hope you really did go out with a “bang” before you rested in peace.
It’s the least he could do.
hahaha…surprised he’s not dead. kobayshi got arrested though. sadly he didn’t get any hot dogs. lol.
and we totally have to make those spring rolls when i come out, yes!?!?!? i made a nut side dipping sauce for mine last time with sunbutter…seriously more awesome than w/ pb!
boooooooooty! i don’t know why i didn’t see that coming!
You and Pea Daddy are hilarious and so adorably in love with each other. I love it!
Also, I cannot wait to make that salad!
I may or may not have had a peanut butter jar avalanche recently (I have several jars on hand due to some recipe developing I did). It was not pretty.
Love fresh summer rolls when the weather is hot like this–thanks for the recipe!
Mmmm. Spring rolls. Way cute reading photo, those are so sweet!
Barbie!! hahaha
I love hoisin sauce. Gotta take the plunge and buy some spring roll wrappers!
That hot dog guy is gross. All hot dogs are gross. All of them except Veggie Dogs.
Have I ever told you that at the end of the street where I work (Read: Spend 40+ hours per week) is the Farmer John Hot Dog Factory? I haven’t? Oh, well…
At the end of the street where I work is the Farmer John Hot Dog Factory. Now I’ve told you.
I’m sure you can only IMAGINE the smells that come out of that place. Tonight it smelled like a cross between Alpo and Death.
Come to think of it, they’re probably working over time to replenish our Nations Hot Dog reserves.
God Bless America!!!
XO,
Erin
I am making that slaw/salad ASAP. I’ve been having the worst time getting in my veggies since I’ll have been out of town 6 out of 9 of the past days. But that just might get me back on the horse. Thanks, Mama Pea
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Look, just tell Pea Daddy, in the words of my Grammy, Donna Ruth Hudson, straight outta War, West Virginia, “If you got it, flaunt it.” That settles that one.
Man those spring rolls look gooooodddd…. anything fresh and delish in a spring roll wrapper; especially with the touches of ginger and cilantro… that will revive the taste bud coma i seem to be in lately (soup and salad rut, perhaps…)
Maybe some Asian is just what the doctor ordered! And the peanut butter and hoisin; now you have me wishing the Thai place was open late. BTW… I dropped a box of whole grain linguine. This week. Barilla Angel Hair, by the way. My dogs, it turns out, have a thing for dry pasta. :p
Yeah, I tried to talk Gigi and Lulu into eating the dry pasta but they weren’t having it.
Oh, and… I. HATE. HOT DOGS. Even vegan dogs. No tubular food on a bun for this chickie.