As you may have well guessed, the Mediterranean tart was a fail. So, as promised, you will here find kittens intertwined with local commercials:

Just kidding, I couldn't put you through the horror of local commercials... but seriously, how cute are these cats?!

And just for good measure, because I think this kitteh somehow got ahold of my blog:

Hehe, so on a serious note, the tart was a complete bust. I should have known when over half of the ingredients were olive oil, it was game over from there. But, surprisingly, Caleb and I managed to make up for it tonight. Just when everyone thought we were doomed, we managed to pull off the best meal of our baby lives. And it goes a little something like this...

First things first, the recipe we used was from a girl who's blog is named "Iowa Girl Eats," so you can't go wrong there. Especially since our best days in Iowa were spent at the grocery store, I mean, just put two and two together.

Next, we have watched eleven episodes of 24 in the past 24 hours (coincidence? I think not), so we were in desperate need of a change of pace.

So without further adieu, here goes my first impromptu food blog.

And in the words of the little cutie on "My Drunk Kitchen,"

"The problem with finding recipes online is they always give you this like three paragraph introduction as to why you should give a fuck about the recipe you're about to be reading. I personally don't care. I just wanna see the recipe. I also like it when there are pictures."

Annnnnd, we're off.

Chang's Lettuce Wraps

Please ignore the dungeon lighting, its just part of the charm.

Here's the link to the recipe (pronounced re · sipe), if you so happen to be interested:

http://iowagirleats.com/2011/04/26/p-f-changs-lettuce-wraps-remade/

And more importantly, a link to "My Drunk Kitchen,"

http://www.youtube.com/user/MyHarto#g/u

in which I highly recommend you watch all videos from beginning to end.

Now, if you'll please excuse me, Caleb and I must persist in our evening as protégés to mister Jack Bauer.

Well well well, this blog is about as boring as Tuesday night television. And I would know, because that's my life right now. The highlight of my day was waking up at 8:00 am to get my run in before the 65+ dew point. I don't even know what that means, but I heard it on the area news, which attests to my alibi.

I could tell you about how I have been gloriously frolicking throughout the south, but what I really want to harp upon is the Mediterranean (DANG, that word is hard to spell, even after a semester on the coast) vegetable tart I'm going to attempt tomorrow. Yes, yes you heard right. The girl who submerged a mere 25 bullion cubes in a single rump roast is going to attack a recipe the not only includes olive oil, but also vegetables and hummus. I know, you thought the perilous amounts of chick peas and olive oil in Spain would sway me from this endeavor, as did I, but I must prevail. You can expect photos to come, unless of course the exotic fare once again gets the best of me, in which case you will find an updated blog full of kittens and local commercials. Which will it be? You will never get this :)