No, I didn’t burn the fabulous portabella mushrooms that I got for dinner. Luckily, those came out perfect!
But, I did manage to burn my arm on a pot of boiling water. #fail 
After a good wipe down I marinated the ‘shrooms in balsamic salad dressing, garlic and S&P for an hour.
Then, Ben grilled them up on our little camping grill because that’s all we have.
This sandwich was TALL!!! I stacked it with tomatoes and onions – unfortunately we are out of greens for it though.
Tonight Ben said he should start a blog to feature the dinners I make for him. I guess I’ve been cooking a lot of things he loves and he’s a happy bear 🙂
So, he took a picture of his food too…*note that’s a real burger with a portabella on it.
Dessert was a handful of chocolate chips x2. Love. 
This afternoon I had a dessert-y granola bar = tastes good, but does nothing for my hunger. And an orange (no pic).
Like I said, the granoler did nothing for my hunger and I felt like raiding the cabinets. I decided the best choice would be a packet of Raisin Spice Oatmeal. Perfect! It satisfied my hunger and sweet tooth 🙂
Ben sent me a link to this article today… in a nutshell: Scientists are suggesting putting seaweed in food to help prevent the body from absorbing fat.
Our conversation following that email is Ben’s Comment of the Day:
My response to the seaweed article: God forbid they just ask people to move more and eat less…
Ben: Well, even so, some people exercise for 2hrs every day and eat nothing but vegetables but still drive their husbands crazy talking about losing weight.
Me: This is going in the blog.
PS – F.uck you
PPS – I love you, ignore the PS.
Oooh! What great dinner idea! Grilled portabello burgers! Thanks Monica!
That’s hilarious! My first reaction to putting seaweed in food: hmmm sounds like a decent idea to me 🙂 I like seaweed.
Hehe, Ben sounds like Adam 🙂
I LOVE portabellas. I bet marinading them in some balsamic really brings up their mushroomness. That’s a word, right 😉
It was so great meeting you this weekend too! Hopefully next time we’ll get to hang out longer.
P.S. Love the conversation at the bottom.
Sorry you got burned (literally) and that was a great post : ) You two are hilarious.
Yummy, veg-friendly option!
1) Sorry about your burn
2) Nice beer
3) that is not a *handful* of chocolate chips
4) Your response was 100% warranted
🙂
hahaha…you and ben are too funny.
nice burn; cooking has to leave it beauty marks!
I’m sorry you got burned, girl!
Great post, though… Haha!
Ben is so funny 🙂
Have an amazing Tuesday!
Haha! How funny! By the way every time I hear the name Michael Pollan I remember Ben’s quote: ‘wear clothes, not too much, mostly pants.’ Maybe it’s particullarly funny to me because here pants are underwear and not trousers. It still gives me a giggle!
mmm.. mushrooms. looks good! love the BCOTD!
I really like those granola bars, actually. I know you said before they were too chewy… I don’t know, I think they’re good!
ben is hilarious. and i think you two should have a reality show or something. i get such a kick out of your convos 🙂
Agreed 🙂
Oh, men. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them.