Modern BLT

Dinner on Wednesday night was supposed to be the boneless pork loin roast with baked acorn squash, but I just didn't have the patience to deal with the long cooking time for both of those, so I referred to a recipe I had found on Annie's Eats earlier that day that looked incredible, the BLT Pizza, a recipe with quick prep and short cooking time.

Annie's recipe instructs on how to make your own pizza crust, but for a quicker alternative with the same homemade taste, I recommend using Harris Teeter's refrigerated pizza dough which you can find near the deli department. One ball of dough is usually more than enough for two people. 

Grocery List:

1. 1 ball of pizza dough
2. Olive oil to brush on dough before baking
3. Shaved Asiago, Parmesan, Romano (Caesar cheeses) cheese blend
4. 4 slices bacon (Reserve drippings)
5. 2 Tbs. Cider vinegar
6. 2 1/2 tsp. Maple syrup
7. 1 1/2 tsp.Dijon mustard
8. 1/4 tsp. Salt
9. 1/2 tsp. Black pepper
10. 4 c. Green leaf lettuce
11. 1 Tomato, seeded and diced
12. 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
13. 1/2 c. Feta cheese, crumbled

Shaved asiago, parmesiana, romana topped pizza crust

This ended up being amazing. I already want to make it again.

Carrboro Conditioning

Yesterday marked the continuation of the riding to work routine. To reward myself, I rode my bike into Carrboro to Weaver Street Market for lunch. I justified the trip and the expense as a way to reinforce this new routine and condition myself to keep doing it while also conditioning my quads. I will be disappointed in myself if I let myself slip out of this. Hopefully admitting that while blogging will help motivate in addition to the following food porn. Hooray for finally having pictures for the site!

As you can see, the food was definitely worth the exposure to all of the towny hippies...

Spicy Schezuan Pasta Salad, Moroccan Cous Cous Salad, Collards with Asian Sauce, Corn, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Artichokes, Raisins, and Baked Tofu on Spinach

Delicious except for the collards and tofu which is obvious since they were the only things left. I really want to like collards, but they are too bitter  for my taste, and the texture is not pleasant. I don't usually have a problem with tofu, but this baked version was dry and oddly hollow.

Peek-a-boo Macaroon

Riding to Carrboro, I earned this little treat