Subway breakfast

This is my first attempt to blog from my phone. Hope it works! Anyone use the Blogger+ app on your iPhone?

Anyway, I tried Subway breakfast for the first time this mornin and got the egg white muffin English muffin melt with ham and cheese! Yummy and healthy :)

Classroom Colors

Since I am so "design savvy" (that is a joke), I decided to post some pictures of my colors and I guess overall "theme" of my new classroom. When I am finished actually decorating it- I will post some real pictures!

Here are the colors I am using... these are my actual patterns on borders, posters, letters, etc.

My sweet and artistic friend, Ryan, is making me a canvas name sign to hang on my door with these colors and patterns.  That is one of the things that I am most excited about. 

I also have a set of paper lanterns that we used at our rehearsal dinner in these colors that we will be hanging sporadically from the ceiling. 

Another thing I am excited about is painting my hideous, scratched up, metal desk. Im thinking lime green? 

I am soooo excited for my classroom to come together and can't wait to show you guys pictures of the real thing!

Any fellow teachers out there have any classroom decor suggestions?

Recipe Time!!

I tried my hand with a new recipe tonight at of the July edition of Cooking Light magazine. We have brothers staying with us this week (mine and Pat's), so I wanted to cook them something yummy and even a little bit healthy =)

Baked Ziti With Summer Veggies

Chop up a wholllle lot of veggies...

 Combine your squash, zucchini, and onion

In another bowl combine your tomato and garlic...

Cook the ziti according to package directions.

Drain.

Saute all your veggies for about 8 minutes (starting with S,Z,O combo and adding in T and G combo)

Remove the sautéed veggies from heat and add the pasta, mozzarella, salt, and fresh chopped basil and oregano.

Combine it together! Make sure it's a big skillet =)

Add one more mixture of ricotta and egg, cook for 15 minutes and here is the delicious result =)

The boys were happy so that made me happy- that and the fact that it was really good!

Here is the official recipe with measurements and stuff:

• YIELD: 4 servings (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups)
• COURSE: Casseroles, Main Dishes

Ingredients

• 4 ounces uncooked ziti
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups chopped yellow squash
• 1 cup chopped zucchini
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 cups chopped tomato
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
• 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1/4 cup (2 ounces) part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• Cooking spray

Preparation

• 1. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; drain.
• 2. Preheat oven to 400°.
• 3. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan. Add squash, zucchini, and onion; sauté 5 minutes. Add tomato and garlic; sauté 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in pasta, 1/2 cup mozzarella, herbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper.
• 4. Combine ricotta, remaining salt, and egg. Stir into pasta mixture. Spoon into an 8-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until bubbly and browned.

Hope you all enjoy!

Chattanooooooga

Chattanooga is awesome! How have I never been to this little gem of a place before? I definitely see myself going back often since we are only an hour and a half away. Well, for us it was about three hours because of this crazy detour we had to go on complete with stand still traffic. Fun. We ate the lunch we packed in the car and got there about 1ish.

We had some great trip advisors (some friends) that told us where to park, to ride the free shuttle, and even gave us their free passes for the aquarium. So we followed their advice and went straight to the aquarium without a hitch.

We got on the FREE electric shuttle... love free stuff lol and headed to the aquarium.

Saw some cool animals

And some funny looking ones... lol

Pat's favorite part was the wall as we were leaving. Not sure what this had to do with aquariums?

We stopped at the little outdoor market on our way out, listened to some good music, and bought some new earrings =)

Spotted this adorable place and just had to stop. 

Figured it would be okay to eat this chocolate cupcake PILED with peanut butter icing since we were walking everywhere all day right?

Stopped at a used book store. It was so junky. And the lady was rude.

Walked the pedestrian bridge and back...

Saw these adorable townhouses. I want one!

Almost died of heat exhaustion...

And then ate dinner at this awesome restaurant called The Terminal Brewhouse. Unfortunately, we put the camera back in the car because I think Pat was kind of tired of carrying it. I understood I guess. Ha- but really the place was great. I had a delicious salad with roasted pecans and chicken and goat cheese. Can we say YUM?!

We headed back home and fell asleep immediately! Long but awesome day with hubs. Loved it. Can't wait to do it again.

Any other places around me (North Alabama) that you guys would recommend checking out?