eye, me, my

I'm moving! To a new blog(s), that is. I've decided Eye, Me, My is a little, well, unfocused, so I decided to separate my thoughts into two different blogs. I will post about art, design, fashion and other pretty things at A Girl Can Dream and I will write about food/health at A Girl Can Eat. I think they have a nice ring to them, don't they? See you there!

Labels: blog, me, moving

I did it! I made a pizza! Actually, four pizzas. Four small and misshapen pizzas, but they were pizzas nonetheless. And they were edible! They weren't the best pizzas ever, but there wasn't a piece left and our guests even asked for the crust recipe. Success!

I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to because it turns out it's hard to juggle entertaining guests and preparing four pizzas with different toppings. And it was hot. And messy. And a little stressful. But, no matter, it was fun.I used this crust recipe from Giada and kneaded it by hand (which was a little frightening). It definitely needs some fine tuning. Next time I will knead it a little better and probably use a finer flour, but, even for a sloppy first attempt, it was quite tasty. As long as there's lots of cheese and good, fresh toppings, pizza is hard to mess up.

Labels: food, pizza, recipes

I'm making homemade pizza tonight... for OTHER people. Yikes. This is my first attempt at making anything with yeast, so it should be interesting. Wish me luck! I will post pictures (even if it turns out hideous) and a recipe (only if it turns out well). I also have a post coming up about why eating healthy is SO important to me (thanks to Conner for the inspiration on this one). Aren't you excited for these upcoming posts? You should be! :)

Abandoned House, original drawing, $70, by Lizzy Stewart

Richie Tenenbaum laser engraved wood figure, $65, by Christopher Bettig (There's only ONE left - blerg!)

journals, $11 each, by Earmark

Erika Somogyi Print, sold out (sad!), Little Paper Planes

Labels: art, things i adore

Today was absolutely gorgeous. A perfect 80 degrees and sunny. No humidity. No bugs. I could live with weather like this all the time. I really could. So why do I live in Minnesota? I ask myself the same thing every winter.

Weather like this always makes us wanted to grill, and that's exactly what we did. We had a HUGE steak, of which Adam ate the most of (I swear it was the size of his abnormally large head). For dessert I grilled some apples:

And served them with a little of this major yum:

Coconut milk ice cream. It's SOOO good. Yum.

It was my first attempt at grilled apples and they turned out fabulous (they don't look super appealing, though, do they?).

Grilled Apples
Take 2 large or 4 small green apples and core and slice them (you can slice them any way you'd like, just make sure they're not too small so they sit on the grill nicely). Brush some melted butter on the apples (so they don't stick to the grill) and sprinkle with cinnamon. Grill for 2-3 minutes per side. Easy Peasy!

Next time I think I'm going to try using oil (like canola or almond) instead of butter and add a little sprinkle of brown sugar so they caramelize better.

We enjoyed these outside on our patio as the sun set. Mmmm. Bliss. :)

Labels: dessert, grill