Falafel, Pitas, and Salad

For the last week I've been in a funk. I've been uninspired and I haven't made very many dishes that have been tasty enough to share. I guess eating out so much the last month has made me really lazy in the kitchen. I think a lot of what I was feeling was because I was trying to finish up random stuff that was in my fridge. But I just went to the store so I have a whole kitchen full of stuff I'm excited to eat. I also picked up some new to me foods which include TVP (textured vegetable protein) and Bulgur (a grain). I'm very much looking forward to seeing how I like them.

While I haven't spent a lot of time in the kitchen I have spent a lot of time in our backyard. While my parents were here my dad helped me set up a nice little potted (I rent so I didn't want to put anything in the ground) garden. I have tomato plants, strawberries, zucchini, asparagus, sweet basil, lemon basil, parsley, cilantro and chives. I wanted to start small because I'm new at this but I kinda got carried away :)


James did have a request for falafel this week. I used a mix so there isn't a recipe.

For lunch the day after I made the falafel I crumbled it over a salad.

And using the left over pita I made a sandwich with beans.

Happy Eating!