Anyone need any spinach?
Seriously, Costco makes me smile so wide. I stopped by after work tonight and picked this bag up – which is bigger than my torso in case you were wondering – for $3.97!! A regular sized bag at my grocery store is $2.99! Who do they think they are?! I see copious amounts of salads, Green Monsters and general good health in my future. I love spinach!
After my Costco run, I came home to start dinner. We’re back on the 101 Simple Salad Challenge, my friends! Tonight: #89: Asian Peanut & Mango Noodles.
The recipe calls for rice noodles, but fettuccini was $.99 at the store this weekend and you know my bargain warrior ways…
I cooked up some of the pasta and threw in some chopped up broccoli crowns when it had about 2 minutes left. Meanwhile, I chopped up some zesty toppings which included: Mango, Carrot Matchsticks, Green Onions & Peanuts.
After draining my pasta and broccoli, I drizzled on my sauce – which was made up of:
- Juice from half a lime
- Spoonful of almond butter (this was hard to part with)
- Dash of rice vinegar
- Spoonful of chili sauce
- Dash of sesame oil
After tossing the pasta to coat, I added all of my glorious toppings…
Ohmylanta – the mixture of textures and flavors in this dish were spectacular! It came together so quickly and was SO satisfying. How on earth could it not be though? It’s got mango in it! Mango is culinary gold in my opinion 
Asian Peanut & Mango Noodles gets two thumbs up from this girl!!
Oh you guys, check out these cookies I made last night: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies – aka Puppy Chow Cookies!!
Trust me, they are every bit as delectable as they look!
It’s a peanut butter cookie, coated in a chocolate-peanut butter coating, then rolled in powdered sugar. Aka: naughty, coated in naughtier, rolled in naughtiest! Sinful…muwahahaha!
The recipe calls for a cookie mix – which the inner scratch-baker in me died a little after using – but I quickly got over it…these are amazing!!
Well, I’ve actually got MORE cookies in my future – I’m working on another cookie order tonight! Have a great night everyone!
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Do you prefer cooking or baking?
I’ve mentioned before that I actually got into cooking after baking my brains out for several years, so baking definitely has a special place in my heart. But, I obviously love cooking too…mmmm too hard – not even going to answer my own question
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that dinner salad looks awesome! i love dishes like that.
and those cookies look amazing. i love puppy chow
i like both – I cook more than I bake, but I enjoy them both all the time.
oh….those cookies look amazing!!!!! I did NOT need to know about that. Now I need to make them. But only when I can share the results with others, otherwise I can imagine gaining 10 lbs from them. I have the ingredients to make Ho-Ho brownies and have been holding off until I can take some to work to offset the possible sugar binge.
The salad looks awesome too!
I prefer baking…but have gotten into cooking more and more this summer.
I am definitely a baker all the way. It’s so therapeutic for me. Love the peanut noodles…mmmm…
The peanut and mango noodles look so delicious, but the puppy chow title is what caught my attention. I used to love making puppy chow. I don’t make it that often now because it’s addictive. However, your cookies look amazing.
Wow that bag of spinach is huge! I wish we had a costo in NYC! Those cookies look amazing! I baked tonight too, I made homemade blueberry muffins – YUM!
Salad and cookies look delicious!
I looove baking, but I find it way more frustrating than regular cooking– i guess the unpredictability of baking is what makes it fun though
Holy load of spinach girl! You’ve scored yourself more spinach than Popeye!
The “salad” looks incredible, but it seems a little more like a stir fry than a salad. No matter, it looks freaking delicious whatever you want to call it.
Oh, cooking all the way for me. I DESPISE baking. Actually, I think the baking gods are against me. No matter how hard I try, I just can’t do it. Ugh, just call me Rachel Ray.
Hope you had a wonderful day Kristen.
WOW. I haven’t seen any bags that big at sam’s … i am really rethinking my membership choice lol.
wowsa the puppy chow cookies look divine!!!!
i def prefer baking
-muffy
Spinach that size for only $4, what a steal! Love all your recipes and look forward to more!
That spinach bag is HUGE!! And the cookies look delish:) I am definitely a baker!! I’m just not that into cooking!!
Wow to that salad!! It looks so so so good!
And I JUST got an email with that cookie recipe the other day! Did you get the same one? I’m tempted to make them – they look delish!
I love baking. The cookie looks so good.
Got the exact same gigantic spinach at costco a few weeks ago. Such a great deal. I had a spinach overdose and moved on to the next veggie of the week. This week, I am all about sweet potatoes. Mmmm…
Dinner looks amazing!! I love mango! I’ve been wanting to make those cookie for about a week now. I got the recipe in an email from Betty Crocker. Yum, they look so good. I definately prefer baking…but my thighs don’t.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE spinach and go through SO much of it!! I am gonna have to head to Costco and stock up I guess!
I like cooking and baking! It’s hard to say which I prefer…I’m just glad I can (kinda) do both!
Will you be sharing the Puppy Chow cookie recipe??
Haha, that looks like a giant spinach-filled pillow!
The puppy chow cookies you shared last night were gone about 2 minutes after I hit the front door. THEY WERE SO GOOD!!!!!!! You must share the recipe:)
Your food always looks SO amazing! I definitely prefer cooking, I am not much of a baker and usually screw up whatever I’m baking!
I’ve started doing the same thing with a salad book I purchased. It has over 250 recipes….yippee!
Great looking dish and what a buy on spinach!
http://www.alovefornewrecipes.blogspot.com
How do you keep your spinach fresh? I too bought a bag from Costco but it only lasted about 4 days…I had to throw out quite a bit.
That dish looks absolutely outstanding. Wow.
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Yeah! Glad you got that huge Costco bag of spinach. We buy those and rip through them. Once I start making Green Monsters, they’ll vanish even more quickly.
Must.Have.Cookie.Recipe.
Seriously, please post or send me this recipe! kthxbai.
I love the sound of that noodle dish. I think my mom & I would love it.
I’m a baker most days ; )
Here you go! http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes.aspx/chocolate-peanut-butter-cookie-treats. If you can believe it, they’re even better the 2nd and 3rd day! (if they last that long
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Hi Kristi!
I rifled through the bags until I found the one with the latest “use by” date – which was about 2 weeks out from when I bought it. I suppose if it starts to go bad, I could always blanch it and freeze it?
I hope that helps!
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