Angela has offered me (Eric – Angela’s husband) a guest posting at “Oh She Glows”, so I was thinking this is my shot to make it big!!! Keeping with the regular format I figure I would show off my amazing meals this weekend… Okay I lied, I basically ate Raisin Bran all weekend and I’ll spare you the photo (as no matter what angle I tried, it never looked any better).
So I called in the backup yesterday, and had 4 of my co-workers over for a BBQ. They brought all the food & drinks, so it was pretty sweet.
One of my co-workers marinated some chicken wings and chicken strips in his home-made Portuguese sauce @ 3:00am the night before. Here they are on the BBQ:
Some of you might be thinking “Damn thats a lot of chicken for 5 guys…” , well that wasn’t even all the chicken… Another co-worker brought over some Steaks as well. We couldn’t let these go to waste so we threw them on as well.
One of my co-workers “Tony”, demanded that he BBQ, I think we were outside for 2 hours while he barbequed, we ate the food straight off the BBQ. Here is a finished shot of the Steak cooked Medium/Well.
Some of you might be wondering, "did they only eat meat?”. I looked in the fridge to see what we had; Spinach, Kale, Broccoli, Cucumbers, Carrots, etc… Considering I asked “Tony” to try some of Angela’s Aunts amazing spinach dip a few weeks back and he wouldn’t even touch it. I begged him to try because it was so good, and he said “If there is green in it, I don’t eat it”. So I figured nothing in our fridge was going to do the trick. Luckily someone also brought bread.
So there you have it, that was “the just” of my meals. Luckily nobody read the margarine container as I’m sure if they read “Olive Oil Margarine” they probably wouldn’t have touched that either. I tried eating enough of that BBQ so I could hibernate until Angela gets back, but something was still missing. I searched desperately for some baked goods and NOTHING!!!! So I told myself… “I’m Oh He Glows… I can do what she does!!!”. I searched everywhere for the recipes before I remembered she typed them all up! So I found this post: Angela’s favourite oatmeal Raisin Cookies (luckily I fixed the search function a few weeks ago).
Before you scroll to see the pictures, just remember “Don’t judge a book by its cover”…
Lookin’ good so far.. Maybe a “tad” too close together…
Well all in all they turned out alright… I almost forgot the egg replacement so I put it in last (probably not best idea), as well when it says 15-17 minutes… I probably should have listened instead of the 20-25 minutes they were in for – but they weren’t too crisp (yet). Oh and I made my own substitute in the recipe. Chocolate Chunks instead of raisins! I definitely spoiled my dinner tonight (not that spoiling that leftover bread really matters).
Well, there was my 15 minutes of fame. Needless to say I’m probably not cut out for the whole “healthy living” blogs.
Ange: I miss you, please come home soon! Sketchie has been sulking since you left. =(
Eric
Loved the Oh He Glows post!!!!
weird I ate Raisin Bran the whole weekend too?
haha..this is great! my husband would NOT attempt cookies from scratch by himself. way to go!
bahaha this was hilarious – I think we should be graced with more “Oh He Glows” posts around here! Eric, I think it’s great that you baked this weekend!
hhaha eric, you’re adorable!!! i am amazed by how much MEAT guys eat. my sister’s boyfriend (a college football player) has legit like 3-4 hamburgers for dinner with a tall glass of whole milk. and he is so lean! no fair ;)
What a super cute post! Eric, I can’t believe you made cookies from scratch…nice job!
Such a cute post and GREAT pictures! Glad to see Eric found a way to survive while Ang is gone, but it sounds like he is VERY ready for her to return! :)
This was so cute!
Don’t sell yourself short! It was a fabulous post and the picture of the chicken and steaks made this non-steak eater kind of hungry lol
That is a whole lotta o meat.
The photo you took of Sketchie is really good!
Great post Eric.. nice looking Steaks!
Wow I feel like my 15 mins of fame really cashed in. =) So this is what it feels like for Angela on a daily basis. Thanks for the comments on the pictures. I use a Canon 30D Digital SLR. Its a great camera, but it was quite expensive and if I was to do it again I probably wouldn’t have bought it since I don’t put it to use so much. If I was buying a point & shoot I would get something like Angela has: the “Canon PowerShot SD880 IS”. The wide Angle lens (28mm) makes it a great camera as you can fit so much more into your pictures (great for group photos in places you don’t have much room). It also does really good Close-up Macro pictures without having to adjust the camera settings.
what a crack up. I loved all the meat…you should write a blog.
What a funny post! My boyfriend would get a kick out of it!
hilarious post … and comments. lol. so much meat and cookies. very nice!
Looks like “Oh he Glows” should have a BBQ blog! Nice job! :-)
Never seen so much meat on OSG. Great post Eric:~}
Sketchie looks adorable!!
I love this!!! Man counterpart posts are the best. I love Tony’s no-green rule… and I love that you baked up some of Angela’s cookies!
Oo We got to meet you Eric! Awesome. Loved this post. This is what my hubby would have if he had a weekend to himself – with lots of Guinness!
This was hilarious and very endearing! I’m going out of town this week and I can imagine my hubby’s eats will look a lot like this…he would never attempt baking, so props to you Eric! :)
Great job Eric! This was very funny and cute to read. Loved it!