Oy vey, Happy Hanukkah!

Today is the third day of Hanukkah. I'm terribly sad to be celebrating the holiday alone this year (although Rob will be here Wednesday for the fifth night) since lighting the candles alone is a bit depressing...I think my menorah fits in pretty well with the apartment's other Christmas decorations/Tucker's stocking, right?

Saturday night, I ordered a pizza (solo) and poured myself a glass of wine for dinner. I felt like an old single lady and I loved it. SVU marathon plus pizza? Sold. After an exciting couple of hours, some friends and I went to a "Sloppy Santa" party at a bar near my apartment. Said party was ridiculously fun. Many of my coworkers and friends from Davidson were there, so it was a grand old time.

The entirety of Sunday was spent on the couch watching Downton Abbey. I am obsessed. Any scene with Mr. Bates and Anna ends with me crying. They're absolutely perfect and I love them and I hate Mrs. Bates!

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Bates in real life with a baby!

 Later this week, I'll be preparing a Hanukkah feast...but more on that later.

Revenge

I'm all about using ingredients on hand to make something weird and wonderful. On Monday night, I paired the leftover pasta sauce full of veggies (tossed the noodles - they were kinda bland) with pesto chicken sausage from TJs. The sausage comes in packs of 4, and while they're only 170 calories each, I can't stomach more than one at once. Maybe the salt content? Anyway, that left me with leftovers. I put some in a salad for lunch yesterday, but wanted something different last night.

I popped a Flatout flatbread in the toaster, then topped it with farm-fresh butternut squash and tomatoes I had just roasted, goat gouda, spinach, and some more sausage (needless to say, I still have enough sausage for about two more meals...yikes) then popped it back in the toaster until it got all melty. I poured myself a glass of wine, doused this flatbread in fresh basil and Texas Pete, and dug in. It was delicious. The flatbread got crispy on the outside and the squash was sweet and amazing.

The flatbread held up very well under the weight of all those goodies, despite being pretty thin. I like these a lot more than wraps - they're kind of a mix between pitas and tortillas, but also very healthy. Thanks, Meg, for the recommendation!

While nomming on dinner, I watched another couple episodes of Revenge. I am hooked. Emily and some girls at work watched last season but I never got into it...until now. I'm embarrassed to admit how many episodes I've seen in the last two days, but am totally excited that I'll be all caught up on Sunday for the Season 2 premiere.