#ilu friend

[literaryartisan]

Today’s a rough day for a lot of us, I’d love to know:

-a recent fun fact

-a recipe you’d like to share

-a solid song

-if u know ur my buddy? bc u are

<3 you're my buddy too!!! How about a recipe? I took this from the back of a box of pasta years ago and now it's my go-to for work potlucks or if I just want to meal prep a week's worth of easy lunches. It's very versatile and has a lot of veggies! Alter it to your liking Rainbow Rotini Antipasti Salad

That's what Golden Grain calls it and I call it something like "that tricolor rotini veggie pasta thing", completely forgetting that "antipasti" is a word.

The Ingredients (I almost pasted a picture of my hero Racheal Kundananji in here oops):

12 ounces Golden Grain® Tri-Color Rotini (that's the whole box)

2-1/2 cups small broccoli florets (you can omit if you don't like broccoli. I like broccoli)

1 cup cubed mozzarella cheese (like half of a 16oz block of mozzarella. also I only just now realized pepper jack would probably work really well?? I might try that next time)

3/4 cup sliced pepperoni, halved (I like to use turkey pepperoni. You can also just omit this if you don't want meat in it!)

1/2 cup red or green bell pepper strips (whichever color is on sale is a good one to get. I also like to try to make this at the same time as something else that uses bell peppers like fajitas because 1/2 a cup isn't much unless you got a tiny pepper. alternatively: just put the whole pepper in there) (oh, also I like to make them more like squares than strips? it's easier to dish up and eat because bite size rectangles match the size of everything else better than long strips)

1/3 cup red onion, thinly sliced (see above re: making another dish that uses this ingredient. I can only find GINORMOUS red onions, so the rest went into my fajitas)

3/4 cup bottled Italian dressing (I use Wishbone Zesty Robusto Italian Dressing I think because I forgot it doesn't say "zesty" in the recipe?? there's enough in the bottle for like 2 of these salads with some extra and it keeps well. use whatever italian dressing you want, or experiment with other dressings if you don't like italian)

Bonus ingredients not in the recipe!! 1 can sliced black olives (I love olives and you know only half a can actually made it in)

1-2 cucumbers, peeled and cubed (number depends on size of cucumber. I don't usually do this if it's just for myself, the cucumber doesn't keep as long)

honestly you could probably throw shredded carrots or other croncier veggies in here. maybe some green onions. jicama??? I haven't tried any of those but you can do what you want forever.

The Directions from the Golden Grain website:

1 - Cook pasta according to package directions, adding broccoli to the boiling water for the last minute of cooking time. Drain, rinse well with cold water; drain again.

2 - In a large bowl, combine all ingredients, tossing together to distribute dressing.

3 - Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Cook's Tip: If you're refrigerating the salad until serving, be sure to toss it gently just prior to serving, adding a few splashes of dressing if needed.

My tips!! Fill the pot with water, put it on the stove, and then start chopping veggies while you wait for the water to boil. You'll want to set the broccoli aside to blanche it in the pasta water (this step is worth taking) but otherwise just throw everything into your large bowl.

Don't feel rushed if the pasta is almost ready, you still need to drain it and rinse it and let it cool down!! Adding it to the bowl warm will melt the cheese and maybe even partially cook the other veggie depending how hot the pasta is (ask me how i know!!!) Just make it wait its turn until you have everything else ready. It all comes together in half an hour or less, depending how fast your chopping skills are (mine are slow) and how quickly your pasta water comes to boil.

This makes A LOT. If you're making it just for you be prepared to be eating it almost every day for about a week.

[surely-sims]

Get attacked!! 👽🚀SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING 👽🚀

pretty sure this is a warning and a threat 😂😂😂

[softlysoapy]

my friend drew my mascot with joongdok plushies, making them kiss kiss bc it's mandatory

[epersonae]

@emi--rose

[jakbutonehanded]

huehuehuehuehue now i have the power to do this GOD you're still one of my faves. so pretty, such fun, many cute. 💜

GOD I wonder who this could BE!!!!

Hehe shut up but also don't, ego stroking is more than welcome!!! We should hang out soon!!!! Maybe when Ren is up!!! I miss u!!!!!

[businessbadger]

🌺 Send this to ten blogs you think are wonderful. 🌺

;-; no u

[questdesign]

[wildmansters]

@godtier1

no nuance option for well sort of kind of we’re friendly!!!!! make your own call on what you define friend as

[epersonae]

Somewhere between 🐭 and 🐱 tbh. You're not scary I promise 😂 I just have trouble talking to people.

anyone can be intimidating if you have enough social anxiety! :D

[vinelark]

i’ve seen multiple people say something along the lines of “we’re waking up in the same world we lived in yesterday” which is bleak but also true; there was going to be work to do no matter what. this is the much worse and harder version of that work but even if harris won it would not have fixed the fundamental things that need fixing. i mean, fuck, it would’ve been the better outcome, but the work would still be there. many of the things people fear under trump happened and are happening under biden. we’ll just have more battles to fight.

i think about the progressive mobilization and radicalization that happened 2016-2020; it shouldn’t have to happen like this but we deserve better than a two-party system, and one half of that system was never going to save us. we will always have to do what we can for ourselves and each other 💛

[chick-it-out]

[edorazzi]

Some Miraculous Twin AU content commissioned by @lapzoli!

She tried to pay me for this but she's been such an amazing friend the last few months (and in general really) that I point blank refused. And then she put up with me when I took 10 million years to finish this! She's the best person ever and a really talented fanfic writer, please give her a look! 🥰

[babykittenteach]

Had a rant going earlier about how characters not knowing sex slang doesn't mean they're unaware sex exists, so have a sketchy drawing of Stede's best guess for what Ed meant by "I'd like to try being a bit of a pillow princess"

[polutrope]

I wish I could tell Past Me, when I first started posting fic to AO3, that just because you do not receive 15, 20, 50 kudos in the first two days does not mean your fic is a failure. It does not mean your fic is bad, and you are a bad writer, and should take it down and bury your head in the sand.

People will keep reading your fics, long after you have posted them. Kudos will trickle in. Bookmarks will stack up. Every so often you'll get a precious comment on an old fic and it will brighten your whole week.

Yes, some things will slip through the cracks, but that won't matter so much because more importantly, you will make friends with other fic writers, and you will support each other through every single thing you write, and leave each other long, excited, incoherent comments, and those are the ones that will really matter to you.

[fure-dcmk]

popularity

gosho boys collage au [part 3]

[gourmetbeef]

it's their first kiss