Hello! Well, i havent blogged for a week and a half because i was trying to get photos of the food from colin to upload! But we never got around to it. so lemme try and remember what i've been eating since.. last last wednesday....... lets see..
thursday.. i cant remember what i ate on that day.. i'l ask colin when he gets up
friday.. oh i didnt eat anything for dinner on friday because i was supposed to go out and then i didnt so all i ate was vegetable buns. ahhahahha
saturday OH yes!
for brunch Colin, Jesse and I went to the wonderful Bagel World on dekalb in fort green. Anyone looking for really good bagels in fort green/clinton hill should definately give this place a visit (i'm pretty sure everyone who lives in fort green knows about the wonder that is bagel world) Their everything bagel is my absolute favorite, and goes great with lox. ahahha :D i'll check the price next time and update ahahhaha.
lets see... then.. oh yes. in the afternoon i stopped by dean and deluca (we were in soho shopping) and i picked up a Siggi Skyr Icelandic Yogurt. Must be pretty popular seeing how the only flavor left was orange and ginger. This yogurt is SUPER thick and SUPER creamy, but toally delicious and even though i can only eat so much dairy, i loved it.
for dinner we ordered Mexican and our favorite Mexican place on wilson ave and hart st. Super delicious and really affordable. I usually a chicken and steak taco (1.99 per taco), and sometime a chicken tostada. a direct quote from my friend david on his favourite thing to order "burritos are the best, because they give you a gigantic pile of the burrito stuff on the pita, so you have to eat down the mound before you can actually make a rolled up burrito out of it. it's brilliant." (burritoes are 4.99)
i think at midnight we also went to grand morelos on grand and metropolitan and got more mexican food. ahhahaha Colin and i love ordering the Chicken torta here. But actually.. since theyve changed the decor and what not.. something about this place just doesnt seem the same...
sunday.
oh yes. Colin and i woke up late, so we made fried chicken wings ahhaah (i know thats a really odd thing to eat first thing in the morning, but still). well i did a little experiementing, and ended up with two kinds of chicken wings
needs: flour, seasoning eg. chilli powder, roast chicken seasoning, salt, pepper, flavored bread crumbs, two eggs, 8 wings, 1 big zip lock bag. and a pot with oil. ahha STOP HERE if you want thin batter wings, but if you want thick batter you also want 1/2 to 1 cup of milk
- so i started off by putting all the wings into a big pot and soaking it in some really really hot water (i'm a little ocd and i think its good to wash off the dirt or whatever.. also i find that doing this helps get rid of some of the oil from the skin).
- then i threw in all the dry ingredients into the zip lock bag.
- beat eggs, roll chicken wings in eggs
- put chicken wings into bag and toss so the flour etc covers the wings.
- when oil is ready (you can throw a little piece of bread crumb in.. you'll know the oil is hot when th bread crumb bubbles quickly and floats) then put your wings in! I find that because of the shape of the wings, your better off putting the wings with the outside facing down first. Make sure you have enough oil (there should be enough oil to cover the up to the middle of the wing.. but dont worry about the tip.. it'll cook when you flip the wing over)(usually i try not to use too much oil in my food but you cant really do much about it when your deep frying chicken wings lol). let the wings sit in there for a while until golden then flip over. take out the wings when they are golden brown.
so if you want you wings to have a thicker batter, pour some milk into the bag of dry ingredients (with the eggs and the wings in it) and make it til the wings are thoroughly covered. then repeat the last step.
oh wow. this is really a giagantic post. maybe i will stop now and continue into another post. ahahhaha
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
special!
Hello!
Yesterday was me and my boyfriend's 3 year anniversary dinner. So, we decided to get seafood and make a nice salad. We had recently heard about lobster being on sale (even though it was more expensive than what i expected it to be - 9.55 per lb but thats cheaper than the $15 per lb before right?). so we got two 1 lbers, steamed and ate it with butter + a really good salad. The lobster was pretty simple, just steaming it in water and eating it with butter. I made a arugala and apple salad, with golden raisins, blue cheese, pine nuts, and yellow onions (i would have prefered red, but i forgot to get them and by the time we ran out to go get onions it was too late!). I think maybe from now on i will keep track of how much i spend on each thing so i can figure out how much i'm spending on each dish! haha. Oh i also made a delicious apple cider vinegarette - i mixed apple cider vinegar (1 table spoon), olive oil (2 tsp) maple syrup (1/2 tsp), honey (2 tsp), whole grain dijon mustard (2 tsp), salt, ground pepper. whisk. I think you should season the dressing depending on how salty the cheese is, because i happened to pick a pretty salty blue cheese, and so i found the salad a little be salt for my taste, but my boyfriend (who likes things a little more salty than i) really enjoyed this recipe. Try it out! This dressing is super good for those fall fruits, like bartlett pears and apples. :D yum! I suspect the salad would have been even better if i had toasted the pine nuts! ahhh.. next time. I took pictures but my boyfriends camera was running out of battery so the pics mght be bad! Next time!
2 1lb lobsters - steamed over water with dash a salt for 12 mins
apple, arugala and pine nut salad - with blue cheese, golden raisins, onions (cheese could probably be replaced with a goat cheese if blue cheese is too strong)
apple cider vinegarette - apple cider vinegar (1 table spoon), olive oil (2 tsp) maple syrup (1/2 tsp), honey (2 tsp), whole grain dijon mustard (2 tsp), salt, ground pepper. <-- i like my dressings a little sweeter, so i was probably pretty generous with the honey, but it all depends. I suspect a dash a lemon juice would have made this pretty yum too!
blog soon :D
Yesterday was me and my boyfriend's 3 year anniversary dinner. So, we decided to get seafood and make a nice salad. We had recently heard about lobster being on sale (even though it was more expensive than what i expected it to be - 9.55 per lb but thats cheaper than the $15 per lb before right?). so we got two 1 lbers, steamed and ate it with butter + a really good salad. The lobster was pretty simple, just steaming it in water and eating it with butter. I made a arugala and apple salad, with golden raisins, blue cheese, pine nuts, and yellow onions (i would have prefered red, but i forgot to get them and by the time we ran out to go get onions it was too late!). I think maybe from now on i will keep track of how much i spend on each thing so i can figure out how much i'm spending on each dish! haha. Oh i also made a delicious apple cider vinegarette - i mixed apple cider vinegar (1 table spoon), olive oil (2 tsp) maple syrup (1/2 tsp), honey (2 tsp), whole grain dijon mustard (2 tsp), salt, ground pepper. whisk. I think you should season the dressing depending on how salty the cheese is, because i happened to pick a pretty salty blue cheese, and so i found the salad a little be salt for my taste, but my boyfriend (who likes things a little more salty than i) really enjoyed this recipe. Try it out! This dressing is super good for those fall fruits, like bartlett pears and apples. :D yum! I suspect the salad would have been even better if i had toasted the pine nuts! ahhh.. next time. I took pictures but my boyfriends camera was running out of battery so the pics mght be bad! Next time!
2 1lb lobsters - steamed over water with dash a salt for 12 mins
apple, arugala and pine nut salad - with blue cheese, golden raisins, onions (cheese could probably be replaced with a goat cheese if blue cheese is too strong)
apple cider vinegarette - apple cider vinegar (1 table spoon), olive oil (2 tsp) maple syrup (1/2 tsp), honey (2 tsp), whole grain dijon mustard (2 tsp), salt, ground pepper. <-- i like my dressings a little sweeter, so i was probably pretty generous with the honey, but it all depends. I suspect a dash a lemon juice would have made this pretty yum too!
blog soon :D
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
the empty pit
"good morning starshine! the earth says hello!"
Hello! Do you live alone? Or kind of alone because you come home everyday, and you look in your fridge and you dont know what to eat? Do you fantasize about cooking delicious meals only to realise that you'll be eating the same meal for days later because you have no one to share it with? Or are you too broke to go out for dinner everyday, or dont want to be seen eating alone? I have a roommate and a boyfriend, and great friends that I can usually rely on to share a meal with, at home or outside. Well, at least, I used to. Lately I've been pretty broke, and so are my friends, so we havent been going out for dinner much. That and I havent really been feeling as generous as I used to just cause it's too expensive to throw a dinner party nowadays!
Well, I'm pretty bummed out about it, so I've decided to start this blog. Here I'm going to share with you my attempts to create fun enjoyable meals for one (maybe sometimes two lol), and share grocery tips on what to get each week, and how to avoid eating the same meals for days in a row (I've definitely experienced a lot of that lately). I invite you to share with me your ideas and suggestions, so we can all try this together, and eat well and happy for our stomachs and our wallets!
hope you visit again soon! :D
Hello! Do you live alone? Or kind of alone because you come home everyday, and you look in your fridge and you dont know what to eat? Do you fantasize about cooking delicious meals only to realise that you'll be eating the same meal for days later because you have no one to share it with? Or are you too broke to go out for dinner everyday, or dont want to be seen eating alone? I have a roommate and a boyfriend, and great friends that I can usually rely on to share a meal with, at home or outside. Well, at least, I used to. Lately I've been pretty broke, and so are my friends, so we havent been going out for dinner much. That and I havent really been feeling as generous as I used to just cause it's too expensive to throw a dinner party nowadays!
Well, I'm pretty bummed out about it, so I've decided to start this blog. Here I'm going to share with you my attempts to create fun enjoyable meals for one (maybe sometimes two lol), and share grocery tips on what to get each week, and how to avoid eating the same meals for days in a row (I've definitely experienced a lot of that lately). I invite you to share with me your ideas and suggestions, so we can all try this together, and eat well and happy for our stomachs and our wallets!
hope you visit again soon! :D
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