January 2010
22 posts
saturday january 30th
ok i made the same thai-ish soup from last monday. oh but i added oyster mushrooms to it because they looked so great at the g-store and i couldnt stop touching them. please go touch an oyster mushroom today. i am a perv. i also threw in some bean sprouts this time. i kinda think they taste like hippies and grass and underarm hair but i guess i also kinda like the taste of those things. ...
friday january 29th
i made a mediterraneanish chicken thing and it actually SUCKED. i know im not the best cook but it is rare that im unhappy with something i’ve made. i seared an organicfreerunsuperhappychicken dusted with dried oregano, garlic powder and cracked pepper. it turned a beautiful colour. i was happy. we were happy. things were going great. then i decided to deglaze w/an entire half of a...
thursday january 28th
today i felt lazy (A THEME?!) and just made a salad. GARBAGE CAN SALAD. basically everything that was in my fridge went onto that plate. lettuce duh, carrot, apple, fennel, fresh dill, cheddar, cucumber, celery, hmm maybe that’s it. oh the dressing is lazy too…store bought! i was going to add an egg to it, but got greedy and ate it separately with applewood smoked cheddar, fresh...
wednesday january 27th
well, i had the noodle-y leftovers for lunch. and a sub for dinner. so i give up. im also hiding something. i did a weird fat-girl thing and made a greasy sandwich late at night and ate it looking over my shoulder and then felt guilty afterwards. i almost didnt take a picture but fine, here, the truth: double smoked cheddar w/honeycrisp apple on whole wheat! and fried in grapeseed oil! AHHHHHHH!...
tuesday january 26th
ok so i couldnt get enough of lemongrass/lime leaves, as expected: noodle-y thing! vvvery similar to the soup from the day before but plus shrimp, peas, green curry paste, fresh ginger, carrots…hmm that’s about it. good. tasting. i think im getting sick. so i might be making soup for the next week. and complaining.
monday january 25th
fuck you sideways picture. this soup garnered a marriage proposal (from my already-married boss) and comments like ‘i’ve never tasted anything like it’…which is so exciting and i almost agree. my first attempt at a thai-ish soup. chicken broth, lemongrass (pounded and simmered in the broth, later removed…i should take more pictures), lime leaves, a bit of garlic, a...
food memories
one and a half-ish years ago…watching sweeney todd while making chili w/ground beef. (movie re-cap: johnny depp slices ppls’ throats while ‘tim burton’s wife’ grinds them up and into meat pies). the smells (paired w/the movie visuals) made me so sick. i could barely eat it. but i did anyway.
sunday january 24th
ugh still working through pmsing week….the first one w/out the help of effexor, i might add. i want to kill myself. JK GUISE! ok look at the groceries i got….you can bet most/all of these things will show up here in the next few days… ok maybe not the shampoo or st. john’s wort. the first thing i made (i definitely ate the double-smoked cheddar before anything made...
saturday january 23rd
my mom was still in town, so we went out to eat again..therefore another ‘one thing they made today’..sorries! OR NOT PROBS! we went to asahi sushi in my favourite area of town, east of adelaide. or “EOA” for those in the know. now you know. i had never been to asahi (HOW DO YOU SAY THAT W/OUT SOUNDING MENTAL?!!) before, but would go back!! my favourite was the salmon...
friday january 22nd
my mom came into town and we went to garlic’s. therefore, another addition of ONE THING THEY MADE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ok, i must interrupt myself to mention that it is hard to be funny when you’re pmsing. i’ll write less-bitter posts in about a week, ok? tmi? fyi?). ok, so garlic’s has always been a fave of mine, but i hadnt been since the owner changed, blhablahblah....
thursday january 21st
trying a new thing…because, secret: sometimes I EAT OUT. (pervs). therefore, when that happens, we will call this ‘one thing THEY made today’..it took me way longer than it should’ve to come up with that. we went out to ben thanh, surprise. fresh bbq pork rolls are one of my favourite things to eat in this entire world. i also got ‘sliced chicken breast with rice...
wednesday january 20th
shit dawg, what happens when you have leftovers from the night before? i just ate meatballs again. FUCK THIS IS CONFUSING. here is a picture of braised ‘oktoberfest’ sausage and red lentils i made a while ago? peace offering? truce? sorries. my dad made the sausage. he is really into food and makes a lot of cured meats and pickled things (next project- cheese?!) and we always had a...
tuesday january 18th
my boss and i talked about meatballs all day so i went home at lunch, took pork and beeformoose out of the freezer, and mothereffing made them when i got home. meatballs held by meathands onion, fresh parsley, s&p, garam masala (secret weapon of the week), hmmm what else….shit i forget. they were pretty good though. im listening to ‘band a loop’ on chrw…on my...
monday january 18th
i made miso soup. it’s one of the few things i make over and over and over again. i’ve actually never had it at a restaurant or tried it anywhere other than my own house…..so i realize my version is probably nothing like it’s supposed to be? whatevs man. free love. i always just CREAM THE PASTE into some water, bring it to a boil….add a bunch of crap….freshly...
sunday january 17th
today i made a venison roast with mashedpotatoesforaheartattack and squash. venison is good. it is better than beef, imo. milder, no fat, etc etc. when i was 3, my mom took me to see bambi…she has told me i cried the entire movie…so loud and persistent that she couldn’t stop laughing at me? thanks mom! i roasted the venison with garam masala for the first time…i was...
saturday january 16
i went out for a delicious brunch (eggs benedict duh) w/mike and wasnt too hungry…so honestly, i just had leftover soup and snack-y pickled things….my dad makes cured meats and things and look you can see some in this HAWT PIC: i see why luke sometimes sounds like he’s given up on life. this is exhausting.
friday january 15
im going to adopt luke’s posting structure and post something for each day, regardless if it’s on time on the internets or not get it? (not saying luke ever cheats in this way!! he does!). …cuz i do make stuff daily, but often cant find the time to write a post because of work or because im cooking more stuff duh, or sometimes because im just passed out, drunk. OK...
woops missed a day, suck it.
ok tonight my goal was SPEED because i was starving so look at the quickest pasta evaaar: always remember to click to enlarge and watch it get SEXY! onions, green onions, cremini and button mushrooms, broccoli, peas, garlic, BIG SQUEEZE of lemon juice, fresh parsley and shrimp! oh, and chicken stock. it took everything in me not to make a cream sauce…i grated some parmesan on the top....
written in reverse
(new spoon=amazing. oh shit this is supposed to be about making things but i cannot calm down about the amazing upcoming!! shows!!!!!!!!!! ok im done. just wanted to thank you, god. seriously. SPOON+DEERHUNTER WTF STFU NSFW!!!!!! OK OK OK.). i rarely make the same thing twice. this is pretty true. at the same time, i tend to never make ‘normal’ things…like a CHICKEN CAESAR...
best grocery shop evaaar!
i love loblaws. i may or may not have started going there exclusively thanks to joe fresh. IT’S SO CHEAP AND STYLISH! hahahha. whenever i write a grocery list now i know in the back of my mind i want to go to loblaws and will end up looking through all the clothes. i got an amazing dress there yesterday and some tights. pictures later maybs! hey for now i will take you through a joe...
oh hey!
i almost kept my word! ok so this week i had a long, tiresome ADVENTURE with a BEEF ROAST. first, i made it all roast-like…long and slow with cremini mushrooms and onions and carrots yawn. mashed potatoes too because i was feeling sad and wanted their creamy buttery comfort. ew! (will work on ‘food styling’ in the future. not! i’ll leave it to the pros). then i used the...
holy fuck this blog was amazing.
…im going to re-start it, ok? coat-tailing on the the success….ahem…IMPENDING….INEVITABLE…success of luke’s “one thing i did today”. he’s somehow been nominated for a bunch of crap in the canadian weblog awards…and so has lisa!!. these two hawt bloggerz live together! WOW NEAT HUH? ok so…not giving up on my dream of expanding his...