This may not look like much but its the beginning of a new chapter in my life. I'm in school all day Sunday and there isn't much for food either in the cafeteria or surrounding environs. Besides, who wants to pay premium for sub par food?
So now every Saturday night or early Sunday morning I will be packing a bento meal. I even purchased a little wide mouth thermos for when the path to the microwaves gets snowy! But for now it's been cold lunches like the one shown or some ravioli that I trekked to heat up in the student lounge.
I do diligently snap a picture of every bento they just have a tendency of not leaving my phone...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Salad Days Are Here Again
The temps are in the unseasonable 70's and 80's. For some this means an early start to beach season. For me it means that salad days are here again.
Back when it was cold outside, and cold in the apartment, I wanted piping hot food in my belly. With the change of temps I now crave the cooling crunch of vegetation with the breezy tang of dressing and vinaigrette. Pictured are cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, cucumber, mushroom, and Swiss cheese on a comfortable bed of baby arugula drizzled with Ranch dressing. This is salad #2, not pictured is yesterday's salad with fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and walnuts over baby arugula tossed with EVO and balsamic vinegar.
I type this while noisily munching on my creation. Hopefully salad weather is here to stay. Happy Salad Days everyone!
Back when it was cold outside, and cold in the apartment, I wanted piping hot food in my belly. With the change of temps I now crave the cooling crunch of vegetation with the breezy tang of dressing and vinaigrette. Pictured are cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, cucumber, mushroom, and Swiss cheese on a comfortable bed of baby arugula drizzled with Ranch dressing. This is salad #2, not pictured is yesterday's salad with fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and walnuts over baby arugula tossed with EVO and balsamic vinegar.
I type this while noisily munching on my creation. Hopefully salad weather is here to stay. Happy Salad Days everyone!
Friday, April 6, 2012
Miso Soup
On a blustery day, when I had off from school, I decided to make my own miso soup. I bought a couple of store made sushi rolls to make a great lunch. This is how the soup turned out, I didn't feel the need to post the sushi pics.
I like my home made version of the soup much better than your typical Brooklyn Sushi place. It's still mostly made up of dry and pre-packaged ingredients but just tastes so much richer!
I like my home made version of the soup much better than your typical Brooklyn Sushi place. It's still mostly made up of dry and pre-packaged ingredients but just tastes so much richer!
Friday, February 10, 2012
poached egg in soy ramen
My latest fad is doctoring instant ramen packets. This is a very bare bones rendition as I had very little in my home. Just my second time poaching an egg, ever. Big ups to Ehow!
Doctored ramen all the way would probably also have fresh mushrooms, wakame, negi, kamaboko...and maybe a few other yummies. This is about as complicated as I've gotten with cooking lately as BF really enjoys cooking himself and has taken over.
Doctored ramen all the way would probably also have fresh mushrooms, wakame, negi, kamaboko...and maybe a few other yummies. This is about as complicated as I've gotten with cooking lately as BF really enjoys cooking himself and has taken over.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Ghouribi (Moroccan Sugar Cookies) – Forward.com
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| Edit: 1.5.12 Here's the remainder of BF's 2nd tin. |
Ghouribi (Moroccan Sugar Cookies) – Forward.com
Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Italian Style Steak
Please forgive this bare naked post. My computer is not feeling well and no longer letting me upload photos :(
I thought November's dish was going to be Thanksgiving day themed but then I pulled out my Food & Wine Mag again early in the month and realized there was one more 60 minute (not 30 min as I stated previously) meal I wanted to try making. This one was called, as per the title, Italian Style Steak Dinner. The star of the show was a lightly marinated flank steak; with garlic, thyme, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The supporting characters were a buttery polenta and roasted shiitake and red onions.
This meal I made several "Doh!" mistakes that ended up causing the parental approval index to go way down.
First, despite my parents not being big steak eaters, I decided to stick with the suggested flanken meat instead of upgrading to a more tender hunk of beef or even switching to chicken. Second, I tried to cut down on sodium for health reasons but felt that the strong blue cheese that should have graced the shiitakes would more than make up for the lack of salt sprinkled onto the veggies and into the polenta. The operative word is should, the darned hunk of cheese sat silently in the refrigerator all evening.
All in all this was not a success in the eyes of the parental units but the leftovers were honorably (and in my opinon successfully) repurposed as Monday's lunch. This time with the cheese proudly sitting on top of everything.
I thought November's dish was going to be Thanksgiving day themed but then I pulled out my Food & Wine Mag again early in the month and realized there was one more 60 minute (not 30 min as I stated previously) meal I wanted to try making. This one was called, as per the title, Italian Style Steak Dinner. The star of the show was a lightly marinated flank steak; with garlic, thyme, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The supporting characters were a buttery polenta and roasted shiitake and red onions.
This meal I made several "Doh!" mistakes that ended up causing the parental approval index to go way down.
First, despite my parents not being big steak eaters, I decided to stick with the suggested flanken meat instead of upgrading to a more tender hunk of beef or even switching to chicken. Second, I tried to cut down on sodium for health reasons but felt that the strong blue cheese that should have graced the shiitakes would more than make up for the lack of salt sprinkled onto the veggies and into the polenta. The operative word is should, the darned hunk of cheese sat silently in the refrigerator all evening.
All in all this was not a success in the eyes of the parental units but the leftovers were honorably (and in my opinon successfully) repurposed as Monday's lunch. This time with the cheese proudly sitting on top of everything.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Food & Wine
One of the fringe benefits of working for a newpaper is that we get tons of reading material in the mail; much of it goes completely unclaimed. So it was that I got a perfectly good Food & Wine Magazine a couple of months ago. This dinner was a 30 minute deal that was part of a series, I haven't gotten around to trying the other two dinner ideas.
This was the first time I've cooked chicken, and my mother was impressed that I was finaly handling raw meat (a previous no go zone for me). The green beans were easy enough, just some carmelized garlic and ginger to dress them up a bit. The potatoes were a straight affair of cutting and frying. Final touch that wasn't part of the original recipe was that bottle of Bull Dog Katsu Sauce which went very well. Perfect weeknight dinner for my little family.
This was the first time I've cooked chicken, and my mother was impressed that I was finaly handling raw meat (a previous no go zone for me). The green beans were easy enough, just some carmelized garlic and ginger to dress them up a bit. The potatoes were a straight affair of cutting and frying. Final touch that wasn't part of the original recipe was that bottle of Bull Dog Katsu Sauce which went very well. Perfect weeknight dinner for my little family.
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