1. I've moved... →

    I got tired of the lack of photo space on Tumblr so I moved over to a custom hosted domain on Wordpress. Join me, won’t you?

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  2. I’ve been addicted to super short, quick, and easy meals lately. There’s two reasons for this. One, it’s summer and I don’t feel like spending much time in the kitchen. Two, I’m going through a rut where I simply don’t have any inspiration or desire to think up any new dishes. Summer is always a challenging time for me because I don’t have the outdoor space to grill and hearty meals (which I love to cook) don’t excite me in 90+ degree heat. A few weeks ago, I ran into a great cooking e-book/PDF on lifehacker.com for meals that take less than 10 minutes. This is perfect for me right now as it will solve my dilemmas. I highly recommend the PDF. As for the above picture*, it’s one of the recipe. It consists entirely of mixed greens top with canned chick peas, shredded parmesan, and lemon juice. Simple. Delicious. *Above photo taken with camera phone. I’m trying out some different styles from my normal DSLR shots.

    I’ve been addicted to super short, quick, and easy meals lately. There’s two reasons for this. One, it’s summer and I don’t feel like spending much time in the kitchen. Two, I’m going through a rut where I simply don’t have any inspiration or desire to think up any new dishes. Summer is always a challenging time for me because I don’t have the outdoor space to grill and hearty meals (which I love to cook) don’t excite me in 90+ degree heat. A few weeks ago, I ran into a great cooking e-book/PDF on lifehacker.com for meals that take less than 10 minutes. This is perfect for me right now as it will solve my dilemmas. I highly recommend the PDF. As for the above picture*, it’s one of the recipe. It consists entirely of mixed greens top with canned chick peas, shredded parmesan, and lemon juice. Simple. Delicious.

    *Above photo taken with camera phone. I’m trying out some different styles from my normal DSLR shots.

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  4. Top Chef S7E2

    Top Chef just started and this year it’s in DC. When I moved here, DC wasn’t really known for being a foodie town, but I can say over the past 2-3 years things have really ramped up. Usually every season, you’ll have 1 or 2 pretty strong DC chefs in the running. It’s also nice that I can visit their restaurants. TC is one of my favorite cooking shows (if not favorite show), so I was planning on doing some sort of weekly commentary on it here. Week 1 was pretty blah, but we did find this season’s “heel”, Angelo.

    Episode 2:
    This week (and last) showed us that there’s a lot of dumb people in this contest, namely Amanda. For the kid’s school lunches challenge, who even thinks of making sherry (fortified wine!) glazed chicken. That’s right, moron Amanda. (Side Note: Anyone who makes celery spears topped with a peanut butter mousse should be kicked off immediately regardless of immunity. How long did that seriously take, 10 WHOLE minutes?) Back to Amanda. Does everyone agree that she is a near match to Leah from Season 5? If she gets to the Top 5, we have serious problems.

    On this season:
    I can’t wait to see the return of Tony Bourdain to the judging table, as well as the other DC chefs. It’s also nice seeing Gail being something other than a wet blanket. My quick money is on Ed & Kenny, but I should probably check with Just Cover Blog to find the real money lines before laying anything down.

    1 year ago  /  Notes

  5. Who says salad needs to be green? Next time you have a hankering for salad, try radicchio! I made this salad with (you guessed it) radicchio, beets, red onions, flax seed, and feta cheese. I had just a tiny amount of flat-leaf parsley left, but that would be excellent in this as well. I made the dressing out of olive oil and red wine vinegar. Sometimes I dabble in the vegetarian foodt scene and I think this fills out my card nicely.

    Who says salad needs to be green? Next time you have a hankering for salad, try radicchio! I made this salad with (you guessed it) radicchio, beets, red onions, flax seed, and feta cheese. I had just a tiny amount of flat-leaf parsley left, but that would be excellent in this as well. I made the dressing out of olive oil and red wine vinegar. Sometimes I dabble in the vegetarian foodt scene and I think this fills out my card nicely.

    1 year ago  /  Notes