When I’m not in the kitchen or stuffing myself at my Mom’s or some restaurant, I’m usually on a trail in the woods. I’ve been exceptionally lucky with the people who bring me on these grand adventures, and this past weekend we decided to combine my two favorite things: Outdoors and food. The purpose of …
Sorry this entry comes over a week late. As most of you foodies know, Copper River Salmon is here!! For those of you who are unfamiliar or don’t know what the great who-hah is about this amazing fish, I’ll give you a quick run down. What’s the big deal about Copper River Salmon? Copper River …
Red Velvet Cake with Caramel Pastry Cream and Frangelico Ganache So Nikki’s roommate’s birthday was coming up and she needed a secret kitchen to make a delicious cake! I made dinner while she made the yummy cake. I didn’t really help except for making the Frangelico Ganache with was AMAZING…but this cake was pretty labor …
I used to work with Rachel Belle at Kiro…and this is just too hilarious not to share. Foodie Phone Sex – The Ron and Don Show – MyNorthwest.com
Check out my friend’s process of makin’ kombucha! ooo and ahhh at her pretty pictures! crab & bee: BUCH!
I have so much to share but very little time to write. I’m not sure how to resolve this. I’m learning new things, trying new things, and spending more than I should in my food budget. That’s why I’ve decided that I am going to try to focus on cooking more frugally. I’ve discovered that …
One day, I was walking along Ballard Avenue coming upon Madame K’s Pizza Bistro. Normally, the wafting scents of garlic, bread, and cheezy goodness would always cause me to look over and smile at the lingerie draped chairs. My favorite part was the sign that hung on the front door that said, “NO CELL PHONES …
Well it’s definitely that time of the year…I start to build my winter coat (somehow it came on early this year once I finished my half marathon and stopped major physical activity everyday). I’ve been slacking in writing mostly because my camera has been out of commission so you’ll have to forgive me for the …
Sorry I’ve been on hiatus…I have many things to write about…my problem is that once the weather got nice here I spent all my time outdoors and I’ve had one crazy summer. Now that it’s winter I’m finding myself stuck indoors. Soo…look forward to more entries to come this week…I’ll have to think about what …
Since I’ve been transitioning between job duties and began volunteering, I haven’t been cooking much. I’ve become dependent on snacks, but luckily my roommate Meghan has been on a Rachel Ray craze. She bought one of her cookbooks and has been cooking up a storm…I really should start documenting her adventures. It’s been exciting, to …
I love southern food what can I say? After New Orleans, I’m completely addicted to everything related to it. (Which as a side note, heard a great song down at the Farmer’s Market today called “Freedom Song”, which apparently was written by an artist with several children after Hurricane Katrina. You should listen to it, …
Recently, a new acquaintance of mine celebrated his 25th birthday. We kicked off the celebration with a pre-season Sounders game which was nothing less than crazy spectacular fun (even though we lost)! The next day I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do for the evening and I decided I wanted to …
Oh Ireland…how I miss you… Hands down, I could move to Ireland in a heart beat. At the last minute I decided to put together an Irish meal for a few friends…some bailed so there was quite a bit left over…but mmm so good. First off – I had Beef and Guinness Stew EVERYWHERE in …
It’s been quite a while…I apologize. But here we go! I’ve been on a health food binge lately since I’m training for a half marathon and tryin got make a couple lifestyle changes. This healthy version of a soft taco was really simple, and tasty. I don’t believe in coounting calories so if you’re already …
That is to say…Happy New Year in Vietnamese and Chinese (my two heritages). This entry comes about a week too late…but I figured better late than never. February 14 was Chinese New Year this year…if you want to learn more about how this is the Year of the Tiger, I’m sure you can Google it. …
One word: MESSY Sanitizing and cleaning 30 bottles of wine…is definitely not a good time. So i procrastinated. And ended up bottling the wine three weeks after stablising and clearing (one week later than instructed)…I was just crossing my fingers. Especially since I lost the top that goes on the bung to keep all the …
I must say before this review that I am not very familiar with creole cooking…but when I was in New Orleans this past fall, I fell in love with it. Like Ben says to me, “If you were to ever move to New Orleans…that would be the end of Sandy Lam.” Comfort foods to the …
This is such an interesting group…I may make it a goal of mine to try it sometime! Random people getting together to cook fantastic meals together! Frugal Foodies makes its Seattle debut: http://crosscut.com/2010/01/18/food/19514/
Long story short: I didn’t cook much this week. But here you go! It’s a Trader Joe’s salmon roullette stuffed with spinach florentine. I made my favorite spinach quinoa (pronounced keen-wha) dish with it…but it was a bit too much protein…but incredibly filling. If you don’t know what quinoia is…it’s the must wonderful superfood. Tasty …
I’ve recently joined a club: The Pacific Northwest Cooking and Recipes Meetup and went to the first meeting today. It was fantastic. Here are some of the foods we shared! Crab stuffed mushrooms broiled with white wine Pesto Baguettes (I’m not of the official title) Crab Ragoon (My favorite!! I seriously ate half of these) …
In my perfect world, there are a couple of businesses I would personally bribe to relocate near my home (to be determined) just so I could indulge myself in whatever they had to offer me. One of them, is Bakery Nouveau. It’s probably for the best that it’s a bit of a trip for me …
This week was quite successful in my opinion, besides starting the new year off with a disappointing meal at Claim Jumper. I guess we could start with that so we can end on a happy note. Food Fiascos After a great day snowshoeing to start off the new year, my friends and I were famished. …
Probably the least exciting part of making wine. This is where I lost part of my allure to making my own wine. After 10 days, I checked the wine and measured the gravity. To ensure it’s stability it had to read the same gravity level two days in a row. To pick up all the …
Happy New Year! Since I just started this blog, I’m going to include some earlier food adventures from the month of December. But I’m hoping to make this entry a weekly event. Tasty Triumphs Creamy shrimp bites (these don’t have a real name…I stole the recipe from my mom). This is one of my favorite appetizers …
So after a week, we (minus Meghan because she’s too busy getting sunburned in New Zealand – plus my friend Sam, who was visiting from Texas) checked the wine to make sure it had reached the correct gravity. Opening the container was an interesting experience…it didn’t smell fantastic, but at least we knew the yeast …
