Tonight’s food experiment: tiramisu! I can’t wait to try it, it is currently setting up. On saturday, I made a pound cake to eat with my yummy fresh blackberries. As of last night, the berries were gone but half the cake remained, and it was quickly getting a bit dry. So, I started thinking about […]
Tonight was the night that I finally attempted beef burek, after talking about it for the past week or so. None of the recipes really looked like the thing that I saw on $40 a day that looked so tasty, so I improvised. I fried up a pound of lean hamburger with a diced onion […]
As a general rule, I don’t like tomatoes. I like salsa, ketchup, spaghetti sauces, but not raw tomatoes. I’ve tried to make myself endure them, and occasionally I can endure, but I really don’t like them. There is, of course, an exception to this. Margherita pizza sauce. A couple of years ago, I was watching […]
I am trying to find a coffee that I like. Even if I sugar a cup of coffee to the max, it won’t have near the calories of a pepsi, but all of the caffeine kick which I need in the morning. I’d been eyeballing a bodum travel coffee press at kroger for a couple […]
Work is stressing me out hardcore and I have 84000 things to do, so of course I am blowing it off for blogging. I had lunch with my mum today and we were talking about her pantry. I housesat for her last week and of course had to peek in her cabinets and fridge, she […]
Obviously, I am the last human on earth to discover this, but last night I learned that if you roast a jalapeno it actually becomes HOTTER! I’m quite sure that there’s some science involved here, which I will look into at a later date. Last night I threw together a quick bean salad for my […]
Once again, this summer, I have fallen in love with the almighty Garlic Salad. In order to make an Yshastyle garlic salad, one starts with a bowl of leafy greens. (I use bagged salad, because I’m lazy like that.) Rough chop some mushrooms and toss on the top along with some diced onion. Red onion […]
I’ve been experimenting lately with Indian spices. Earlier in the week, I made tandoori marinated grilled chicken breasts that were great! Today I decided to play around a bit more with the spices that I bought at the Indian market. I am trying to find more ways to enjoy chicken. It’s much healthier than beef […]
I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about my mother, and most especially about her kitchen – the things I learned from her. Sometimes I think that I’m still a teenager at heart, rebelling against my mother, striking out on my own and testing the waters. In very few ways have I ever been able […]
Since the weather had decided to cool off and the calendar finally said October, I spent yesterday baking. I made a turkey with all the fixin’s, all fine but unremarkable. What was remarkable, however, was dessert. I tried out a recipe that I got from the local paper a couple of weeks ago for Oatmeal […]