Favourties

OK, so since I am on a roll with posting, I am going to keep going! Today’s post will be a list of some of my favourite foods! This list will include individual types of food, as well as whole cultures of food.  So here goes:  my list of favourite foods in a super fun random order!

1)  Sushi: I am a total sushi addict. I have been known to eat sushi two – maybe three times in the same week. Where I live, you can get really good and cheap sushi pretty much everywhere you go. So you can’t go wrong! Some of my favourite rolls include: spicy salmon, spicy tuna, spicy salmon and avocado, and lastly, yam tempura.

2) Pizza: Because pizza is delicious….honestly, need I say more?

3) Indian Food: I love Indian food so much! There’s something so tasty about the spiciness of the curries, mixed with the creamy sauces that is just so darn good! I also love naan, and samosas. Also, you can never go wrong with a mango lassie.

4) Lemon Chicken:  My mom has this AMAZING lemon chicken recipe that my grandma (her mom) used to make.  Let me tell you, this recipe is so good!  However, it’s a lot of work, so we don’t have it very often.

5) Salad: As you can see in my previous post, I am a salad freak!

6) Chocolate Cake: Because chocolate cake is good! Also, because I think that chocolate is one of the most amazing things ever invented!

7) Burritos: With burritos you can get super creative, and put whatever you want in them! That’s why I love them so much.  Also because, I normally eat them with guacamole, salsa, and sour cream; I think that’s reason enough.

8) Bacon: A total guilty pleasure. But, bacon is just so good; I had to put it on the list!

9) Eggs: I love eggs. They are so good, and there are millions of ways to cook them!  I eat them for breakfast a lot.

10) Chinese Food: Really, I just love all the noodles! Also I love dim sum.  For those of you who don’t know what dim sum is, I will explain.  Dim sum is when people wheel carts of food around the restaurant. When a cart comes by your table and you want what’s on it, you wave it down. The person who is wheeling the cart gives you the food, and then stamps a card on your table. At the end of the meal you pay by how many stamps you have on your card. It is so tasty. Dim sum restaurants have these amazing buns stuffed with BBQ pork that are to die for.

Anyways, there is my list for now. If I am feeling inclined I might at to it at another time. But for now, happy eating J

Comfort Food

For fun, I thought I’d do another post that is also a list. This time, it will be a list of my favourtie comfort foods to cook. There is jut something about comfort food that is so pleasing. If you come home from a long stressful day, comfort food is just, well comfort. I guess that’s how it got its name. So, here goes, my list of favourtie comfort foods to cook in no particular order:

1) Salad: So call me weird, I don’t care; salad is a comfort food for me. I am a salad fiend. I absolutely love, love, love salad! Salads are just so vertical and delicious. There are just so many different things you can put in them, and so many different types. It’s so hard to run out of possibilities for salads, that’s what I love about them. Some of my favourtie salad additions are: grated beets, grated carrots, goat cheese, blueberries, bell peppers, pumpkin seeds, cucumber, celery, Chinese chow mein noodles, and of course lettuce. I normally used mixed salad greens.

2) Lasagna: I love making lasagna; I can make it without a recipe. It is so delicious, and always makes the whole house smell delicious! Also, who DOESN’T associate lasagna as a comfort food?

3) Crepes: Crepes are so much fun to make! I love coming up with creative ideas for crepe fillings. Both savory and sweet are delicious! One of my favourtie crepes I make is tuna salad. Sounds gross, but its delicious. Inside the crepe: canned tuna mixed with mayo, salt, peppers, and capers. Rolled up, and then toped with cheese sauce. It’s so good; don’t judge until you’ve tried it. Comfort right there J

4) Yam fries: Making these is a lot of work, but they are amazing. When I make them I like playing around with different seasonings to see what tastes best. Also eating them dipped in a spicy mayo dip is really yummy J TOTAL comfort food, plus if you cook them in the oven with just a little bit of oil, there is less guilt, and it is also WAY better for you!

5) Sandwiches: I love coming up with creative sandwich combinations. I get to get super creative, and make tasty combinations.  Although, I’m picky when it comes to sandwiches, and HATE them even if they are the slight bit soggy, so I rarely pack sandwiches for lunch. Call me a sandwich purist – but I think that sandwiches should be eaten right after they are made.

6) Cheese Toast/Grilled Cheese: So this barely counts as cooking. But they are tasty and pretty much comfort food point blank....so there you go J

7) Mac N’ Cheese: Okay, okay, another classic comfort food that is so delicious. There’s just something about crabs, butter, and cheese that SCREAMS comfort food. But, me being me, and liking to experiment in the kitchen, my mac n’ cheese is fancy. For example, once I made pesto mac n’ cheese, that was amazing!! I have also been known to bake my mac and cheese in a heart shape baking pan.

Well that’s about all that comes to mind right now. …

Happy eating J

Food For Sickies

The past few days I’ve been home sick with a bad cold/flu. I've pretty much spent the last two days in bed on my laptop. Catching up on homework I feel behind on when I went away for the long weekend, and watching way too many episodes of Modern Family (my new favourite TV show. I guess there are few reasons for this solitude: a) to be perfectly honest I don't feel like doing much, b) I don't want to get my family sick, and c) they don't want to get sick, so thusly they are staying far away from me. In fact, my sister has forbid me from going into her bedroom. If I want to talk to her I must stand outside her door, announce myself, and then let her open the door (so I don't  get my germs on it), and then stand in the doorway if I want to talk to her. Which sounds a bit extreme, but in all honesty I think it's fair enough as she has exams coming up.

Since I've been really sick, I haven’t been very hungry, and what I’ve been eating is pretty simple. When I get sick, I always lose my appetite, and only feel like eating plain food. So, out of sheer boredom, and having nothing better to do, I thought I’d compose a list of the things that I eat (and drink) when I’m sick, that help me feel better. 

So, here is my list, in complete random order.

1)      Orange Juice. I always drink OJ when I’m sick in order to get enough vitamin C

2)      Smoothies. If my throat is sore, the cold icy-ness is very soothing

3)      Tea. Mostly herbal kinds. Like chamomile, lemon/ginger, or peppermint

4)      Chicken Noodle Soup. Enough said.

5)      Spicy food. Such as curries, if my nose is stuffy they really help.

6)      Toast. Because if my stomach is upset, its easy on it.

7)      Boiled eggs. They’re simple, but somehow only taste good when you’re sick.

8)      Popsicles. Good for sore throats.

Well I feel as if that was somewhat of an long enough post, -- at least it gave me something to do for a while. Anyway, now its time for me to get some rest, and watch more Modern Family! :)

Summer Food and Memories

With the summer just around the corner, comes lots of fresh food. Where I live, in the summer there is lots of delicious and fresh locally grown produce available. One thing available, is berries. Raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries. Each summer, my family buys huge amounts of all of these berries and we bag and freeze them ourselves. Its a long process and takes most of a day for just one kind of berry. But, but the end of the summer our freezer is stocked with delicious fruit, that will normally last well into the spring.With the berries that we don't freeze, we normally just eat them as they are. Sometimes though, my mom will make a shortcake and use the berries to top the cake along with whipping cream. It is so delicious, and a prefect way to end a summer day.

Another fresh food that is available is corn on the cob. The corn is so sweet and goes so well with BBQ chicken or salmon. Fresh corn on the cob, is just part of summer for me. I have many memories of sitting on my back porch as a kid shucking the corn. As a kid, this was always something I enjoyed doing, and to this day, I still do.

For me, I associate lots of my memories with food. BBQ chicken reminds me of beach picnics with my family on beautiful summer evenings. Tofu dogs remind of camping, my siblings and I ate many tofu dogs on family camping trips. Grilled cheese sandwiches remind me of the summer camp I worked at last summer.  Whatever the found memory is, it is most likely that there is some food that I can associate with it. I think that this is because food brings people together, and when people come together memories are made. Yes, I realize that this sounds very cheesy, but it’s true.