I even made a cake. Now the hard part will be getting rid of it before I overeat.


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It doesn't look like much but it's a very tasty soup. It has beef broth, ground beef, noodles, green pepper, hot pepper, garlic, ginger, coriander (cilantro), and lime.

It's hot, gingery, tart, and all sorts of delicious. Mmmmm.


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Of course, I have to share my food related successes. I put too much effort into thinking about what to make today to not bask in it at least a little bit.

So, here was the meal.

Chicken: Marinated in lime juice, orange juice, garlic, coriander (cilantro), green chile, olive oil, and salt. It was then grilled (broiled).
Salsa: Tomato, red ( Read more... )

I haven't made any really special meals recently but am actually marinating chicken for tomorrow. I have breast pieces in lime juice, orange juice, chiles, garlic, and olive oil. I plan on serving it with bread, salsa, and avacado. I'm looking forward to it a little too much,.

Ok, so I'll be busy this weekend and I know it. Most people can't make it to my birthday dinner and I can't really afford the time to have people come over and stay. I've modified my plans for the dry aged beef from rib roast to rib eye steaks. I'll also admit that with my current state of poverty I really appreciate being able to have several ( Read more... )

I finally got a chance to go grocery shopping today. Among other things I needed, I was going to go pick up a post-Thanksgiving turkey at an obscenely low price.... I almost did but I'll explain why I didn't soon ( Read more... )

I was watching an episode of Good Eats and they had a really fun quote:

"I enjoy cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking." --- Julia Child

I just attempted to use the picture below my cut to convince someone to let me visit them. I'm hoping the power of shortbread can get me to travel.

( It is shortbread... which is good. )

I was stressed out and so made another burger!

This time it was brioche roll, mayo, grilled onions, burger, cheese, bacon, fried egg, and spicy barbeque sauce :D

( I could barely stop myself from eating it before taking a picture. )

Don is finally out of town and... he gave me some money to feed myself. I took this as a chance to get myself some real food... and I decided to start off my adventures with food by making myself a candied bacon cheeseburger with roasted chilis ( Read more... )