by gwenzez | Feb 26, 2014 | food porn, lunch, photography, sandwich
Lunch was nothing new, crazy or super exciting today. Just some old favourites piled together warmed up with cheese and topped with lots and lots of fresh ground black pepper. Black pepper is one of those spices we take for granted. It gets added to so many dishes without our even thinking about it it seems. This addition of pepper was a very deliberate one, and the more the better.
Toast with mayo, avocado, and tomato slices, topped with cheddar cheese and broiled until melty. Served warm with lots of fresh black pepper.
by gwenzez | Feb 25, 2014 | food porn, lunch, photography, sandwich
I’m not sure if this would be considered truly Florentine or not, but I’m going to pretend it is. This is my quick and easy bastardized version of Eggs Florentine. Sadly, it is without Hollandaise sauce (no time for that kind of goodness today), but some crumbled goat cheese brought my lunch back from over the top fat-free healthy craziness to a nice balance of delicious and good for you.
Sauteed garlic and spinach on toast. Topped with crumbled goat cheese, a perfectly poached egg (how did that happen?!) and fresh ground black pepper.
by gwenzez | Feb 12, 2014 | food porn, leftovers, lunch, photography
When preparing food, I am of course always hoping it will be delicious, but sometimes, something happens and you surpass those hopes and make the best, dish, ever. We made wonton soup last night, for the first time. Our wontons were unorthodox, and our recipe was made up, but someone must have spilled a bit of magic into the pot because it was amazing.
I chopped up some leftover pork tenderloin, baby shrimp, and ginger, mixed it with an egg, a dash of Bragg’s soy sauce and some rice vinegar. We wrapped spoonfuls of this mixture in wonton wrappers and dropped them into a pot of boiling chicken stock, along with chopped bok choy, green onions, and carrots. All the way through dinner I was hoping there would be some soup leftover for lunch. My dream came true.
by gwenzez | Feb 10, 2014 | food porn, leftovers, lunch, photography
I had a hankering for sushi today, but not all the ingredients. What I did have, made for some yummy sort of sushi-esque hand rolls. My (probably obvious to everyone but me) tip of the day, is when checking to see how fresh the powdered wasabi is… don’t stick your nose right in the jar and take a big sniff. Enough said.
Leftover quinoa topped with avocado slices, pre-cooked baby shrimp and mayonnaise, all wrapped up in a sheet of nori. Served with a side of soy sauce and wasabi… for dipping… not sniffing.
by gwenzez | Feb 5, 2014 | food porn, leftovers, lunch, photography, soup
I am not sure what it is about today’s never-ending snowfall that makes me think of melted cheese, but I’m not going to fight it. Especially after hauling a hundred pounds of children to school on an unwaxed sled. And also especially, after shovelling twice today, and you can’t even tell. I think dinner today may also need to include melted cheese.
Toast, put under the broiler with cheese, onions and tomatoes, until just bubbling, and topped with shovels of black pepper. Served with butternut squash soup I rescued from the freezer. Bring on the snow… I mean melted cheese.
by gwenzez | Jan 30, 2014 | food porn, leftovers, lunch, pasta, photography
Well… it looks like I could use a lesson in Italian culinary terms. I was grocery shopping, in a hurry, and my regular go-to sauce wasn’t there. Quickly, quickly pick another! It’s red, it’s a brand I like, no obvious deal breakers (like mushrooms) for the kids. Done. Arrabbiata it is. I now know that arrabbiata means angry. Angry for all the spicy chillies. The kids had a quickly whipped up pesto pasta, and it looks like I will be eating arrabbiata for a few days.
Leftover rotini with arrabbiata sauce. Topped with grated parmesan. Luckily, I love spice and am not the least bit angry about it.
