The basil plant takes sun and continuous water to grow and prosper. It yields plenty of leaves for use. It can be used in salads, a stir-fry, sandwiches, and more.
Foodie Fridays: Herbs to Own
Category Archives: Foodie Fridays
Foodie Fridays: Buffalo Chili
I don’t know if you can tell from the photo but that is genuine buffalo in that there chili. But buffalo is expensive unless it’s your own supply! Let me stop you right there. If you cook in a certain way, many foods are not out of your financial reach. Yes the buffalo was $9/lb but I only used one pound and all in all my chili yield was approximately 7 servings. I cut the chili with vegetables. But Rachel, vegetables are expensive! Only if you buy pre-prepared ones or out of season ones (artichokes anyone?). This chili involves zuchini, green peppers, yellow peppers, and onions. None of these are expensive. Colored peppers can run you at $1.25 each but if you pick a big one it is worth it for the taste and color. Green peppers can be as low as 3/$1 generally. Onions are cheap, as are zuchini. The most expensive part of this meal was probably the chili, as I bought the herb from my local market. Add brown rice and voile: a cost effective, delicious, and healthy meal! And it has buffalo, one of the leanest meats out there.
Foodie Fridays: Thai Tea
One of my favorite drinks is Thai Tea. It’s creamy and has that solid tea taste while being a creamsicle orange. I decided to buy my own brew and save myself some dollhairs by making it myself. Alas I got a splitting headache every time I drank it. There are very few ingredients in the Thai tea mix (pictured in the Ziploc bag) and I have a feeling that it is the coloring (horror!) that is giving me such a negative reaction. The headache is so bad that I will never drink this stuff again. Additionally, I am against coloring. It is unnecessary in food production and harmful to the body.
Anybody know of a good Thai tea mix without food coloring??
Foodie Fridays: A Few of My Favorite Things
Safeway Pizza Sticks
The nostalgia accompanies the crispy croissant-esque deliciousness. These were popular before those itsy bitsy pizza rolls. I am very disappointed if they are out of them or are done cooking them for the day. Pizza sticks and half-size shopping carts fill my memories, along with airport quality Chinese food and fruit leather. Relive your childhood (or mine) with these wonderful $0.99 treats.
Foodie Fridays: Costco Dilemma
Big Box Dilemma
As some of you readers may know I am a Costco fanatic. However, after reading about Big Box Business and their evil plans to take over the world, I feel torn for my love of Costco and my desire to promote independent local businesses.
Here are some others who are addicted to Costco….
http://costcocuisine.blogspot.com/
I think I have found a compromise, prepper foods from Costco and all other foods from the local Maple Valley Market and Foley’s. Not sure about my hygiene products…. Does the Market have the shampoo I like? To be continued….
Foodie Fridays: Texture says it all
Al dente, Undercooked, Raw, and Unripe
Steak: Medium
Rice: Slightly chewy
Pasta: Al dente
Fruit: Slightly unripe
How do you like your food?
FYI: On average, people lose half their taste receptors by time they turn 20
Holy cow! No wonder so many people who say they didn’t like broccoli growing up now don’t mind it.
Foodie Fridays: Foley’s Produce
I love Foley’s! They improve the neighborhood immensely and I’m very thankful for the opportunity to buy from a local vendor who sells local produce with that local feel of your neighborhood market. Their produce is amazing in and of itself and they have screaming good deals on several things all the time (Granny smith apples $0.79/lb). They may be a small stand in the midst of a plethora of big box grocers but they have quite the variety, supplying organic options among the regular options, even providing such goods as homemade bread, eggs, honey, and jams. Foley even grows and sells some of his own plants. I highly recommend Foley’s and will be back again and again.
Email: foleysproduce@hotmail.com
Phone: (425) 301‑2131
21409 Renton/Maple Valley RD SE
Maple Valley, WA 98038
Foodie Fridays: Food Porn
Wikipedia defines food porn as: “a glamourised spectacular visual presentation of cooking or eating in advertisements, infomercials, cooking shows or other visual media,[1] foods boasting a high fat and calorie content,[2] exotic dishes that arouse a desire to eat or the glorification of food as a substitute for sex.[3] Food porn often takes the form of food photography and styling that presents food provocatively, in a similar way to glamour photography or pornographic photography.”
Food porn for the masses rose out of websites such as instagram and facebook.
Anti-food porn now exists in the form of tickld members (and other websites) where the activity of photographing and informing friends, family, and strangers about your meals is laughed at and is a shameful practice.
There are many reasons why someone you know may have posted food porn.
What can you do about food porn addiction?
Foodie Fridays: Sweet Potato Flops
I gave out some of my sweet potato chips to my dad and his response was that they were soft, unlike chips, and so should be called ‘flops’
I used this recipe to make my flops, only using olive oil and sea salt.
Foodie Fridays: The Best Things in Life Are.. Rhubarb
In our garden the rhubarb grows wild. It is like the cockroach of the plant world because nothing will kill it. With such a free-growing bounty at our fingertips we should have food for days but alas rhubarb is one of those plants like zuchini that only has so many known applications.
Rhubarb is a very bitter/sour root (the leaves are toxic so stay away). It is most delicious when dressed up with sugar and cooked to soften.
For more information and a plethora of recipes involving rhubarb, visit:
Here are two recipes I followed with a twist. For the rhubarb love knots after I was done I put them in the freezer and made rhubarb popsicles! They were delicious!
Rachel Author Barnard 