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June 18, 2010
There's a Good Will Hunting joke here somewhere....
June 17, 2010
Our State
I think this magazine might have been published specifically for YJDKIY. If you haven't checked out the July issue of Our State, I highly recommend doing so before any summer NC travels. From the opening humor article about "Early Culinary Adventures" to the ads for NC food, wine and restaurants, to the county-by-county account of things to try, it truly is a foodie issue.
On my list from this issue
Cabarrus, Concord: Cabarrus Creamery
Carteret, Beaufort: Beaufort Grocery Co.
Caswell, Pelham: SleepyGoat Farm
Columbus, Whiteville: Columbus County Community Farmers Market
Dare, Nags Head: Sam & Omie's Restaurant
Davie, Mocksville: Ketchie Creek Bakery & Cafe
Durham, Durham: Magnolia Grill
Guilford, Greensboro: Jerusalem Market
Halifax, Enfield: A&B Milling Company
Lincoln, Laurel Hill: Webb's Orchard
Mecklenberg, Charlotte: Cocina Latina
Moore, Southern Pines: Sweet Basil
Warren, Ridgeway: Ridgeway Cantaloupe (these really are the best cantaloops EVER)
Watauga, Boone: Coyote Kitchen (I'll give it a second try because of this!)
3 outa 4 aint bad
There were four main ingredients in this dinner: tofu, kale, onion, yellow squash (excluding spices!). All but the tofu came from the farmer's market! Said tofu, a product of my TJ's run a few weeks ago was actually way more firm than Nasoya and is still organic.
June 16, 2010
Eat Your Vegetables Day
June 17, 2010 is
- Remember when you were a kid and your parents always told you that "you have to eat your vegetables." They were right. Vegetables are essential if you want to live a longer, healthier life. Not to mention that they are also delicious! Fix a big healthy, delicious salad for yourself and your family today and celebrate Eat Your Vegetables Day!
Eat Your Vegetables Day
Eat Your Vegetables Day
Snack Time!
YJDKIY had been looking for a healthy, filling snack and totally forgot about cottage cheese! The last time I had it at a restaurant and thought it was tasty, I figured it was the full fat kind and way too unhealthy. I vaguely remember buying some store brand no fat and thinking it was the most disgusting thing ever.
Lucky for me, Organic Valley has the remedy! Lowfat still has the great flavor (a little heavy on the salt though - even the other product commenters said that!) and cuts a lot of the bad stuff in the half cup serving.
Ingredients: Organic Cultured Pasteurized Skim Milk, Organic Pasteurized Cream, Organic Nonfat Milk, Citric Acid, Salt, Organic Guar Gum, Organic Locust Bean Gum, Acidophilus and Bifidus Cultures, Vitamin A Palmitate, Enzymes.
Also, in case you didn't know, OV supplies the milk to Stonyfield for my beloved yogurts. They're also an socially and environmentally responsible company.
Your weekly purchase of 16 oz Lowfat Cottage Cheese prevents the following annually:
10 lbs Synthetic Nitrogen
2.2 oz Synthetic Herbicides & Pesticides
Lucky for me, Organic Valley has the remedy! Lowfat still has the great flavor (a little heavy on the salt though - even the other product commenters said that!) and cuts a lot of the bad stuff in the half cup serving.
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| Total Fat 2g | 3% | ||||
| Saturated Fat 1.5g | 8% | ||||
| Trans Fat 0g | |||||
| Cholesterol 10mg | 3% | ||||
| Sodium 450mg | 19% | ||||
| Total Carbohydrate 4g | 1% | ||||
| Dietary Fiber 0g | 0% | ||||
| Sugars 3g | |||||
| Protein 15g | |||||
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Ingredients: Organic Cultured Pasteurized Skim Milk, Organic Pasteurized Cream, Organic Nonfat Milk, Citric Acid, Salt, Organic Guar Gum, Organic Locust Bean Gum, Acidophilus and Bifidus Cultures, Vitamin A Palmitate, Enzymes.
Also, in case you didn't know, OV supplies the milk to Stonyfield for my beloved yogurts. They're also an socially and environmentally responsible company.
Your weekly purchase of 16 oz Lowfat Cottage Cheese prevents the following annually:
10 lbs Synthetic Nitrogen
2.2 oz Synthetic Herbicides & Pesticides
June 15, 2010
Guest cook
YJDKIY was off cooking duty the other night for reasons that shall remain unstated, however, the guest cook did a fine job with the intended (modified) recipe. I rallied in the end to take a few more photos with the fancy camera.
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We stealthy planned ahead and grilled this for Monday night's salad!
We stealthy planned ahead and grilled this for Monday night's salad!
June 14, 2010
Local Flashback
So, yesterday YJDKIY was flipping through the June issue of Real Simple and came across this tip:
A how to on cuffing jeans this summer, circa
YJDKIY, 1990-91? Ack! I can maybe understand some teenyboppers doing this since that whole 80s look is new for them, bu Real Simple is geared to people who have already experienced that fashion disaster (hello acid wash jeans, orange kicks and oversized Esprit sweatshirt!).
A how to on cuffing jeans this summer, circa
YJDKIY, 1990-91? Ack! I can maybe understand some teenyboppers doing this since that whole 80s look is new for them, bu Real Simple is geared to people who have already experienced that fashion disaster (hello acid wash jeans, orange kicks and oversized Esprit sweatshirt!).
June 13, 2010
Charlotte Tastetacular
YJDKIY waited as late as possible to allow things to cool off...95 in the middle of the city + thousands of people = not a happy crowd situation. But, we headed out for (our third) Taste of Charlotte about 6:30. The weather had cooled off a little by the time we arrived, but the crowd was at epic traffic jam proportions (nothing makes you hungry like the smell of sweaty people?!). Note, these are NOT fancy camera photos, I love my iPhone Flickr app for just this purpose.
Ginormous fan! (ahaha, pun accidental, get it?!)
We started off with some Sea Bass (I know, I know, eco worst) from Cafe Sienna (I feel compelled to note that we split almost all of these taste size treats, so even though it looks like a lot of food, they were all tiny and shared).
Next was a Buffalo Chicken Slider (YJDKIY didn't taste this one at all!) from The Pizza Peel & Taproom
Then a Chicken Spiedie Wrap from Dilworth Neighborhood Grille
Free Honey Moon and Blue Moon (Southern girls glisten, they don't sweat, riiiight!?)
My favorite was next, we got an Avocado Chill and a Crispo-Frigo from Blynk (all organic and on my list!) The sandwich was extra yummy with fresh mozza, red peppers, basil and olive oil and extra filling. (I probably could have stopped here.)
But, there was free Fage with honey and we scored two free coins listening to bad karaoke (don't worry Oikos, I still love you more, Fage is too chalky/milky!)
And THEN, free PeanutButter ChoclateHaagen Dazs (please excuse the icky blood blister on my finger from 2 weeks ago! Also, I totally didn't enjoy this, after my froyo fixation, ice cream is just too heavy and too sweet and too guilty)
Which did not go well with Chana Masala with Vegetable Pullav from Woodlands Indian Cuisine (all vege!), but it was very tastey (and spicy) on its own.
At this point YJDKIY was a swimmy melted mess, and finished with some tangy-sweet Lindy's Lemonade Italian Ice. At first I was confused about the fact this was coming out of a box/package just like at the grocery store, but upon researching for the blog, YJDKIY was extra excited to discover this company is based in Charlotte! This might be the new summer alternative to Food Lion FroYo!
Luckily we made a round trip of about 2.25 miles walking, so the janunt back to our super stealthy free parking was nice to digest all the tasties.
The Daily Plate
Decidedly not the diet site!!! :P
SUNDAY: Grilled Chicken* & Eggplant pasta salad with artichoke hearts, grape tomatoes and feta
(Thanks, Danny!) *unfreeze chicken Saturday night
MONDAY: Salad with edamame and sweet potatoes
TUESDAY: Sauted tofu, sauted garlic-kale, summer squash
WEDNESDAY: TJ's Pork Tenderloin Florentine, asparagus, bread
SATURDAY: Lemony zucchini, chickpea, red pepper, basil salad and black bean cakes
June 12, 2010
Tempting Tempeh Work
(alternately titled The One with a LOT of Photos)
YJDKIY got a Nikon D5000 DSLR for work this week, and decided to bring it home tomaster barely become aware of the 1093481 setting/buttons/possibilities it offers for photo goodness. What better practice than the return of fancy cookin' AND the completion of the YJDKIY backsplash (besides you know, an actual Museum type event that I would be photographing in real life)?
TJ's Organic Tempeh....my very first time cooking or eating it, surprisingly! The recipe at hand from Whole Foods (it was also surprisingly hard to find a tempeh recipe that wasn't burgers, barbecue or scrambles).
Halved and triangulated
Charmoula marinade, but I didn't have broth so I had to sub water, plus lemon juice, olive oil, fresh dried basil, parsley, garlic, kosher salt
Could have used about half of this
Grape tomatoes (special fancy FOOD setting on the camera!) - good thing I added these and actually ate them, the sweetness really helped the tangy overload
Zuch slices
Marinating
Sides - creamer potatoes and kale (which later turned into THIS disastacular)
All assembled and
Ready to bake at 400 for 20 minutes (which could have been long so the marinade evaporated, but alas) - tempeh in marinade, zucchini, tomatoes topped with cracked pepper and more fresh dried basil. While that was baking...
The canine component was getting worried I'd forget to fill up her bowl with all the photography (speaking of taking forever, washing AND drying hands between each step!)
The other YJDKIY diner showed up fresh from Denver with some summery flowers! :)
So impatient she can't sit straight!
Plated!
The potatoes were superfantastic delicious! The tempeh...eh, it'll have to go grown on me. I like the texture, but it was too tangy (maybe that was the cook's marinade fault though). And of course, the camera...in love and ready to shoot!
Oh, here's the backsplash!
All that's left is some touch up painting and a lighting solution!
YJDKIY got a Nikon D5000 DSLR for work this week, and decided to bring it home to
TJ's Organic Tempeh....my very first time cooking or eating it, surprisingly! The recipe at hand from Whole Foods (it was also surprisingly hard to find a tempeh recipe that wasn't burgers, barbecue or scrambles).
Halved and triangulated
Charmoula marinade, but I didn't have broth so I had to sub water, plus lemon juice, olive oil, fresh dried basil, parsley, garlic, kosher salt
Could have used about half of this
Grape tomatoes (special fancy FOOD setting on the camera!) - good thing I added these and actually ate them, the sweetness really helped the tangy overload
Zuch slices
Marinating
Sides - creamer potatoes and kale (which later turned into THIS disastacular)
All assembled and
Ready to bake at 400 for 20 minutes (which could have been long so the marinade evaporated, but alas) - tempeh in marinade, zucchini, tomatoes topped with cracked pepper and more fresh dried basil. While that was baking...
The canine component was getting worried I'd forget to fill up her bowl with all the photography (speaking of taking forever, washing AND drying hands between each step!)
The other YJDKIY diner showed up fresh from Denver with some summery flowers! :)
So impatient she can't sit straight!
Plated!
The potatoes were superfantastic delicious! The tempeh...eh, it'll have to go grown on me. I like the texture, but it was too tangy (maybe that was the cook's marinade fault though). And of course, the camera...in love and ready to shoot!
Oh, here's the backsplash!
All that's left is some touch up painting and a lighting solution!
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