recipe #4 - weekend scrambled eggs

Usually every Saturday morning I like to make egg sammies this way and watch a guilty pleasure show on my laptop.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 tsp creme cheese
1-2 tsp Sriracha sauce (dependent on how spicy you like it)

Mix together ingredients

I tend to like my eggs a little runny

I toasted some egg bread and added a kraft single. I usually mix it up cheesewise

BAM! You've got breakfast!

Weekend Playlist:

1. Beastie Boys - Girls
2. Ceo - Halo (Beyonce Cover)
3. Vancans - Pursuit of Happiness (Kid Cudi Cover)
4. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in The Dark
5. Crystal Castles - Not In Love 
6. Cults - Go Outside
7. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
8. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) ***

***It's been recently pointed out to me that I put this song on every mix; however on the upside it is a great song

recipe #3 - goat cheese macaroni and cheese

I wish I had taken a photo of this, trust me it was amazing! I will be making again.

Ingredients:
-1/2 box of elbow macaroni
-1 head of cauliflower; chopped into small florets
-3 roasted red peppers; i usually buy a big jar at price club; chopped
-1/4 of large peppered goat cheese from pc
-2 cups of old cheddar
-1/4 tsp cayenne
-1/4 tsp nutmeg
-1/4 tsp pepper
-1/2 cup flour
-8 tbsp butter
-4/5 cups milk; judged as i made the sauce
-1/4 bread crumbs (i used italian pc)
-PAM

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Spray a glass casserole dish with PAM
2. Steam cauliflower in a pot and in another boil a pot of water for the macaroni (directions on the box).
3.  In a third pot, add butter; as butter is melted add in flour slowly; cook for 1 minute while whisking.
4. Add in spices, 1 1/2 cups old cheddar and goat cheese; continue whisking. Add in milk and keep whisking.
5. Strain macaroni and cauliflower. Add both together in the macaroni pot with the chopped red peppers.
6. Pour sauce on and mix together. Pour into casserole dish. Add bread crumbs and leftover cheese.
7. Bake between 30-45 mins; until the top is browned.

recipe #2 chicken burritos

I'm sick of pre-packaged dressings, mixes, etc. This past year I've been making my own dressings, soups and now spice mixes.  This meal was easy and cheap to make. I had mostly everything in my pantry.

Ingredients:
-1 pkg lean ground chicken
-1 onion; diced
-1 yellow pepper; diced
-3 bulbs garlic; minced
-1 jalapeno; diced
-1 tbsp cumin
-1 tbsp chili powder
-1/2 cup shredded cheese
-1 can of black beans
-1 can of corn
-2 green onions; chopped
-1 pkg of wraps; i choose pc's flaxseeed whole wheat wraps
-salsa 

start by browning the meat and preheat over to 400 F

all the other ingredients

once the meat is cooked add in spices, jalapeno, onions and pepper

when the onion is cooked add in beans and corn; add more spice as needed

add in meat/bean mixture and cover with cheese.

Fold in shape of burrito and place in a glass casserole dish. cover with cheese and cook for 40-60 mins depending on your oven. Sprinkle with green onions and place on a plate. Add salsa.

Current #1 jam
 Ducktales featuring Panda Bear - Killin The Vibe

pizza cones

I've been excited to go for pizza cones since I read about it on apt613 last april. I finally went two weeks ago with some friends. 

 Outside of the storefront, it doesn't look like much but the man working was super nice and they had a nice mix of 80's jams going on.

giant pizza cone decal

starting at $6.50 for another buck you can add as many toppings as you like

i got a real kick out of the glass coke bottles. *even coke zero*

toppings for miles

my amazing pizza cone

For around $10 you too can have as many toppings as you like with a drink. Perfect second date material here.  Ombrellina Pizza Cones is on 527 Bronson Avenue.

#3

i am a bad blogger. i have a delicious recipe for a chickpea curry i made last night but no photograph.  i borrowed the recipe from a website but changed it around a lot so i claim it as my own.

ingredients:

4 medium potatoes, cubed (what i would do next time is 1 potato and the rest cauliflower)
2 tbsps oil
1 yellow onion, diced
2 tsp minced garlic
4 tsp curry powder
4 tsp garam masala
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp of chopped jalapeno pepper
1 can of tomato paste
1 can coconut milk
1 can chickpeas
1 block of tofu; cubed

instructions:

1. Cook the potatoes (& cauliflower) and put aside once finished
2.  Mix the spices together minus the garlic and divide by half. 
3.  Cream together 3-4 tbsp of coconut milk and 1 tbsp of tomato paste. add in half the spices and some of the jalapeno pepper.  Mix with cubed tofu and grill using an appropriate pan (i got mine at IKEA for $14.99).
4. At the same time in another pan, saute onions and minced garlic in oil. Once cooked, add spices and cook for 2 mins. Add the rest of the coconut milk and tomato paste. Aswell as chickpeas, potatoes and the cooked tofu). Stir and let simmer until ready to eat.

*May I suggest brown basmati rice. That's how we ate it.

current playlist:
kate nash - foundations
the knife - heartbeats
ceo - halo (beyonce cover)
black kids - i'm not going to teach your boyfriend how to dance with you
crystal castles - baptism
girl talk - steady shock
mia - bucky done gun
cults - go outside
ben folds - bitches ain't shit

***next post pizza cones y'all; with photos***

#2

So one of my favourite themes I have done for my own birthday was my 'Night of the Living Dead' party. I asked friends to dress up as anything dead which included a zombie, vampires, a ghost, the shining twins, a few lumberjacks that had some accidents in the woods and some dead musicians aka kurt cobain and bon scott.

The spread included mummy pizzas, bloody sangria, halloween chocolates.


Of course no party would be complete without a theme appropriate playlist. Night of the Living Dead playlist:

1. Joy Division - She's lost control
2. MJ - Beat It
3. Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side
4. Metric - Monster Hospital
5. Julian Casablancas - Out of the Blue
6. Phoenix - Lisztomania
7,8,9, 10. The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man, Wave of Multilation, Oh My Golly, Head On
11. Queen - Under Pressure
12, 13. Radiohead - Reckoner, We Suck Young Blood (Your time is up)
14. The Ramones - Judy is a punk
15. Sid Vicious - Somewhere else
16. The Strokes - Hard to Explain
17. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
18. Tv on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
19. Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
20. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
21. Bobby Pickett - Monster Mash
22. White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
23, 24, 25. Wolf Parade - This heart's on fire, dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, i'll believe in anything
26, 27, 28, 29 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero, Date with the night, heads will role, skeletons
30. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
31. Lady Gaga - Teeth