Food is my love language
Pretty much everything that doesn’t fit in one of the categories listed will go here. Why put everything in a box, right?
There is something about the smell of coffee brewing, salty potatoes, smokey sausage, and toasted bread the screams brunch! It means no alarm clocks, just sleeping in and getting up to make a fabulous breakfast in your pajamas. This breakfast serves as lunch, too, because it is close enough to noon to serve a dual purpose.
On this sunny Tucson Saturday, I have a craving for scrambled eggs and crispy, salty potatoes. Also on this day, I feel like trying my hand at french toast. I discovered a cool trick on my handy dandy mandolin and added a secret ingredient to the french toast that made the a little ‘drunk.’
I just LOVE a farmers market. I love local farming and the pride the farmers have in their product. I love the colors, the sounds, the fresh prickly pear lemonade, and the all the people buy food, who are supporting local farming. I would love to see a shift away from big box grocery stores to more farmers markets some day – it’s better on the environment, it supports local economy, and provides fresher more nutrient dense food. Many of these farmers literally picked their products for the market this morning. Amazing.
Who doesn’t love Trader Joes??? They have this very reasonably priced frozen package of Japanese style fried rice with hijiki seaweed. I doctored it up with fresh sauteed mushrooms ( I used button mushrooms because that is what I had in my fridge but shitake or oyster would have been great) and thinly sliced green onion. If I conveniently had some bean sprout and cilantro, that would have been awesome. -Side bar, I need to start growing cilantro because it always goes bad when I buy it at the store.- In the background is a bowl of miso soup that is super easy to make. Just dissolve some mellow white miso in some water, mix it with some hot water or broth, and thinly sliced green onion. Of course you can always add some cubed tofu and toasted nori to make it like they do at the sushi restaurants.
I LOVE rice and especially love fried rice because you can clean out your fridge to make it.
Trying a couple of new reds. Something about red wine that warms me up from the inside out. Hoping it cures me of this cold, too!
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”
-Hippocrates
Feeling under the weather today so it is going to be homemade chicken soup for dinner tonight. Had miso soup and vegan Japanese fried rice for dinner last night… oh and wine, too. Pictures coming soon. I have to show my body love when it is sick because I need it to be at 100% to be able to get through each day. Tonight, I will show this body love with my Healing Chicken Soup made with organic veggies and a variation from the typical carrots, celery, and onion base. Maybe more wine, too.
I’m just a girl who loves food, cooking, music, people, and animals. I show my love with food whether it is making a meal for family and friends, growing my own vegetables, or by choosing organic. With every moment, there is a perfect soundtrack and I want to share this harmony of love, food, and music with the world. I have a small kitchen but that doesn’t stop me from taking on new culinary adventures! Stay tuned for recipes, cooking tips, green living, dogs, a mouse, gardening, and some random facts.
The Love Language of Food 