Food-Part 1

Since I am getting ready to go back to work in 8 days I have been trying to figure out what types of things I can make and stick in my freezer. Ideally I would love to have a tasty dinner ready to go in my freezer and I can just pop it out and defrost it and cook it later that night. I have come to the realization that if Kate from Jon and Kate Plus 8 on TLC (more on this later)!
can cook a dinner for a family of 10 I sure can cook a good hearty meal for a family of 2. Mind you I do cook often and I do cheat often thats what moms are for :). However, there are times that I sure do not feel like it too. So like I said since I have the time, the energy and my mojo...I want to cook some homemade meals that I can add to my freezer. So if you have some ideas please make a comment.

My food obsession for good restaurants and different types of food began when I was planning our honeymoon. I found the tremendous amount of blogs and travel websites raving about certain restaurants that were a must try. We went to Tahiti for our honeymoon and we went to Moorea and Bora Bora-two of the many islands of Tahiti. So my obsession began when we went to one particular restaurant-Villa Mahana.
This was a beautiful place. It is a home converted to a restaurant and the chef cooks every meal for you. This was very exciting for me and from there on began a journey of food.

FOOD-Part 2

I found this off a this food blog-Chocolate and Zucchini.

So I decided to add it to my blog. If you want to add it to yours go head! :) I went through the list and marked what I have tried and what I have not tried. The bottom line is most of those things that are not tried, I really do not have a desire for. I do like meat, but I am not into eating glands, insects and any reptiles.That job is reserved for this guy.

Here’s what I want you to do:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

Orange- have not tried it

Green- tried it

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros-can’t believe I have not tried it considering I live in Los Angeles.
4. Steak Tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue-I have made it once but I sure do love it. A fun food experience.
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho-tried Korean cold noodles for the first time. It was tasty but cold didn’t cut it for me. But I really want to try Pho.
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi-have eaten these flavors separately but not together. (potato and cauliflower with curry)
15. Hot dog from a street cart-next time I go to New York I will have to try. I get grossed out.
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans-hello, I do live in Los Angeles
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper-I love spicy but I also love to taste the food!
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava-grew up with it and every occasion this was the dessert
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float-haven’t tried it cause I hate root beer.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar-I have drank cognac, but the cigar is not gonna cut it.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal-yes, at least 15 years ago. Before I discovered what real food was J
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini-so strong (I only like the olives)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake-churros and funnel cake YUM! But want to go to New Orleans for true beignets.
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho-always wanted too, but the idea of cold soup doesn’t do it for me.
72. Caviar and blini –need to try a good one though.
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini-I want to host a brunch so I can make Bellini’s.
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.-there is one on my list but haven’t made it out yet. (maybe my birthday J )
85. Kobe beef-want to try
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam-tried it when I was like twelve, eeewww, yuck! Why would anyone want to eat out of a can! They should take this off the shelves in the supermarket.
92. Soft shell crab-had it in San Francisco. But unfortunately whenI went to Miami the famous Joe’s crabs were out of season, so I missed out on it L
93. Rose harissa-Armenians make a harissa dish with meat. After searching I learned this is not a
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano

96. Bagel and lox-I was quite into Bagel and Lox a few years ago (maybe it had to do with the fact that I was working at a Jewish temple) however, now it really does not interest me.
97. Lobster Thermidor

98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Miami

Here are some of our Miami pictures.

Just click on the link :

Miami Pictures

Enjoy!

Can you believe it?

Well, a certain someone saw my post the other day and brought back my camera :)

So I took a picture of my husbands closet...check this out

Perfectionist, huh? I was also supposed to take a picture of my side but the problem is all my hangers don't match, so I am not ready to show it off.
However, I would like to say: Even though I am organized, he is so much more organized then I am!

Tell me what you think :)

What has happened to me...

Not sure exactly what has happened to me, I guess I lost my mojo in the world of blogging.
I have exactly 15 more days of vacation-where does the time go? Somehow even with a vacation there seems to be so much to do. For all of you that know me I enjoyed cleaning out my closet this week-I really did not get rid of much but was able to organize it. When I get my camera back I will take a picture of it, just because it is so neat. However, I also want to show off my husbands organization skills. Pretty darn good :) All the hanger are the same color, all aligned neatly like you are in a store. I am sure he gets excited every evening when he picks out the shirt he will wear the next day.

We got back from South Beach last week. It was really a lot of fun and relaxing. We enjoyed the humidity, which made us enjoy and appreciate our Southern California heat. We also enjoyed being children and walking in the rain one night when it started pouring on us. We also went to an amazing Spanish restaurant (you can see my review on Yelp). All in all it was a relaxing and fun get away. Next time I head to Miami, I hope it will be to take one of the cruises towards the Caribbean -that will be a while from now.

So the plans for the rest of the summer is to fill this blog with lots of new posts and pictures. I will also be stealing some ideas from other bloggers.

Where does the time go?

How can it possibly be that it has been three months since I have posted! I guess I lost my mojo..but I am back. Somehow the time passed away and I just did not realize it. It wasn't that I did not have time to post on my blog, I just got consumed with other things.

The bottom line is...I am back. I had two weeks off in June and went back to work for July and in four days I will be back on vacation-can't wait! We are heading to South Beach next week and I really look forward to relaxing.

I will be back to post interesting things going on in life and the blessed moments.

Talk to all of you soon.

I am still here!

Yes it has been nearly two months since I have posted! This was one of my resolutions for the year so I need to work hard to keep it up. Sorry for my delay in posts. Basically I have really been focusing on getting my educational therapy practice off the ground, which has been taking some time therefore blogging was not a priority. But I am going to work on making it.

Well..first let me say Happy Easter! We had a nice Easter and celebrated Vicken's birthday since it fell on Easter too. I will be taking him out somewhere special this weekend and will keep you guys posted. Unfortunately we did not have this week off. However we have the week of April 14 off which will feel really nice.

My sister has been doing some wonderful things on her blog so check her out . You can find the link to her blog on the side of this blog. She does raffles for pretty cards! I am so excited for her.

I will post some bday pics.