In this edition of Tasty Tuesday:
for July 4th, I tried a few new recipes but didn't take pictures. I did take this picture, Tom requested this cake, which reminds him of his childhood, so I was much obliged. There was a layer of cheesecake dip in between, the bottom layer was soaked in mango rum, which was also added to the whipped topping.
We had left over frozen berries from a white wine sangria and one Sunday morning I made almond milk berry and mango smoothies. It may or may not have rum in it because it needed something sweet. Since the layers were not of the same density, they create a nice presentation (I could have cleaned the edges but meh, it wasn't a deal breaker)
Finally last week we started to be more mindful of what we eat and knowing that I was going to have a busy week we had easy prep meals and enjoy seasonal veggies and salads. We also discovered a new Mexican supermarket in our neighborhood, they had really cheap tilapia (in picture below), some fruits/veggies of my childhood (guavas, good looking baby bokchoy), and oddities (prickly pear fruit and leaves).
One night was fajitas, then we had pan-fried fish, then flank steak, and finally chicken enchiladas. Tom did really well about bringing his lunch everyday, while I only ate out once last week.
On Saturday, we settled on pizza. We spent a whole $1 (technically, $1.10) since we had all the ingredients minus pizza sauce. We busted out the bread maker and who knew, yeast in the fridge can keep for a really long time (although it does lose some of its potency, we doubled the amount as a precaution). I'll try to take more pictures of kitchen happenings this week.
for July 4th, I tried a few new recipes but didn't take pictures. I did take this picture, Tom requested this cake, which reminds him of his childhood, so I was much obliged. There was a layer of cheesecake dip in between, the bottom layer was soaked in mango rum, which was also added to the whipped topping.
Finally last week we started to be more mindful of what we eat and knowing that I was going to have a busy week we had easy prep meals and enjoy seasonal veggies and salads. We also discovered a new Mexican supermarket in our neighborhood, they had really cheap tilapia (in picture below), some fruits/veggies of my childhood (guavas, good looking baby bokchoy), and oddities (prickly pear fruit and leaves).
On Saturday, we settled on pizza. We spent a whole $1 (technically, $1.10) since we had all the ingredients minus pizza sauce. We busted out the bread maker and who knew, yeast in the fridge can keep for a really long time (although it does lose some of its potency, we doubled the amount as a precaution). I'll try to take more pictures of kitchen happenings this week.
