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I've been playing with bread recipes lately. Here's the latest outcome... not bad Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

makes me regret buying a bread machine... Mahalo

The waves were good this morning, perfect shape. Too bad for the fierce crowd, I caught way fewer than I wanted, but still managed to get a handful of really good ones, plus some fillers. Thanks Dave for kicking me out of bed. Now the time has come to partake in the activity that in my mom's hometown is called "polleggio"...pretty heavy stuff ...see if you can find it on the web. That's why I need to replenish now. Same homemade bread, same homegrown chicken...can't speak for the pig, but I trust the source. Mahalo Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

OK, this might sound very earthy and "organic", which isn't necessarily the image I 'm trying to project; luckily it's a cholesterol bomb therefore I suppose the overly serious image of the health freak takes an ironic spin :) Truth is by 1 pm I was really hungry, and almost as if the universe was talking to me, I realized I had these 4 ingredients available to me: -some very good and fairly natural (whatever that means) bacon I bought at TJ -a bottle of organic maple/agave syrup blend -Fresh eggs brought by a colleague who has hens and is kind enough to provide -Fresh bread that I made just last night Now mind you, this is a very rare occurrence....I hadn't made french toast in at least a year, and I bet it was probably 6 months ago that I bought bacon last. I was probably inspired by the uncommon quality of the ingredients. It was delicious, I'm sure my body will forgive me. Mahalo Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

A while back I promised pictures of my Christmas Cous Cous, and then forgot. Every Christmas we have a big lunch with all our Italian friends here in San Diego, they're like our surrogate family here. We always meet at a friend's place, and he's an executive chef, therefore there's no shortage of good food there, but we all try to chip in. It has become almost a tradition that my role is to prepare a cous cous for everybody, and since I don't really use recipes, every year it's different, and I always try to push it a bit further: last Christmas it was pretty darn good. The cooked veggies include a little bit of everything, and spices like Chili, Cumin and Cinnamon (look! another "CCC" combo!) and some more, with dried fruit (raisins, apricots and dates). The raw veggies include Tomatoes, Radishes, Olives and Onions. ...I think I'm getting hungry Mahalo

Or should I say "thoughts on food"?. This video definitely makes you think about the things you eat I'm definitely not the kind of person that is obsessed with nutritional values, calories intake and so on. I like to eat, and my rule of thumb is just to make sure my diet is as varied and diversified as possible. I also believe that your state of mind while you eat plays a major role in how you assimilate the food, but that's a whole different story altogether, maybe some other time... What this video points out though is how messed up the food that is available to most of us is: most food in the developed world is processed, or impoverished by some highly efficient farming/growing/breeding technology that makes sure we get more, prettier and faster, for less money... the actual quality of what we eat is somewhat irrelevant in this picture. Kind of sad, isn't it? Mahalo

I don't know what it is, I guess asparagus inspire me for composition? Almost every time I feel like taking a picture of a dish I just prepared, asparagus somehow fit. This time with quinoa, tomatoes and kalamatas, with little squares of an omelette that my daughter refused to eat and I salvaged. Oh, a sprinkle of chili powder too... Ok, I guess next week I'll have to post pics of my Christmas cous cous. Mahalo Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7 Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7

here's another variation...incorporating some leftovers. I'm big on asparagus lately because I'm fighting a cold, and I read that they help. truth is: I just like them. mahalo Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9

I enjoy cooking. don't even think about giving me a recipe though, I just follow my nose...and taste buds. Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9