Showing posts with label cool food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cool food. Show all posts

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Recipe checklist

Recipes (on my notecards) that I have made:
-Avocado pound cake
-Texas flour tortillas
-Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake
-Lemon Risotto
-Nancy Silverton's Bran Muffins
-Flourless PB&J cookies
-Bacon and tomato guacamole
-Hummus (two recipes; one on each side-- Simply Recipes and Ina Garten)
-White batter bread
-Lowfat oatmeal banana bread
-Avocado shakes
-Peanut Butter brownies
-David Lebovitz's chocolate chip cookies
-Almost flourless peanut butter cookie
-Zucchini pancakes

Recipes on my notecards that I haven't yet made:
-Chocolate nut bread (pain aux noix et au chocolat)
-Babaganouzh or Moutabal
-Falafel
-Tehina
-Rick Bayless' dairy-free avocado ice cream
-Hummus bi tehina
-Vanilla ice cream w/o the machine

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Where to eat?

Restaurants in Provo/Orem I like:
-Diego's
-Ming's (formally called 'Saigon Cafe.')
-Four Seasons Hot Pot and Dumplings
-Spicy Thai (even though I haven't been there, I'm pretty sure I like it)
-Bangkok Grill
-Communal
-Tucano's (but in more moderation than any other restaurant I like)
-Joe's Cafe (I haven't had their food, but the people are worth it regardless)
-In N Out
-Five Guys and Fries
-Stumpy Burger
-Sammy's
-El Gallo Giro
-Costa Vida
-Sweet Tooth Fairy
-That one Mexican place across from the Boxing gym on State Street. Caporales? Something like that.
-Eliane's bakery

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Foods that are cool:
-sushi
-bibimbap
-cheese
-pizza
-hamburgers (good ones, at least)
-cookies
-curries
-tom ka gai
-most all mexican food
-ice cream
-most kind of cream
-tomato soup with grilled cheese
-sriracha sauce
-most anything found in Trader Joe's
-hummus
-pie
-cupshakes
-sweet potato fries
-lox

Foods that aren't so cool:
-chips and salsa with chocolate milk
-month old mashed potatoes
-homemade cake missing a cup of sugar
-grainy apples
-soggy or stale tortilla chips
-stale tortillas or bread
-the kinds of dishes that make horrible left-overs