Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Cats, Pasta and New Adventures

She's such a lady!
Catching those rays!
I love the excitement when a rare sunbeam comes into my apartment. Time to get some vitamin D! Roxy just always has to have her little paws crossed. Yesterday morning Kanye was in my bedroom window, and some of the school kids saw her, and got excited. Then, I looked out of the window and they were like whoa, someone lives there. It caused shock waves throughout the playground! Kanye, who is usually a scaredy cat actually stayed on the window sill, staring at the kids like "why are you meowing at me?" The kids eventually got yelled at. There is a tree that is close to my apartment, right by the fence, and apparently they are not supposed to play there, it is not considered part of the playground. So, of course that tree is the hottest club on the strip. Kids!
I had some kale that needed to be used, so I sauteed a ton of garlic, added some crushed red pepper, and threw in a whole bunch of chopped kale. While that was doing it's thing, I cooked some vermicelli pasta, and when that was done, I threw a little of the pasta water in the kale, and added the drained noodles. This is seriously one of my favorite super easy dinners. If you include salt and pepper it has six ingredients, and the whole meal is done in under fifteen minutes, and that includes prep and cook. It doesn't get much simpler than that! And, you can feed an army for under five dollars. I like that kale is one of the few vegetables that isn't super expensive when buying organic.
So easy, yet could be passed off as fancy!
This is what you serve to someone who swears they hate greens. I've always felt like kale is a great starter green. Especially when it's cooked with tons of garlic! I'm going to have leftovers for breakfast, and I'm even going to eat them cold! I am such a bachelor!
Last week when I was taking the bus to my dog walking gig, I noticed a huge Asian market. It's kind of a plaza, with a grocery and also some restaurants. I'm going to go to the market today. Now that the weather is at a tolerable 80 degrees or so, I can do more exploring. I hope to find some more canned jackfruit. There are several brands of already prepared jackfruit, but it's so dang expensive for not a lot of product. I think it was Upton's brand that I tried, and while I enjoyed the flavor, I hated the price. Canned jackfruit is like one dollar a can! And I also hope to find some freshly made tofu. I will be taking my camera, and I'll take as many pictures as I'm comfortable taking! I'll at least get pictures of the outside! Ha ha!
Happy Tuesday!

8 comments:

  1. Oh you made a find! We live about twenty minutes away from the nearest Asian grocery store (that sells actual fresh produce and stuff). Everything is so cheap - the jackfruit, the frozen veggie dumplings, the various spicy Asian sauces! Plus they have burdock root (which I need for the Alicia Silverstone kinpira recipe). Looking forward to a photo of your Asian market mini haul!

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    1. Man, you are right about the prices. It's really mind blowing how cheap a lot of the stuff is. I feel very grateful to live close to this market.

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  2. Haha, that is so funny about Kanye's stand off with the school kids! The Asian market sounds great. Hope you got some good finds. I love the sound of that noodle dish. I make a similar one where I add a little bit of rehydrated sea veg along with the kale and stir through some soy sauce and sesame oil.

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    1. I thought about adding a little sesame oil, but I skipped it. I add garbanzo beans sometimes too.
      The Asian market was amazing. It was almost overwhelming with all the stuff they had.

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  3. I live in an area with a lot of Asian grocers, and I love it! You can get so much great stuff for so much cheaper compared to other places.

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    1. So much cheaper. I got a lot of stuff for fifteen dollars. And a lot of the produce is better quality than regular, more expensive grocery stores.

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  4. Yeah I love jackfruit but I haven't tried any of the new products because of the price. I haven't been to an Asian food market in awhile (my new house isn't as close to the markets as I use to be) so I really miss a few of those types of foods- asian noodles, dumplings, jackfruit, etc.

    Kids are pretty funny, but I think I would of been freaking out if I could see a cat in a window during recess. XD

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  5. Believe it or not, the kids were more freaked out by me! They just couldn't believe that "there's a lady in that window" "a lady lives there" They must have thought Kanye lived here alone! It was pretty hilarious! Most of those kids probably live in a house, so they must not have realized this is a home for people too!

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