FUNKY TOMATO

Yesterday I went to the local farmers market and picked up some heirloom tomatoes. I bought the tomato below just because it looked so weird, like some funky tomato monster is hatching out of it. The last photo has Squeaky in it.

 

COOKING APPETIZERS FROM ROYS

I took a cooking class at Roy’s Hawaiian Restaurant in Pasadena this past weekend. I LOVE Roy’s. It’s one of my favorite restaurants. I was so excited I just kept grinning before class started. We made appetizers at this class. It was my first cooking class at Roy’s, but I’ll definitely take classes there in the future.

This is an acorn squash salad with arugula and pomegranate seeds with a pomegranate dressing. It was really good. It’s vegetarian, and if you brown the squash with olive oil instead of butter it can be vegan.

Here’s a chicken curry salad with apples and mango. I usually don’t like putting fruit with meat, but it was really good. finely diced chicken, apples, and mango, with curry mayonnaise. Yum!

Scallop ceviche. I didn’t try this because I don’t like scallops or avocado.

Here’s some shrimp lumpia (egg rolls) with bean sprouts and diced veggies. They were really good. The sous chef made a sweet and spicy chili sauce to go with them. I wish I had the recipe for that.

Here’s some of Roy’s famous short ribs. We didn’t cook these, because it takes a long time to make, but the sous chef teaching the class made some plus some steamed veggies so we could eat them for lunch along with our appetizers.

 

BREAKFAST – THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY

Now you can drink the most important meal of the day. Have some nice waffle flavored vodka with a side of bacon flavored vodka! I feel scared.

 

 

 

PIGGING OUT ON INDIAN FOOD

I just ate way too much Indian food. I got a two curry combo and it comes with so much food! It’s from India Sweets and Spices, a restaurant/market that has different curries made every day. Most of the stuff on the menu I have no clue as to what it is. But it still tastes good. I got everything below for $6.99 plus tax! I couldn’t finish all of it. I really like this place, but keep in mind I’m a white chick from the valley that has very little experience with Indian cuisine.

saag paneer (spinach and cheese), turnip curry, basmati rice, and some salad that got wilted on the way home.

cilantro sauce, yogurt sauce (very good), chapati bread (like a big chip), puri bread (like a thick tortilla), and a veggie samosa with lots of spices.

some sort of fruit smoothie, mango i think. it was very good.

 

 

 

GET DRUNK, EAT WAFFLES

This is for Appelina, to brighten up her day. It’s what we should all do when we feel bad.

Photo found on Etsy.