Last month I consumed a Quince for my New Produce of the Month new year’s resolution. For those of you without any quince experience, it is a very similar to an apple, but it is quite hard and should definitely not be eaten raw for fear of tooth loss(a sharp knife is a must). I chose to saute mine in water, honey, and nutmeg then serve it over oatmeal for breakfast and it was mighty tasty if I do say so myself.
On an unrelated note, you may have noticed this old blog got a much needed revamping. It’s rough and gritty and bloody looking and probably more appropriate for a lady of my caliber. The winds are a changing so keep hold of your hat.
Eat your heart out,
Hello, darlings! It’s time once again for a wild adventure into unknown produce. February’s produce = ugli fruit. Called “ugli” because of its deeply pocked, irregular rind. Thankfully, it’s whats on the INSIDE that counts (at least with fruit) and that part was rather tasty.
You can see the fear. How best to eat a fruit like this? I opted to peel and eat like an orange which worked well – I was able to remove the entire rind in one piece (SERIOUS citrus skills). The skin surrounding each wedge is rather tough and unpleasant, but easy to peel off. It would also be easy to cut in half and eat like a grapefruit if one were so inclined.
Ugli friut taste quite tart with a little sweetness and are really quite enjoyable. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
Eat your hearts out,
I said I would post photos of food items cooked over the course of “Eat-in January” and since I’m a woman of my word, I give you highlights to feed your food porn addiction, you dirty bird:
Kale Hash: packed full of all the tasty bits your body needs + your taste buds will sing in delight
Pizza from scratch: this is a very rewarding dish, you’ll feel like a million bucks when it tastes like a million bucks. I followed this recipe for the crust. BTW, less is more when it comes to sauce.
Huevos Rancheros: Easy breakfast you can throw together in minutes. We always have black beans on hand for huevos emergencies.
Steak and Vegetable Pie: Holy fuck, this was AMAZING. I very loosely followed this recipe. Threw in dried herbs as I pleased and the result was such a delight.
Taco customizables for our “walking tacos” party. If you are unfamiliar with the ambulatory taco, it might be for the best, but if you’d like to learn more click here.
Fun Fact: Arthur Bryant’s delicious meat candy was our first venture back out into the wild and untamed restaurant world. Noms.
Eat your hearts out babies,
One of my easier new year’s resolutions was to eat a new kind of produce once a month. For January I picked out a kiwano fruit. It’s one of the most intimadidating looking pieces of fruit I’ve ever laid eyes on. Yellow, orange and spiky:
After a short internet research session upon getting home from the market, Thomas and I were very quickly ushered into kiwano town. Here’s how to get there:
- Cut your kiwano in half-sies (hamburger, not hotdog style).
- You’ll see all kinds of neon green seed sacks in there and its up to you if you wanna squeeze them into a bowl (they would be great with some vanilla yogurt), or just fish ‘em out a few at a time via direct mouth-on-kiwano contact.
- Each sack contains one seed that is 100% edible, but if you don’t like the texture of the seed you can do some complicated tongue/teeth maneuvers to extract it.
- Enjoy the sexual innuendo of sucking seeds out of sacks by giggling like wild pack of school boys.
In case you were wondering, it tasted like a cross between a kiwi and a cucumber.
P.S. I earned extra credit for eating another new produce item this month, tasty, hearty and versatile, turnip greens! They are absolutely a new favorite.
I would love suggestions for next month and beyond if you’ve got ‘em.
Eat your kiwanos out,
It’s been a minute, eh? New year, new excuses not to blog, I’m sure you all understand…
As you may recall, the man friend and I have fearlessly resolved to not eat out for the entire month of January and it’s been going mostly swimmingly. We did include one caveat for special events and we have had to break TWICE! Japanese food with a friend from outta town and steak with my delightfully pregnant friend (when a pregnant lady wants to go out for meat candy YOU DO NOT SAY NO). In atonement we decided to tack an extra week on, extending the joys of “Eat-In January” to February thus making up for our delicious sins.
I really should have been documenting our culinary adventures of the month, but I get so wrapped up in cooking that I forget how much I love to shoot food porn. Sads.
“Eat-In January” has led to an enormous amount of homebody-ism SOOOO… since I can’t really show you what I’ve been eating I can at least show you where I’ve been eating it. Almost evens out rrriiiiggghhhttttt??? It’s a conciliatory offering mm-kay:
Placated, aren’t you. I hope to Jeebus you ate your lilly hearts out,
Sometimes serious, mostly sassy, frequently loud, seldom perky and always fancy.
