Anniversary Meal for Two

As mentioned in my last post, we have not been cooking as much due to lack of energy. But, we couldn't break our anniversary tradition. Typically, we go out for one fancy meal and then we also make something together. Our past anniversary meals that we made have been a bit more lavish, but we did the best we could with our mono and lupus ridden bodies.

Let me back track a little. I have been spending more time at home and even though I haven't had the energy to cook most days, I have been looking up tons of recipes that I want to make as soon as I am back on my feet. This was one of those recipes. The recipe we chose to make was Martha Stewart's "Baked Sage and Saffron Risotto." We saw that it required little prep work, little active cooking time, and quality ingredients. It was really rather pleasant cooking this and it tasted amazing. If you are looking for a rich creamy risotto, this is not the recipe for you;but, if you want a different take on risotto check this out. Basically, the only prep work is mincing the shallots and roughly chopping the sage. Then you start the foundation as if you are cooking regular risotto (cook the shallots until they are translucent and then add the rice until mixed and shiny). Next, you add the white wine and saffron and cook until liquid is absorbed. Then you add all of the chicken stock at once (rather than 1/2 cup at a time stirring constantly with regular risotto) along with the rest of the ingredients-sage, salt, and pepper. Cover the dutch oven containing what you have made and put it in your 450 degree oven for 20-25 minutes. All that is left is taking it out after 20-25 minutes and putting little pieces of butter and more sage on top and sticking it back in the oven for five minutes. SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS. We ate this with a side of roasted asparagus.

Take-Out and The Plague

The last couple months there has been lots of take-out meals walking through our door. We have been plagued with mono and other various diseases and apparently cooking requires a lot more energy than we ever realized. Grocery shopping, prepping food, and standing for long periods of time near a stove or oven became as insurmountable as Mt. Everest. With the plagues slowly retreating we are hoping to get back to our normal cooking routine. The few dishes we made over the last several months had to be excellent to be worth the energy expenditure. Below are some pictures and blurbs of the few and far between cooking experiments since we last posted.

First, we made "hippie-style" stuffed eggplant. Moosewood's recipes have never let us down and this was not the exception. This is a fantastic and filling meal. It does take a little prep work, but is worth it (even if you find that you have no energy). After scooping out the eggplant saute it with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and salt and pepper. Then you combine that mixture with cottage cheese, cooked brown rice, cheddar, thyme, hot sauce, sunflower seeds, parsley, and paprika. Stuff all that back into the shells of the eggplant and pop it in the oven. In 40 minutes or so a wonderful vegetarian meal emerges.



The picture below does not do justice to this amazing dish. We were down on the fact that we hadn't been away on vacation together in almost a year. Our last trip was to Portland, Oregon. We really wanted to recreate our favorite restaurant meal in Portland and due to the wonders of the internet it was possible without a sweat. Our favorite restaurant in Portland was The Farm Cafe. Not only is the atmosphere exactly the way we like it (homey), but the food is a local home run. Our favorite dish we had there was herb-crusted tofu in a marsala mushroom sauce. We shouldn't have poured the mushroom sauce on top of the crisp fried tofu, but we had decided not to make the mashed potatoes that traditional are served with it to save energy. I would highly recommend googling this recipe and trying it out. Ingredients needed without the potatoes are: extra firm tofu, soy sauce, marsala wine, water, thyme, salt and pepper, bread crumbs, canola oil, yellow onion, cremini mushrooms, herbs de provence (we just did our own mixture of what we had on hand), and silk soy creamer.



This last meal was a gamble. My soon to be husband's parents brought us back a cook book from their trip to Thailand over the holidays. The pad thai recipe looked so simple we just had to try it. It turned out that the flavor was successful and delicious, although it seems like we need a little more practice cooking the noodles.

Valentine's Day Feast

We hate going out to dinner on the actually night of Valentine's day, so we always go out for a special meal the night before or the night after. We cook together on Valentine's day and just hope that it turns out well. We hit the jackpot this year. Since we have decided that we will be honeymooning in Spain, we thought a Spain theme meal would be appropriate.



We opened a bottle of Marques de Caceres-Crianza 2005. After the first sip we weren't that impressed, but then after letting it air for an hour it really opened up and went perfectly with our meal. We started our meal with jamon and manchego. As I am new to eating meat, I am still getting used to certain textures; but, flavor was unbelievable. We then made a pizza recipe from one of the Spanish cookbooks we rented from the library with candied (or as my mom would say 'drunk') peppers and onions. Homemade pizza dough is a staple in our diets and we always have it on hand, so we thawed a batch and cooked the peppers and onions in olive oil, sherry or red wine vinegar and sugar. We Placed that deliciousness on top of our stretched out dough and 18 minutes later an amazing pizza emerged from the oven.



After adequate digesting we began to prep and create our own version of paella. We have made Mark Bittman's basic paella many times and love it! We took his basic recipe and added eggplant, tomatoes, mushrooms and chorizo. We couldn't love our dutch oven more when this dish is removed from the oven.

Damn Good Pizza

I am not typically a person who flaunts or brags when I do something well (in this case nearly perfect). Below are the pizzas we made last night. We tried out our same crust recipe, but substituted a little cornmeal for the regular flour. It was AMAZING.

Banana Bread Ice Cream Sandwich

Long Time

I apologize for the lack of posting. I haven't had the time to write about my recent food adventures and I don't foresee having time in the near future (I am still holding my crazy job that is very time consuming, playing in a band, and now live with my boyfriend). I have been busy eating, cooking, and creating new recipes. Despite my lack of time, I would still like to share my food adventures. This blog will become more of a photo blog. The next couple of weeks I will be posting all sorts of photos from my gourmet adventures this summer.

This summer was the summer of ice cream and pizza. I bought myself an ice cream maker at the beginning of the summer (to reward myself for holding my job for a whole year) and well I have been obsessed with pizza for a long time and figured it was time to create my own. The first two pictures are of our batch of blueberry ice cream (which was one of our favorite this summer). The last two are photos of one of many pizzas we made.

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

I love french fries. I especially love sweet potato fries. However, I have not had any fries in a long time (trying to eat a little more healthy). Today I decided that I need a little something on the side with my garden burger and there is nothing that goes better with a burger than fries. I had a sweet potato lying around and decided to try and make oven baked fries. I have baked sweet potatoes and regular potatoes whole many a times. My mom always made great oven fries-so I tried to recreate those with my sweet potato. First, I peeled the potato and then cut it into strips-trying to make them all equal. I dumped the sweet potato strips into a bowl and drizzled olive oil on top-making sure it spread evenly. Then I added some salt, pepper, garlic powder, and chili powder and mixed them all together. While all of that was going on my oven was preheating at 400 degrees. Place some foil on a baking sheet and spread the fries out evenly, then put them in the oven for 30-45 minutes. I like my french fries crisp on the outside-but soft on the inside. These sweet potato oven fries were delicious-I would make them again in a heart beat. They also were a perfect sweet compliment to my spicy jalapeno and cheddar garden burger.

Jalapeno Tomato Soup

I decided not to buy groceries this weekend and to make due with what I have until I head home for the holidays. I don't know about you, but I always have a can or box of tomato soup in my cupboard. I also had a can of sliced Jalapeno's and some stale tortilla chips. I heated the creamy tomato soup and while it was warming added about a teaspoon and a half of jalapenos. In the bowl I was serving it-I crumbled up some stale tortilla chips. Pour the soup in and devour. This was delicious and a simple way to spice up something plain!

Disappointing-Gourmet Brown Rice Crisps

I recently had Riceworks' Sweet Chili gourmet brown rice crisps and loved them. They had my favorite combination of sweet and salty. Also, I felt like I was eating something healthy since there are all these labels on it saying "gluten free", "whole grain brown rice", and "1/3 less fat tha most salty snacks." So, you can understand why I was excited to try the Salsa Fresco version of these crisps. They did absolutely nothing for me. I did not taste the salsa fresco; infact, mine were somewhat bland. Then I turned the bag around to look at the nutrition facts and was astonished to find that there was still saturated fat, lots of calories, and regular fat. Oh well, there is always tomorrow to have something new and delicious.

ps I tried to load a picture forever...but my internet is not working very well.

Gourmet Ramen

Everyone has ramen noodles as a staple in their college diet (except for me). To be honest, I could never stand to take more than a couple bites. I don't know if it was the level of saltiness or the msg packets that completely turned me off. Now that I am a year and a half out of college ramen has now become a staple in my diet. For this recipe you can use any type of ramen-because you will not be using the little mystery packets-but just the noodles. I have personally grown to love the KOYO brand since they use organic noodles. So-first you will boil water and cook the noodles (again-DO NOT ADD THE FLAVOR POUCH). I happen to always have a lot of condiments in my refrigerator, especially Asian ones. I just took a couple of my favorites and added them to the cooked noodles. First I added half a teaspoon of wasabi mayo. Stir it into the noodles until it is completely mixed in. Then I added a little pepper jelly for some spice and sweetness (again stir until mixed adequately). Then I tossed in soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, siracha and pepper (did not measure). I was craving protein, so I cooked a tofurky sausage and added that; but, for you meat eaters chicken, shrimp, beef would work as well! Also, if the idea of wasabi mayo does not sit well with you-try it with half a teaspoon of peanut butter instead (just as delicious). It took all of ten minutes to make. Additional items you could add would be peppers, onions, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bean sprouts, baby corn, snap peas, broccoli, etc. Enjoy!

Once a Day

Once a Day Gourmet came to a sudden halt when I started a new job, became exhausted, and was barely eating one meal a day. I am going to try and post something-even if it is just a quick sentence or a picture from now on once a day.

These last couple months my refrigerator has either been completely empty or completely full (still haven't mastered that moderation technique). Since Thanksgiving, my refrigerator has been jammed packed (in fact some food even went moldy-which I always feel so horrible about). Despite my refrigerator still being full with Thanksgiving goodies (butternut squash, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, etc.) I was in the mood for an avocado and cheese sandwich. However, I still wanted to use up some of my leftover Thanksgiving ingredients. I will call this sandwich creation "Week after Turkey Day"-it consists of two slices of whole wheat bread, jalapeno hummus spread on both sides, a slice of cheddar jalapeno cheese, a slice of brie, half of an avocado sliced, and cranberry sauce. Yes, I said CRANBERRY SAUCE (the jellied kind). For those of you who haven't read any other posts-you should know that I love a sweet, salty, and spicy combination. This sandwich is masters that combination. The avocado brings a nice texture and body to the sandwich, the cheese tastes amazing and glues the sandwich together, the jalapeno hummus brings the heat, and the cranberry sauce sweetens the whole experience. If you still have cranberry sauce in your refrigerator-try out this sandwich!



I know this sandwich does not look that great in this picture (I overstuffed it and the lighting is poor), but I am telling you it was one of the most delicious sandwiches I have had in a long time.

Oreo Cakesters-(I Know This Isn't Gourmet)

I have been horrible. Not just in terms of my lack of posting, but in the junk food I have been eating.

There are unlimited snacks at my new job. If I wanted, I could just snack and snack all day on all sorts of things. They have cookies, chips, crackers, and pretty much any snack food you could think of. There has been one snack that I have been dying to try and finally did this evening (I took it home with me). Oreo Cakesters. Yes you read right, Oreo Cakesters. I love oreos, they are a childhood favorite. My mom would hardly ever buy them because they were considered junk food, but my grandma got them for me every time I visited. There is nothing like a couple of oreos and a class of milk. So, I have been very intrigued by these cakesters. Can they possibly live up to an oreo's reputation? Well let me tell you, they are delicious. It is the best of two worlds, cake and cookie. Don't get me wrong, it is very synthetic tasting, but it still brings that wonderful oreo taste to a new level.

ps-pictures to come soon!

Show Stealer: Lindeman's bin99 Pinot Noir 2007

Go out and buy this wine! Don't keep reading, go out and buy this wine and then return to read the remainder of this post.

I have been looking forward to the free Vampire Weekend concert in Central Park for about a month now. I decided it would be nice to pack a picnic, eat and drink while waiting to get in, and then see an amazing show. Well, I ate and drank; but, I didn't get to see the show. I always forget that I DON'T like free events. There are always mobs and mobs of people and a very very long wait. I decided that leaving two hours early for the show would be plenty of time...WRONG! There was a huge line when I arrived, and by huge, I mean I would be standing there for two hours before even getting into the venue. This what not a line that was moving; in fact, it was not a line. It was a mass of people that seemed very chaotic. After about 20 minutes of standing in line Zach and I realized that we weren't going to get to picnic or drink our wine if we stood in this line. There was no space to really eat/drink, at least not in a civilized manner. So, we made the decision to get out of line and setup our towel as close to the stage as possible. As soon as we cracked Lindeman's bin99 Pinot Noir 2007 open, we knew we had made the right decision. I had never had a pinot noir, not even after watching Sideways, and I am now a big fan. It is a red wine with great depth and flavor. The wine had lots of fruit flavors, that lasted throughout. I then pulled out the cous cous I had made earlier (a new one!). It had beets, corn, goat cheese, diced mixed greens, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper, and hot sauce. As we settled into the picnic, it started to rain. Right as the concert began, there was a crack of thunder and a flash of lightning. We decided to pack up, skip the concert, and got drenched in the process of walking back.



We continued to drink the wine after drying off. We drank the remainder of the bottle with a sweet potato bisque and a brie and havarti grilled cheese. The wine certainly stole the show. I think it would go well with anything. To me, the pinot noir was a perfectly balanced wine. I am no wine expert and certainly haven't had many bottles over 15 dollars, but this was certainly one of my favorite reds and it was only 7.99!

I'm Still Alive

I have not died, fled the country, or lost my laptop. I have had gourmet at least once a day, despite my 11-12 hour work days. But, I had no time to post this week after starting a new job. I promise next week will be different! I will give a quick recap of my gourmet experiences this week before highlighting one particular meal. Monday, I had a delicious portabello gardenburger. Tuesday, I will talk about later. Wednesday, I had a grilled cheese (with brie and havarti) and tomato soup. This was delicious, quick, and easy. Thursday, I had an asian stir fry with a spicy peanut sauce over red rice. Pretty much every night for dessert I had a lime popsicle...yum!

Last night I went to Poke, my boyfriend treated me for a nice sushi meal after my first week at Bloomberg. I recommend this place, but I don't know how soon we will be going back. It was packed and the atmosphere was not as bad as we had expected, after reading lots of negative atmosphere reviews. The sushi was delicious! It was extremely fresh and very flavorful. We got the spicy scallop roll (my favorite), the truffle roll (Zach's favorite), the ninja roll, and a tuna and avocado roll. The truffle roll was a delicious salmon roll with tempura flakes on the outside and spicy salmon truffle sauce and salmon on the inside. The ninja roll was spicy tuna on the outside and eel and avocado on the inside. As I said all were delicious and I highly recommend trying them! However, I felt that it was a little pricey and I thought the rolls were small and not all that well made. It was about $55 (with tip) for all of those rolls, and like I said they were small (usually six pieces). But, every bite was a joyful explosion in my mouth. The other upside to poke is that you can leave your name and walk around, they call you on your cell phone when your table is ready. Oh and it is BYOB. So, we drank a bottle of King Shag along with our sushi.



I want to mention my favorite meal during the week (Tuesday) because it is so simple and delicious. I can't take credit for this creation, it was Zachary's idea. We got a bag of mixed greens and added some cherry tomatoes, avocado, olives, brie cheese, and baby shrimp. The shrimp were cooked in a little olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice. Mix it all together and add a dressing of your choice (we had goddess)! It was one of the best salads I have had in a long time. I would make it again in a heart beat. Also, we used frozen pre-cooked shrimp. I recommend trying to keep a bag of those in your freezer. It just adds a quick protein to a meal.

The Nutter Butter of My Dreams

If you offered my a peanut butter cookie from Bouchon Bakery I would be thrilled. If you offered two of them to me I would be ecstatic. But, give me two of them with a peanut butter cream filling in between and I am in heaven. Yes, at Bouchon Bakery they have a treat called a Nutter Butter, which puts the packaged nutter butter cookies I used to have as a kid to shame. The peanut butter cookies would be delicious on their own. They have little chunks of peanuts and are not too soft and not too hard (aka just right). I do have to admit that they are a little oily, so get a napkin! But, the best part is the filler. It is light and rich. It taste like a combination of frosting and creamy peanut butter. I have decided that every time I go to Bouchon Bakery I will get a macaron, as well as, a nutter butter!

Simple Salad

I often find it hard to adjust to my own cooking, after having many meals at home. This certainly isn't helped when you come home to an empty refrigerator. After learning this the hard way, I now try to keep a few things on hand at all times. Always have a couple of different cheeses in you refrigerator. Cheese will often last for a long time, but check for mold. I usually keep swiss, goat, and feta cheese in mine. I also have learned to keep some canned goods on hand. I know that canned goods are usually no substitution for fresh vegetables; but, when you are exhausted from traveling all day, you are not going to feel like washing and cutting a bunch of veggies! I usually keep pre-sliced beets, corn, roasted red peppers, and artichoke hearts on hand. You can easily make a hearty vegetable and cheese salad. I happened to have some romaine lettuce on hand, so I used that, a can of beets, goat cheese, tomatoes, and sprinkled a little goddess dressing on top. You could substitute your favorite dressing. If you want more protein, keep chickpeas, canned tuna, canned salmon, sardines, or some sort of beans on hand.

There is No Place Like Home-Part II

I have had so much to eat, I don't know where to begin! I guess I will begin with non-food experiences.

I got sunburned, really really sunburned. I advise anyone just sitting outside on a bench, table, beach, etc. to wear sunblock! I caught up with an old friend, which was what led to my sunburn. I went shopping with my mom for new work clothes, have I ever mentioned that I hate hate hate clothes shopping. It makes me want to take a nap, a long coma type nap. But, I was rewarded afterword with seeing the Sex and the City movie!

I have been eating cinnamon toast crunch for breakfast, which isn't gourmet; but, a childhood favorite. I also tried Starbuck's double shot on ice, it gave me a necessary boost. My mom ordered one of my favorites for dinner on Friday night, Martin's Crab cakes. They are fresh, with a bread crumb covering. We bake them, but I am sure you could fry them. On the inside are pieces of crab, in fact its pretty much all Crab, with some green onion thrown in. But, the best part in the homemade chipotle sauce (a mayo type sauce) that Martin provides with the crab cakes. We had them with a salad and homemade french fries. Tonight we are having them again but in sandwich form. My mom usually uses a Portuguese muffin instead of a bun, it adds a little sweetness to the salty and spicy crab cakes. Last night we took in food from one of my all-time favorite Thai restaurants, Siam Square. Everything I have had from this place is delicious. But, my favorite is paradise shrimp. It is a sweet yellow curry with shrimp, onions, and pineapple.



We have also been having nice cocktails before dinner. After seeing Sex and the City, my mom and I couldn't wait to get home and make ourselves a nice fancy drink. We didn't have the ingredients for cosmos, so we made a pomegranate martini instead.



This afternoon I spent sometime with my brother and got Awful Awful's. If you are not from Rhode Island, you won't know what an Awful Awful is. Awful Awfuls remind me of my childhood. An Awful Awful is a delicious milkshake that you can get at The Newport Creamery. It stands for Awful big Awful good. Its a huge milkshake that is easy to consume when you are sitting with good company (although my brother and I were not able to finish ours). My favorite flavors are strawberry and coffee, my brother opts for oreo. The Newport Creamery is kind of like an upscale diner, and the place where in middle school and high school we would always meet to grab a meal or ice cream. It hasn't changed much since I've left the town, which is comforting. Even the prices are ridiculously low, I had breakfast with my brother and dad there the other morning and I got: two eggs, toast, home fries, and coffee for $3 and change! In NYC that would easily be $7-8.

I may have gained five pounds on this visit home!

There is No Place Like Home

Very few things motivate me to leave the city. When I do, I expect it to be worth my energy expenditure. Let me tell you, going home will always be worth it. I hadn't seen my bro, mom, and dad since January. Despite the delicious meals I have been having in NYC, there is nothing like a home cooked meal.

I learned tonight that the longer I stay away, the better the meal will be upon my return (just kidding mom). However, my mom did prepare a feast. It started out with a pomegranate cocktail, which was not overly sweet and didn't taste alcoholic.

This is the only picture I took, I am just not a fan of taking pictures with my phone; but, I guess I need to get over that this weekend. We sat and chatted over this drink. Then came the meal. We had Lobster! fresh Asparagus! and a Baked Potato! Everything was so fresh and made with love. I still don't know how my mom makes those asparagus taste so great, I can't make them like she does. Even my little brother devours them. I managed to cut myself on the lobster, it is somewhat a tradition for me. Also, with lobster in my stomach it officially feels like summer. I just need put my feet in the ocean and then it will really feel like summer! Lastly, my mom made cookiewiches. There is nothing like eating two chocolate chip cookies with ice cream in the middle. I can't wait for the other meals!

Petrossian Brunch

On Sunday, I had brunch at Petrossian. I have walked past this restaurant countless times on my way to central park; in fact, I have even purchased baked goods from their bakery next door. I never thought I would eat a "real" meal at Petrossian. It is fancy and pricey, so as you can imagine this wasn't just any old brunch. My aunt and uncle were in town, so my grandmother made a reservation for all of us to have brunch. With the busy schedules of Memorial Day weekend, this was the perfect way to catch up, and eat some great food.

Before discussing the food, I want to mention what we witnessed while waiting for our table. We got to the restaurant before it was open (who doesn't open before 11:30am for brunch?), so we had to wait outside for a bit. This normally wouldn't have been a big deal, but of course right on the corner of the block where the restaurant was, a man was getting arrested. I am not sure what he did, but he was not going down easy. A crowd started to develop to watch this guy get thrown to the curb, as he screamed profanities that I will not repeat here. At this point, I really wanted the restaurant to open. Some more cops came and we saw after we were seated from our table, that he was taken away in an ambulance. This is not my preferred way to start a nice meal. As we sat and looked at the menus and ate food, the memories of this ordeal faded.

The restaurant was decorated elegantly and the food was presented beautifully. But, I would have to say that if they spent as much time on presentation as flavor it would have been a home run. I am not saying that the food was not good, it was; but, it was missing a certain "umph." We all ordered the brunch prefix meals at $31 each. I started with the cassis poached pear & la peral cheese salad with a toasted walnut vinaigrette. I was not sure what la peral cheese was, but now I know it is a mild blue cheese. The presentation was beautiful, although at first I thought the pear was beets because of the color. I am normally not a fan of blue cheese; however, this went perfectly with the sweetness of the pear and the nuttiness of the walnuts. My aunt got the field green salad with perigord truffle vinaigrette and my grandmother and uncle got the smoked fish & bagel platter, which had smoked salmon and smoked sable. Those first courses looked good as well.



I am a big fan of eggs benedict with salmon or spinach, so choosing my entree was simple. I ordered the eggs benedict with smoked salmon and sauteed baby spinach. Again, the presentation was beautiful and the food tasted good. But, it was not great. I have had better eggs benedict and I could barely cut through the english muffin. However, the eggs were perfectly cooked, the smoked salmon was delicious, and so were the fingerling potatoes it came with. My grandmother got the petrossian signature cobb salad that was very colorful and almost looked like a flag in presentation. Everyone else at the table got the seared wild salmon with roasted butternut and smoked sturgeon hash. I split my dish with zachary, so he gave me some of the salmon. The salmon was cooked to perfection, but just wasn't something that I would crave or rush back to eat.



My favorite course was dessert. Unfortunately, I do not remember the exact names of the desserts. I got the berry souffle with toasted almonds. This was a winner, in my opinion. It was beautiful to look at, had a delicious berry reduction, and was so light and flavorful. My uncle and zachary got a strawberry rhubarb tart, which looked amazing and tasted good. My grandmother got some sort of chocolate cake and my aunt got chocolate ice cream.



Overall, it was a great meal. I do not think I will be going back on my own, but I wouldn't hesitate to go back with family. I believe that half of what makes a great meal is the company you share it with. So, despite the lack of "umph" in the food, our conversations made up for it. Also, all the pictures in the post were taken by my uncle!

Greek Rice

I have a rice maker and often there is lots of left over rice. I never really know what to do with it, especially since I don't have a microwave. I decided I was going to try and make a cold rice salad. I happened to have a lot of "Greek" ingredients in my refrigerator such as, feta, kalamata olives, etc. Also, we had just had a delicious Greek meal from Kefi that was still on my mind. I highly recommend going to Kefi. I have never had a main dish, but the appetizers are delicious. If you go, absolutely get the spreads! Kefi has a great atmosphere and it is not overpriced for the quality they serve. The downside is that you should try and go on the early side because it gets really crowded and they are cash only. But, both of those problems will be solved soon. They are moving to a bigger location where they will be accepting cards!



With Greek food on the mind, I added some olive oil to the day old rice to moisten it a little and give it flavor. I then chopped some tomatoes and kalamata olives. After adding those ingredients to the rice I crumbled some feta on top. Also, I added salt and pepper to taste. Overall, I thought it was okay. I guess I am not a fan of cold rice. My boyfriend on the other hand loved it. He ate it two different ways, which may have added to it. First he added it to a wrap, with some tofurky and lettuce. Then he just simply made a wrap with the lettuce itself. I would certainly make it again, but add to it or stuff the rice in a tomato or pepper.