Enjoying Kenyan Food

Well living near New York City there are thousands of ethnicities and many options for food.  Even more exotic options like Kenyan Food – An Experience For Visitors with Kenyanmoments.com!
For all of the foodies out there can you list your most exotic dish or food resource?

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Foods you once hated as a child, but you now love.

….or tolerate.
So I know that you have some things that you hate. And these are the foods you will NEVER like. For me it is mushrooms.
No. Never. I won’t even post a gross picture of them here.
Peas
(give peas a chance)

Spinach
(recommended by Popeye)

Cabbage
(to help you..go..you know)

Tomatoes
(thinly sliced on a sandwich only)

Now you have to admit [...]

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What about diabetic vegetarians?!

I read some interesting information yesterday about how switching to a vegetarian diet could benefit a person with diabetes.
I was skeptical, until I looked at the facts! Check it out yourself: Vegetarian diet helps diabetes.
Now it won’t cure it, let’s get that straight, but it can help!
“…such as helping to better control your weight, reducing [...]

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George St. Co-op

I thought I would do a spotlight on this wonderful place. In New Brunswick, NJ a quick drive from my house, is the :

George St. Co-op.
“The George Street Co-op is a non-profit natural foods store owned and run by its members.  We sell vegetarian foods with the greatest nutritional value possible, and only [...]

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Experiments and new recipes

Spring is upon us! It’s time for BBQs and parties outside. I hope you have your grill fired up, it’s time for veggie shish ka bobs, veggie dogs and veggie burgers.
Aside from goofing off with my cousins and making dough of the playing kind, I haven’t been experimenting at all with new recipes.
A new season [...]

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Birthday, Candy, Chocolate oh my!

Today is my 24th Birthday! Yippie!

It’s hard to believe that its almost April! Where did the time go, and more importantly, where did winter go? The colder months always seemed to go by slower for me, but not this year. But hey, you don’t see me complaining. Now that it is the end of [...]

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Drinkify…anything!

Got to work this morning, and while I was waiting for some pages to load…I decided to..stumble upon something.
So I clicked the StumbleUpon tab (used when I have a free second at work; breaks/lunch) and I found Drinkify.

At the moment I was listening to Geographer, and this is what it gave me:
“The Geographer”

4 oz. Gin
4 [...]

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Traveling, vacation, and where to eat?!

I have some  family members living in the UK right now, believe it or not, it’s news to me too. They gave us a ring this weekend and asked us to come visit. The reason being one of our family members passing away last week. The funeral and wake would be here in NJ, but [...]

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Thai curry!

Vegetarian Thai curry!

Massaman Curry

Not too spicy though.
I made my own this week and sort of improvised the recipe!
1 tbs of yellow curry powder
1 can coconut milk
1 medium onion, sliced
2 potatoes, cut into big sized pieces
1 small block of tofu, cut into chunks
1 tbsp cashews (or roasted peanuts)
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup water
1 cube of vegetable base
1/2 [...]

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I love my Keurig.

Coffee is great in pair with anything.
Pasta + coffee = win
Bagel + coffee = win
Anything + coffee = you got it! I don’t think I can start my day without a pipping hot cup <3 I’ve been able to experiment with my favorite flavors, tastes and brands. And I have to say the best is [...]

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