I love sandwiches

Pete and I like to be spontaneous and make meals that we usually don’t have. I’m grateful to have someone like that by my side because I love trying new things and experimenting with ingredients… if things go wrong, oh well…. we eat something else.

We went to whole foods and discovered some interesting sausages…. artichoke veal sausage and pepper chicken sausage.  We grilled them and made this:

Each one got half of the sausages, grilled onion, tomatoes and guacamole.

We’re training and starving! 🙂

Open Grilled Cheese Sandwich

After doing my daily 20-min blog-reading, I was starving. I decided to try this recipe and give it a little twist. I added onions and some greens on the side. After you read my blog a couple of times, I think you start to see a pattern, salt, pepper and LOTS of greens. Here’s my lunch

Couple of summers ago, I went to an greek restaurant and for dessert they were serving Yogurt and Honey, I was in heaven. It was a huge plate of natural, creamy yogurt and honey; we ordered 3 servings. I think I was craving a healthy dessert after having a bomb, so I had yogurt, honey, and a little cinnamon! mmmm!

Master Creations of an 11 year old

I grew up in Venezuela, and this was one of the dishes we used to have for breakfast over and over again. When I was young, around 11 y/o, I remember believing that my Perico was unbeatable. I was THE BEST… Perico maker, so I would wake up early on mother’s day to show Mom some of my talents. I’m glad I had an “army” of sous chefs by my side, so they would all line up and follow orders. Me, the master chef would make The Perico. Fico, Sous-chef One would take care of the orange juice. Caro, Sous-Chef Two would set the tray to take it to mom’s bed and prepare toast. And lastly, Dani, The Run Boy, would be in charge of 2 things, one picking up the most beautiful flower in the garden and make sure mom stayed in bed. (We’ve have a genetic malformation… as soon as we open eyes, we have to get off bed.)

I remember it always being great. 🙂

I want to excuse my picture but unless you are an amazing photographer, there is no way you can photograph Perico or  eggs in general and make them look good. At least, I can’t.

This is a quick recipe full of flavor and nutrition.

Dice 1/3 of an onion and sauté it, add 4 eggs and lastly when the eggs are almost done, add the diced tomatoes (1/2 of a large tomato or 6 cherry tomatoes. Salt and Pepper and DONE!

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On another note, I recently rediscovered eggs. I had had a phobia for a while, but its gone! thank god!

Have a good weekend everyone!

TDOFM (Pizzas!)

Today, I was just feeling down, tired, ugly, and time just seemed to pass extremely slowly… this might seem like the TDOFM (that-day-of-the-month) symdrome but it’s not! I remember when I was living in Vancouver, my roommate and I would have that discussion: there’s one day of the month were we feel low and not-so-pretty… and its not close to that-time-of-the-month.

On my subway ride, I was in front of the door and I saw my reflection: it really made my self-esteem a little worse! I looked like I had aged a ton since I moved to NYC…. but walking home I decided: I LOVE NYC and I’m not ready to move yet, no matter if I look 50 when I’m 26.

I decided that Pete and I would have a blast.  And we are…here are some of the pictures

I told you… we’re having fun.

Mini Caprese Salad

Chorizo and Kale Chips

Mini Pizzas