Good news

I have great news everybody! There is an app for iPhones where I can blog! Now I don't need to actually sit down and get all serious. I can lay down in bed and be really unserious. 

I realize I haven't put up anything in about two months and I think I owe you an explanation.... Oh wait! No I don't! It's summer!

I'm going to make another lazy iPhone food picture post so enjoy! Oh and if you want to follow me on Instagram my username is mariellesasaki

Balsamic and garlic mushroom and almond salad.

I worked at the Japanese pavilion for Folklorama this year making sushi. This is some of the food you can get.

 

I went to the lake with my family and made these as appetizers. Crostini topped with goat cheese, tomato, fresh thyme and balsamic vinegar.

My family had salmon for dinner which I'm not a huge fan of so I had a rare steak instead with an Innis & Gunn. I felt like a real woman after that meal.

My left over steak with beets covered in balsamic and parsley and crappy soup on the side.

Holy crap this meal was awesome. I made chimichuri chicken which is from a Martha Stewart recipe book I have and then I made up two sides. One was a carrot and broccoli stalk coleslaw which was made with a vinegar dressing, yellow mustard and dill. The other was corn, onions, peppers, garlic, tomatoes and fejita spices cooked in a crap load of butter.

That's all for now! If you all want to do my a huge favour and share my blog with your friends that would be much appreciated! Now that I have the app you will have more entries to look forward to!

-Marielle

I Take Pictures of My Food

I just recently got an iPhone and have fallen under its spell. I'm often charging my phone at least once a day because I can't put it down! I can play games, take pictures of everything and make 7 second videos to share with my friends. Whats not to like?
I made a previous entry where I posted all the pictures I took with my phone. The phone my friends gave the nick name "garage door opener". Now that I have a new beautiful phone that takes good quality pictures I'll share them with you. They're nothing special but it will give you an idea of what a normal meal at my house is like. Enjoy!

Deer steak, tangy fruit and nut quinoa, almond asparagus and sausage.

Breakfast burrito

Tourtiere, spinach salad and broccoli.

Balsamic garlic mushrooms on pork tenderloin, herb mustard mashed potatoes and grilled zucchini.

Assorted inari.

Peanut butter and jam imperial cookie.

Balsamic mushrooms and walnut salad.

Omelette(I forget whats in it)and hash browns.

Red curry and peanut butter vegetable pasta with a spinach salad and smoothie.

Pork chop with a herb citrus rub, balsamic mushroom mashed potatoes with a watermelon, goat cheese and pecan salad.

Herb potatoes, marinated BBQ'ed chicken(I forget what the marinade was)and a salad which I also forget what it was.

Beet and grape salad with a yogurt dressing.

Blue cheese and mushroom omelette with balsamic vinegar on top and hash browns.

-Marielle

Cookies on a rainy day...

This long weekend has been awful. It's been cold and wet all weekend. I watched about two seasons of Gilmore Girls and ate a lot of junk food which was fine with me. I made some popcorn last night and ended up eating two hand fulls and forgetting about it. I didn't want to waste it so I decided to make cookies and put the popcorn in. I didn't have much cookie stuff kicking around so I made due with what was around. My moms boyfriend gave her a bunch of pecans and my auntie gave us some Kisses that I used instead of chocolate chip cookies which I didn't have.

Here is a recipe I found online that I kind of followed:

www.tasteofhome.com

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch salt
• 2 cups popped popcorn, lightly crushed
• 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the popcorn, chocolate chips and pecans.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 13-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

I also had some other random chocolate kicking around so I melted it down and threw it on top. The chocolate ended up having caramel in the center so it didn't melt very nicely but it still tasted good!

-Marielle

New food

Hey I haven't really been cooking that much lately and I've been sick so I haven't been in the mood to write about anything. Thankfully the past two day have been kind of productive. I wrote two recipes for the website I write for Girl About Town. Here is what you can expect to see in the next few months!

Tangy fruit and nut quinoa

Oatmeal banana and blueberry pancakes(Already shown in previous entries)

Blue cheese burger and coconut mango burger.(Already shown in previous entries)

Cast iron skillet breakfast

I hope you all get a change to check them out! Enjoy!

-Marielle

Pizza? Again?

Yes! Pizza again! For someone who isn't a huge fan of it, I've been craving it a lot. I've been thinking about making a pizza with beets and sweet potatoes so I decided to just do it already.

I started with an herb oil. You can add any herbs to this but I added basil, rosemary, thyme, savory and also garlic, salt and pepper. Add enough that it gets a little thick in consistency. 

You can use any kind of root vegetable but I used a beet, carrot and sweet potato. 

The ideal way to slice these vegetables thin would be a mandolin but not everyone has one. I have a really old grater that has a fixture for it that can slice vegetables thinly and fast so that is what I used. I know some triangle graters are able to do that as well so that might be your best bet. 

I places everything pretty far apart but I suggest laying everything down pretty close together so you can get a good thick layer on the dough.

I had pre-made crusts which made it really easy for me to make. I put it in the over for 15min at 425F
Before putting the pizza in the oven drizzle a little olive oil on it and season with salt and pepper.

Butter the edges, drizzle balsamic reduction on top and grate a little parm on there too. Then you're set! 

I ate half of this pizza as I was editing pictures so you can bet that it was pretty good. 

-Marielle

Make Do With What You Have

I'm not a huge fan of pizza from pizza places but I love pizza that I make at home... not to toot my own horn. I think the main reason I don't like pizza from delivery places is because they always put way too much sauce and cheese on them.
I love making pizza at home with pretty much whatever I have in the fridge. No tomato sauce? No cheese? No big deal.

Tonight I made a pizza with BBQ sauce, shredded carrots, spinach, mushrooms, garlic, a LITTLE bit of cheese, pepperoni, balsamic reduction and s&p. It was awesome!

What do you put on your pizza when you make it at home?

-Marielle