February 2012
14 posts
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Food Waay Too Close 2
eat it.
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Food Waay Too Close 1
There’s something incredibly disgusting about food photos that are taken waay to close… So of course, I will not only share them, I will embrace them.
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Spicy Breakfast Panini with Indifferent Black Cat...
Spicy Breakfast Panini: egg, pepper jack, green chili and ham. Urban Grind, NW Portland, OR.
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Ham Sandwich (Fast Food 7)
(Nitrate/ite, etc free) Ham sandwich with tomato, lettuce, chipotle aioli, dijon, avocado and extra sharp cheddar on ciabatta, with Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper Kettle Chips, New Seasons, Hillsboro, OR.
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Sweet Potato Fries (Fast Food 6)
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Happy Hour Burger (Fast Food 5)
Burger with cheddar and bacon, Clyde Common, NW Portland, OR. Recommended! Great cocktails too…
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Valentine's Egg-in-a-Heart with Covetous Kitty...
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French Fries with Loungie Cat (Cat Food 3)
Nel Centro, Portland, OR
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Scandinavian Design Breakfast (Fast Food 4)
Blackberries, turkey bacon and smoked cheddar cheese scrambled eggs à la Dan.
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Meatballs with Nude Cat (Cat Food 2)
Nel Centro, Portland, OR
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Hot Dog Hors D'oeuvres (Fast Food 3)
Super Bowl treats: round bun, hot dog and mustard. The creator figured out how to make the mustard stay round…his secret is safe with me.
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Mini Burger (Fast Food 2)
Mini Paragon Burger with Rosemary Fries, Paragon Restaurant, NW Portland, OR
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Oreo Filled Brownie with Tiny Kitten (Cat Food 1)
A delicacy from yesterday’s Super Bowl party. Tiny kittens rejoiced.
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Salmon (Fast Food 1)
Salmon, Dan’s House, Portland, OR
January 2012
4 posts
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Dean's Kitchen Juniper Berry Feta Cheese
I’m not necessarily the biggest feta fan but…OH! Found this as a taster at Fred Meyer’s. Oh oh oh. …oh. OH. (….need to smoke a cigarette now).
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Pork Belly Burger
Pork Belly Burger… Not vegan. Painfully tasty. — at Dechutes Brewery and Public House.
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Vegan BBQ Pulled Chicken Mini Pot Pie
I found a new treat at Trader Joe’s—Chicken-less Pulled Chicken in Barbecue Sauce. For the love of God, though not a perfect substitute, this vegan/meatless product is very good… so, let’s make a pot-pie with it:
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Mini Tofu Pot Pie
I was really excited to make this…and I think it looks good…but it was kinda yucky. I followed a recipe found online and…blech. The culprit was the sauce. SO, I will go ahead and post the pretty picture because I know a lot of you don’t read this anyway. :)
Oh, but the crust was perfect. Yay Trader Joe’s.
December 2011
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Tofu Broccoli and Cheddar Mini (Christmas) Quiche
I got an extraordinarily thoughtful Christmas gift from someone very dear to me: a Breville Pie Maker. Oh goodness…I am beside myself with excitement; a whole new arena of possibility! And I Looove pie! Almost as much as waffles. Maybe more. Wait, did I say that?
So what will I be doing this long weekend? Well, making lots of little pies. First mini pie lab: Tofu, broccoli and...
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Waffled Latkes. Waftkes?
Hanukkah begins at sunset, this Tuesday, December 20th. Bring on the latkes and dreidel!
Last year I had the supreme privilege of celebrating Hanukkah with an incredibly lovely group of people. The experience was moving in many regards, and the warm feelings of family and tradition still resonate in my mind. Out of the many memories, one of the most delicious ones was Elyn’s...
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Vegetarian Pressure Cooker Chili with Waffled...
There’s nothing like chili on a chilly day. It can certainly be worth the time and effort in preparing, but when done in a pressure cooker, it’s incredibly simple and flavorful, and ready to warm the tummy in a ridiculously short amount of time.
Being someone who prefers to cook her own beans, it adds a whopping 2 minutes to the process, plus the act of pressure cooking...
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Waffled Grilled Cheese: Fig, Caramelized Onion and...
I cannot believe it took me this long to finally waffle a grilled cheese sandwich, but today was the day: Buttered Demi Miche, Dalmati Fig Spread, oven caramelized onions and Tintern Welsch Cheddar with chives and shallots.
The Demi Miche is dense, rustic and a bit sour. The Tintern Welsch Cheddar with chives and shallots (found at Trader Joe’s) is semi-firm like Feta, sharp yet...
November 2011
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Thanksgiving Leftover Mashed Potato Waffles
I really didn’t think I would have the inclination to craft a post this week, certainly not because of a lack of photographs, but just because…whatever. However! I had leftover Thanksgiving garlic mashed potatoes that just didn’t taste good cold so I decided to waffle it (them?). Yeah. And it was good. Like better-than-potato-cake good. Crispy, covered in dill and olive...
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Hello Kitty Pudding Maker
Puddin…
I might need one of these.
Straw-ber-ry Kit-tens For-ev-er
via cutestfood
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Mini French Toast
A mini baguette turned into tasty cuteness…and without the post-french-toast-time-to-take-a-napness.
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A Light Brunch
Had a little extra dough so… cuteness was necessary.
“Happy World Vegan Day, Seitanists.”
– ~Lisa
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Edible Fashion
I posted about this about a year and a half ago, but it’s certainly worth a repost:
Creative photo series by Fulvio Bonavia features belts, earrings, rings, headphones, shoes, and handbags made out of food.
An award-winning Italian photographer created these delicious images for his fashion photography book titled “A Matter of Taste”.
October 2011
6 posts
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Mmmummy Sausage
Starting Halloween Eve Eve right: Spinach, fontina and roasted garlic sausage wrapped in Trader Joe’s Crescent dough. Now it’s nap time before heading to the Shanghai Tunnels Ghost tour!
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The Great Waffini - Waffled Panini
Dang those tomatoes are RED!
While shopping in the art supply, I mean grocery store, I came across a nifty little contraption made by Wonder Bread that both cuts the crust off and seals the sandwich (if not too thick). Cute! Not cute enough though, so…had to waffle it.
I prepared two different Waffini’s: Pastrami with cinnamon dusted Toscano cheese and an almond butter and...
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Tomato Bisque Eyeball Soup
In celebration of Halloween, my friend Andrew’s upcoming surgery themed dinner which I may or may not attend (!) and my being just plain strange, I hereby present Tomato Bisque Eyeball soup.
Kitty Donuts!
Lookie the little ears!
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Jell-O Waffles: Jell-Offles. Waffell-O.
I’ve been a little obsessed with making Jell-O waffles for the past few months, so much so that I was on the brink of making my own molds. But in a kind act from a force much more powerful than anything, ever, I came across the perfect pan: an ice cream sandwich pan made by Nordic Ware. Ooooh, a new waffle apparatus! It took me a few tries to get it right, but behold: Orange and Lime...
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Waffled Polenta with Pesto and Roasted Asparagus
Time for Waffle Lab! Mmm, what’s on the menu? How about homemade pesto, roasted asparagus with Salish smoked sea salt and waffled polenta? Polentffles? Excellent… P.S. Life is awesome. Yep.
As always, the dandy divots served their purpose: sauce receptacles of joy. Waffling the polenta made it lightly crunchy on the outside yet retained the soft center. The pesto, made with...
September 2011
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YAY and Best Friends...
If there was ever a day for whippin’ up some YAY it would be today; an inspired celebratory YAY for life perkin’ right up. Gratitude runs deep.
And in other news…
A few weekends ago I had a deeply moving visit with one of my best friends from Jr. High. We were in a nasty motorcycle accident together when we were 14/15 and somehow lost touch not long afterwards. This was...
August 2011
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White Truffle Mac-n-Cheese Cupcakes
Not really cupcakes, but rather the bewitching combination of Fontina, White Cheddar and Smoked Gouda Macaroni & Cheese topped with the magic that is white truffle oil and panko, neatly placed inside homemade Parmesan cups. Tasty Voodoo.
~Wow, all this needs is bacon from my snout to tail dinner on the farm and I am trending alongside the fiercest of the fierce… Now where is my...
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Calzaffle vs. Pan Pizza
I’ve wanted to bake a pan pizza in a cast iron skillet for some time and decided it was high time I did so. Seeing as I am the only one who was going to eat this massive amount of dough, I decided to also waffle a calzone and compare the two. Bypass a potential waffling? Nooooo.
I got some pre-made dough from Whole Foods (sorry Trader Joe’s, but this one is better) and brought...
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Loverly Morning
Griddled up some self love:
Now I am going back to bed.
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French Fry Coated Hot Dog On a Stick
reblog from April 14th, 2008 | by Phil Lees | korean food:
photo by Phil Lees
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Ground Cow & Waffled Potato Cake
My Friday afternoon priority: Hamburger….. and an expensive one. From Higgins. Yup. ($14!)
When it arrived, my mouth opened a little with salivatory awe; it was beautiful! I eagerly sank my teeth into the toasted hearth-baked roll and through the thick, juicy, flavorful burger. Very nom. BUT, a few bites in I realize something’s missing. No fries. Bummer! I am told they...
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Pop Tart Ice Cream Sandwich!
Oh hello, pop tart ice cream sandwich.Homemade Pop Tarts from Pies N ThighsApricot ice cream crafted with fruit from Red Jacket Orchards.
July 2011
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Waffled Corn Dog
Madness! I cannot be stopped.
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Bacon Maple Waffles
I did it… I’ve been threatening to do it, and I did it. Behold: Bacon Maple Waffle.
Using my favorite All Purpose Pancake & Waffle Mix made by the Cravings Place (which happens to also be gluten free), some pre-cooked Uncured Apple Smoked Bacon from Trader Joe’s, as well as Morning Star Veggie Bacon Strips (not exactly a whole food-but good as far as fake bacon goes),...
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Pig 'N Pancake 'N Ocean.
What a beautiful weekend I had a few weeks ago! As I said in my last post, I will be taking myself to many places in Oregon and beyond over the next number of months, for travel, food and downright adventure. First trip: Astoria, Ft. Stevens and Cannon Beach.
I adore the ocean. I adore road trips. I adore Mini Coopers…it makes the whole driving thing soo much fun when you’re in a nifty car. ...
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Waffled Meatballs - Meaffles? Waffballs? Kinda...
What to waffle what to waffle…I know! My favorite new meatballs: Quorn Meatless Meatballs. It was the first waffling in my cute little apartment and it was dandy, I tell you, dandy!
“Great with pasta, Swedish meatball-style dishes, meatless meatball grinders and more! Delicious Quorn Meatballs are so flavorful and succulent that your meat-eating friends and family will not be...
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PBJ's - NW Portland
Three weeks back in Portland; on my own for the first time in nearly 11 years. What will I do? I will eat! I will travel! I will waffle! I will tackle those things I’ve never quite done before as this time is an extraordinary gift, AND I will use many exclamation points! Maybe. Maybe not!
One of my many endeavors is to visit a different food cart each week. First stop: PBJ’s...
June 2011
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From water & ice to Chicken in a sleeping bag, the... →
May 2011
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Picketwire Canyon, Colorado.
Quite an extraordinary weekend. I see and feel transformation. Transformation of me, of life, of relationships, of my blog. While food is certainly the main subject of my blog, I now see that it is time to shift a bit…as I am shifting. I kinda feel like I am going through my own Eat, Pray, Love.
This was a weekend of great perspective and a new avenue of thought. New possibilities introduced...
Happy Birthday To Both Of Us:
Both of us = me (May 14) and Lisa’s Culinary Atrocities (April 26). A year already! Wow.
I considered doing a bloggie year in review, but it is so absurdly extensive, riddled with great joy, debilitating anguish, and unfathomable transformation, that I’m simply not sure I can or should do it. I can say, however, that I never expected that a year after starting my blog I would be...