Sorry I haven't been posting!!

Hey y'all,

Sorry I haven't been posting. Food at school got legit DISMAL the last few weeks and I couldn't bring myself to talk about it. I'm home now, though, which means there's a potential for some seriously good eats.

xoxo
Carol

WE HAVE FROYO TOOOOOO

So Hattie and I were sitting one evening and didn't really have anything to do (per usual.)  So we decided to go wild and check out a newly opened frozen yogurt shop in our local shopping "village"-for all of you who live on farms (Hannah) its where suburban rich folk go to spend money in lots of different hoity-toity stores but its supposed to look really nice and outdoorsy/villagey not like your regular Hadley Mall mall.

But I digress...we walk in and it is BRIGHT LIME GREEN attacking your eyes and the music is about 10 levels too high for comfort and coming from a traditional Goberry thing with a serving counter, I was slightly confused and had to comprehend what I was seeing.  On the back wall there were about 10 dispensers and nothing between you and them.  To your right as you walk in, there is a small table with bowls sized taste, huge, and movie theater size popcorn.  Along the right wall there is a counter with endless toppings: chocolate candy based things, fruits galore and sauce dispensers.

The process: grab some sample cups and try the flavors: original, chocolate, peach mango, strawberry, raspberry pomegranate, New York cheesecake, peanut butter and something else that escapes me currently.  You decide what you want, grab a bowl and put whatever you want in it.  We ended up with original and strawberry with strawberries, mango, kiwi, mini Reece's cup like things but with raspberry goo, and Oreo crumbs.  To compare, it was about a medium size with 4 toppings for under $6.

But we miss Goberry.


Cara

Pesto egg sandwich

So I guess this summer I'll be eating a lot of eggs. 

My mom makes some bomb ass homemade pesto that the Gods envy. I toasted some whole wheat bread, smeared loads of pesto on, and prepared an egg over easy. With this, I ate a fourth of a cantaloupe and maple yogurt! 

Voila. 

Its amazing. 

Hattie

Bagel Street Deli, Athens Ohio

I mean, just LOOK how good that is. 

I went to visit my friend in Athens, Ohio this past weekend! Sunday morning, we all woke up and we went to Bagel Street Deli, an Athens staple. You walk in this tiny little entrance to a restaurant packed with college kids with brick walls covered in graffiti/writing and when you're done with your bagel, you can make something out of your tin foil and attach it on the wall.

I had the MacGager. An everything bagel with mayo, lettuce, tomato, provolone, avocado, bacon, and hard boiled egg. I actually died and went to heaven. After the 30 minute wait, we headed outside with our bagels to wait for others and I finished mine before we rounded the corner to get coffee.

Hattie

My BFF Quinoa

My Canadian cousin is living with my family for the summer and she is vegan. Its kind of odd, because my family firmly believes in the beauty and art in a good burger and my brother and I are notorious for knocking out a gallon of milk in 32 hours. Then theres Mary. 

But even before Mary came to live with us an introduced my family to a vegan style of eating, I was already in love with quinoa.

Quinoa: A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) found in the Andes, where it was widely cultivated for its edible starchy seeds before the introduction of Old World grains. 

What you do is boil the seeds and they come up looking like funky boogers (apologies for the graphic image but its kinda true) and you have quinoa. So here is my staple of summer: quinoa salad with carrot, avocado (of course), onion, celery, and walnuts

Hattie 

Dinner out in Noho

Meal: Dinner/Dessert for Deanna's Birthday!!
Location: Local Burger, GoBerry

Yesterday we went out to Northampton for Deanna's birthday! We went to Local Burger, which was divine, and GoBerry, further fueling my Problem with froyo.

At Local Burger, I got two hot dogs with sauerkraut and relish and fries. I slathered up the dogs with the toppings, as well as some ketchup and mustard... so delicious!! Since I'm a glutard I got them without buns and made sure to eat them with a fork and knife to avoid phallic imagery in a family establishment.

Another great thing about Local Burger is that its BYOB!!! I felt adult-esque enjoying my pear hard cider with my meal. (Newsflash: pear hard cider is THE BOMB.)

And then, of course, we went to GoBerry!! I went for a kiddie size since I was already stuffed from Local Burger. They had raspberry!!! I put semi-sweet mini chocolate chips on top, as well as some chocolate syrup, and was one happy camper.


Glad that y'all are able to cook delicious things! I can't wait until I can stop eating at Blanch and eat real food again...

Carol

TORTILLA SOUP

Location: grey cleveland
Meal: dinner

I was charged with making my family dinner tonight because I guess they like my cooking.  I wasn't really sure what I wanted to make; we've had a rather diverse menue the past few days I've been home.  I had to go to the grocery so I did my usual lollygag around and see what looks good business.  Because today is one of those days where you know it is mid May, and the sun should be glorious but it has been 50 degrees and raining for the past week plus, I decided that I was going to make a tortilla soup.  Its a warm dish with a bit of heat and has flavors that do the salsa in your mouth...perfect!

After coming home from Hattie's where we watched part of the secret Harry Potter (Chamber of Secrets...get it?) I had to start almost immediately.

I turned on some music (cooking is always fun with loud music) and began.
I sliced corn tortillas and fried them, sauteed onions and freshly minced garlic with cumin, coriander, paprika, cayenne pepper and chili powder, stirred in crushed tomatoes, black beans and corn and grilled chicken breast and simmered it in chicken broth to let all of the flavours mingle and harmonize.  We ate it over steamed brown rice, mixed in my tortilla chips and garnished with lime wedges, avocado and grated cheese

I had my meal with a Fresca and I was soooooo happy.
Hattie will tell you that I usually smell like garlic and onions, but today I can tell you I smell like lime juice!

Carol-have fun at reunions! I hope the weather will hold up, I see its supposed to be crappy there too.  Say hi to moho for me

Cara

Avocado Sandwiches

One thing I miss from Massachusetts? FroYo.

But last night, my cousin Mary came home from work around 11:00pm -- she works at a local bakery -- and she brought home some fresh focaccia bread and sourdough bread! Mary whips out an avocado and starts making a focaccia-avocado-vegan cream cheese sandwich so Cara and I toast some sourdough bread and make avocado sandwiches.

Toast any kind of bread you like or have (but maybe not focaccia)
Add butter to the bread (if you feel like it)
1/4 of an avocado for 1/2 piece of bread
Sprinkle with lime


I personally like cutting fresh tomato on my avocado sandwich, though we didn't have any last night.


Hattie (and kinda Cara)

GoBerry Day Three, Or, How to be Addicted to FroYo

yummmmm

Location: Northampton, MA
Meal: Mid-afternoon nom

Went to Northampton today with Robyn, Ellen, and Megan. Ostensibly to get Robyn a new bar for her tongue piercing, but really I just wanted GoBerry. I also made the spur-of-the-moment decision to get a hoop for my nose piercing because, really, why not.

After Robyn and I put our names in line at Lucky's, we went to Mecca GoBerry!!!

Today the flavors were original, blueberry, and mango! I'm unfortunately allergic to mango so I went for a blueberry/original twist. I originally wanted white chocolate chips, but they were apparently yogurt chips... and having FroYo with yogurt on top seemed a bit too much yogurt for me.

Instead I got strawberries!!!

Thats my finished creation, with some honey on top.... That was gone in approximately 5 minutes.

Carol

Scrambled Egg Sandwich

Location: Chez Hattie
Meal: Brunch?

My dad introduced this sandwich to our family years ago and it is still a staple for weekend food. It tastes absolutely wonderful.

Scramble 2 eggs
Toast 2 pieces of bread
Put the scrambled eggs on one of the pieces of toast
Add pepper and a little salt
Add hot sauce
Put the other piece of toast over it all


Ketchup is optional though its worth a try.

I just went out with a friend from home to Phoenix Coffee, a local coffee shop, and I picked up some Ginger Brew and you haven't lived unless you've had some.

So that's my meal! I also had it yesterday for lunch and completely forgot to take pictures of it (for the blog was still kind of a spec in God's eye) so I had an excuse to make it again.

Hattie

Blanch blanch blanch GOBERRY

Yay summer food blog!!!!!

My summer of eating is starting off incredibly depressing-ly, as our own Blanchard is the only place open for meals right now.

So for breakfast today I had a rice cake with peanut butter, coffee, and yogurt and granola. But not the good granola... must remember to bring that in my bag tomorrow morning!

Today for lunch I had the culinary special, which was pasta with three sauces (red, alfredo, and pesto) but with rice. That was actually SO delicious.

Last night Megan and I went to GoBerry, and I'm probs going there again tonight. All I want is FroYo these days!!

Carol

Beginnings

Over this past semester, Carol, Cara, and I came up with a great idea: to start a food blog. We planned on posting meals and dishes we made or enjoyed over the summer, sharing recipes and rubbing in each others' faces what delicious delicacies the other was enjoying.

For each post, we must include a picture, the location, the date, which meal we had, and what the food was. Carol, please add posts about your time in Arizona! Cara and I will be surely posting things about vacation and any other exciting travels we may experience.

Enjoy!

Hattie