Foods you all missed out on because I was lazy

So these are some pictures of food I made over a year ago.  Sorry I'm lazy... and enjoy!

This is pomegranate rice pudding.  I got the recipe off of some European blog.  It was good.  It was essentially risotto made with milk instead of stock and sugar instead of cheese.  I added some sprinkles because the pomegranate didn't add as much color as I would have liked.

This is pan fried salmon sticks over mustard greens with chitlin (the leftovers of rendering fat).  There carrots are really there just to round out the meal.  I've got to get my veggies.  The name pretty much sums it up.  I remember this being pretty tasty. P.S. I'm not 100% sure those are mustard greens

This is mustard greens and tomatoes over salmon poached in gingery coconut milk over cucumbers.  The cucumbers were there to, again, round out my meal.  The tomatoes and mustard greens were cooked in the coconut milk as well, so I'm betting that coconut milk was fully of nutrients.  This was tasty as well if I recall.  I definitely recommend at least attempting to poach fish.  It isn't too difficult.

This is a orange, parsley, jicama, radish salad.  This, I did not enjoy.  I just don't like raw radishes.  (cooked radishes are another story)  The dressing is made with the orange juice resulting from supreming the oranges and some other standardy stuff.  I really enjoyed the supremed oranges though.  On occasion, I still supreme citrus fruit for my self.  Did it with a lemon once... not too bad.  Better than raw radishes.

These are pickled cucumbers... er ... pickles.  Anyways, I thought they were cool because they looked like watermelons, the rind and everything.  I got this result by doing a light pickle in a liquid I had just pickled beets in, also delicious.  I really enjoyed pickled vegetables.

Those were all in chronological order.  I hope I'll never have to do a post like this again because it will have meant that I wasn't keeping up, but I suppose it's better than nothing.

Mutant Kiwis

So I was at the farmer's market by me on Saturday buying delicious produce when low and behold I find someone selling organic kiwis, 3 for a dollar.  But these weren't any ordinary organic kiwis, the were MUTANT organic kiwis.  They were like siamese kiwis.  I'll post up picks later.  I hope they give me super powers haha.

UPDATE: So... its been over a year now.  Thankfully, the goat cheese ladies at the farmers market still sell mutant kiwis and here is what they look like!

And here's me trying to be artsy and whatnot.

Kool-Aid

     Alright, just walked into the kitchen where my friend was preparing Kool-Aid.  Classic American beverage.  Fake coloring and flavors, a cup of sugar, half a gallon of water.  Easy.  Strange thing is, when I walked in, it didn't smell like fruit (it was fruit punch flavor), it smelled like kid's shampoo or toothpaste.  I mentioned it and my friend didn't even notice once I told him.  What kind of crazy upside down world do we live in when it is ordinary for our beverages to smell like our shower product?  I'm probably never going to drink "fruit punch" again.

Tallow

     Alright, so the beef fat I'd gotten from Whole Foods was starting to go bad a few days ago so I decided to use it all in one shot to make tallow, rendered beef fat, for the first time.  It went pretty well, the only problem is that I don't know what to make with it...  Polenta? Corn bread? Those were my first ideas.

Mustard Greens

     I tried using mustard greens in my green smoothie today.  Mistake.  My smoothie tasted so strongly of mustard no matter how many bananas that I could barely finish it.  It was identical to eating regular mustard.  So note too all: Mustard greens are very strong and can add a kick to any dish, just don't use it as a main component.

UPDATE: What I did with the remainder of the greens was delicious and easy.  First I caramelized chopped onions in a pan with probably one tablespoon of tallow.  After that I threw in the chopped up mustard greens, added salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste, and sauteed till done.  It was excellent.  I'm never using vegetable oil again.

Kombucha Mother

     On 9/26/09 I started trying to grow my own kombucha mother.  The actual work is nothing. Make some tea and add some sugar.  Let cool and add kombucha. So simple.  Here's the recipe.  Anyways its been nearly a week and it doesn't look like much yet.  First off its kind of covered in a cloth, and second its in the back of a cupboard in a poorly lit kitchen therefore its hard to see.  I don't want to disturb it until a lengthy fermentation period so I'm going to leave it alone for three weeks when I can see definite results.

UPDATE: Ok well its been nearly 8 weeks and nothing.  Its a bit disappointing.  I guess I'll have to get one online.

Dinner the 28th

So today I had a yellow bell pepper, a heart of romaine, and about a third pound of Trader Joe's grass fed beef.  I don't recommend the Trader Joe's brand of beef.  It was extra mushy on edges and just generally off.  I think it caused me heart burn, forcing me to walk to Albertson's while eating my dinner to buy rolaids.  Additionally, I forgot to take a picture.  As a last comment I have decided that I will not be posting what I am eating unless there are out of the ordinary circumstances such as heart burn or delicious food.  I will continue to post updates on my ever changing diet.

Breakfast

So, in my mind last night I was going to take a picture of my meal today but I forgot.  In any case, today for breakfast I ate a whole cantaloupe with a half carton (about a pint) of frozen yogurt.  It was extremely delicious because the tartness of the yogurt balanced out with the sweetness of the cantaloupe very well.  In fact, the sweetness of the cantaloupe was near overwhelming.  I had bought it yesterday at the farmers market, 3 for 5.  Such a good deal that I'll probably do it every Saturday.  I also bought some organic carrots, bell peppers, and pears.  I'm going to try to remember taking a picture of lunch.