Chips 'N Dip
Tuesday, November 17, 20099:25 PM
Trying new foods is always something that someone should do. Whether it is something extemely out of the ordinary such as Balut, from the Phillipines, or something that you see every day when you walk around, but just haven't had a chance to try. Which road you take simply depends on how daring you are. Truthfully, I'm not that daring, but this year I have decided to open my palates up a little more. If you talked to me last year I would not have even tried something sour or spicy; I liked it plain. However plain gets boring fast, and I'm learning how to try new things. That is not to say that I am willing to try Balut yet, even if it is my family's specialty as a Filipino girl.
Today I had a rather mild day, until tonight. I woke up and had a lovely bowl of Cheerios. Delicious. Safe. Yum.
Enjoyed my day at school, and around came lunch. Today there was Mac'n'Cheese, Mini Hot Dogs, and Cinnamon Apples, and it was pretty good. Some of the best lunch food the cafeteria ladies make.
I am a part of a Robotics Team at school and we tend to stay in school until 8 PM, so Parents alternate and bring dinner on different days. Today a kind parent of the school brought Salad, Chips, and Chili. Chili is something I've never had. I never really liked spicy food and I was a wimp to try it. However, I decided to go ahead and eat some. It wasn't that spicy, I guess to please the majority, but it was pretty delicious. There was baked beans (as is mandatory), ground beef, and veggies all stewed up together to make a rather delicious Chili. I ate the entire bowl. I have decided I found a "like" for things mildly spicy, I haven't found the tolerance for IN YOUR FACE spicy yet.
I'm getting more accepting to new flavors each and every day.
Also, as a side note, I have decided to only write blogs every so often, but I will be keeping a physical food diary at all times.Labels: Family, Food, Food Diary, New Food
Mexican Weddings
Monday, November 16, 20095:01 PM
I was relaxing thinking about what I had already eaten today when I really thought about
what I had eaten today. This morning I had some Mexican Wedding Cakes which I made yesterday. They are crazy delicious. They have probably the simplest recipe ever:
2 Cups Flous
1 Cup Butter
1/4 Cup Confectioners Sugar
2/3 Cup Almonds
1 Tsp Vanilla
1/4 Salt
Mix them all together, and bake in a 350 Degrees Fahrenheit Oven for about 15-20 minutes. Let them cool, and then dip them in Confectioners Sugar.
They're absolutely delicious. At lunch I had the School lunch of a Krispy Chicken Sandwich, Veggie Soup, Apples with a Yogurt Dip, and French Fries. It was a fulfilling lunch, no matter how fast I needed to scarf it down. Then after school I was hungry yet again and since there was nothing to eat I simply had butter and rice and hot dogs.
While sitting down, thinking about the different foods I had today, I realized I wanted to keep track of what I ate. Not for the purpose of dieting: I'm happy with the way I am (and I'm slightly underweight if anything). Instead, for the purpose of helping me make better and healthier choices in
what I eat. It would also be interesting, I feel to look back and see one day what I was eating another and see the different foods I eat each day.
Starting tomorrow, this blog shall follow the foods I eat daily.
Labels: Food, Food Diary, Recipe
