Cake Batter Vanilla Fudge...

...yes, it exists. Yes, it is out of this world. Now I think I have a recipe to recreate it!

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Gourmet Lent

My friend Christina and I were discussing Lent today, and how we are already bored with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. My goal this week is to find some fun, packable lunch recipes, but for now, may I present...

My Trader Joe's Lent Survival Kit:

whole wheat gnocchi, polenta, three cheese tortellini, Thai rice noodles, sun dried tomatoes, pineapple, shelled edamame, chickpeas, kiwi fruit and (not pictured): frozen mixed veggies, sweet potatoes, marinara sauce, lentils, beans, rice

Tonight I'm going to be creative and try slicing the polenta and cooking it in the oven - with a sprinkle of shredded cheese and sun dried tomatoes. I can give up meat no problem, but I don't give up dairy and oil until the last week. Anyone have other great Lenten lunch/dinner ideas??

Bluebury

Blueberries were on sale this week - besides parfaits (with vanilla yogurt and lowfat granola - yum!) I have been doing a little baking too. "You'll eat a muffin - you'll eat it and like it..."



Weird.

I have a lot of weird food habits. My friend encouraged me to compile a list, and I hadn't realized just how many there are.

• Sauce. Spaghetti sauce, bbq sauce, honey mustard, salsa, you name a sauce I will use 10 times as much of it as normal people. I love to drown food in sauce.
• Tofu. Specifically, tofu on pizza, jazzed up with fun spices like paprika and garlic and oregano and then smothered with sauce (see above), spinach, and cheese (farther below). Tofu-haters of the world can suck it.
• Top layers. I only like the top layer of movie theater popcorn (it has the most butter!). Also, the top layer of a newly-opened carton of ice cream tastes absolutely amazing.
• Seeds. Hate them. Will not touch seeded grapes or watermelon - despite my love of both fruits I can only handle seedless. Dislike strawberry seeds as well, but only in things like ice cream and jam.
• Plain. Plain hominy and plain beans, straight from the can. Plain toast. Plain deli turkey and bread.
• Pickles. I get the most intense random pickle cravings; my strongest recurring food craving by far. Stupid Snooki for making pickle-loving so cliche.  
• Salt. I almost never put salt on anything.
• Meat. EW to: veins/skin/fatty parts/stringy parts/slimy parts/weird colored parts/parts that look too much like muscle. So that basically leaves me with well-done chicken breast that has been carefully autopsied for all of the EW factors.
• Cheese. Except stinky cheese. Mmm.
• Bananas. I won't eat the bottom end, only the top.
• Crust. If it's good bread or pizza or pie, I always save the best for last.
• Gross. Living on my own I don't eat peanut butter or eggs, simply because I can't stand washing dishes that have involved either. As a matter of fact, I really hate all dishes in general (luckily every guy I've dated thus far happily does dishes - it's now a prerequisite).
• M&Ms. Red, blue, and orange only, eaten in groups of three (1 of each color).
• Lime. In a 50/50 mixture of Dr. Pepper and Diet Coke.
• Nuts. I despise nuts in brownies and ice cream. Peanuts are only good for peanut butter, almonds must be blanched, and pecans must be sugar coated aka pralines. Nope, I'm not picky at all.
• Foreign objects. Mostly hairs, but obscure things end up in my food so frequently that I'm no longer shocked. 12" strings, bugs, bandaids....

On that delicious note, dinner time! Ha.

Hummus

I read about this hummus place here and not only am I craving some chickpeas, but I am intrigued by the varieties they offer; it's called Mimi's, and it's in Brooklyn. I see a trip there in my very near future.

Mimi's Hummus
1209 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn NY 11218

The tiniest s'more