Recent cooking projects

Here’s something completely different.

One thing I’ve been trying to do to curb whatever internalized anger and depression was to step my culinary game up.

The first picture is angel hair, but there’s spinach, flax seeds, chopped shallots, and white mushrooms with a light sprinkling of olive oil and a dash of Khoisan salt.

For dessert, I had yogurt with flax seeds and organic blueberries. This isn’t just any yogurt, but made with cashew milk. If you’re a vegan or lactose intolerant, then this treat is for you! I got the ingredients the last time I did some grocery shopping, but I wanted to buy individuals foods instead of just microwavable or frozen food. A lot of these things I used are good for you.

Hope things are well with you!

Zancunian Crisp Butty

It’s been a long time since I did some kind of food post even though it’s not a cooking blog. I’ve been trying to do some more cooking to step my culinary game up as well as to keep me sane during this anxious time to say the least.

I recently saw a documentary about Manchester’a music scene as well as learning slang from that Northern English city. Apparently a butty is a type of sandwich. After doing some research, I discovered a thing called a crisp (potato chip for Americans and Canadians) butty that has chips in the sandwich. I wanted to put my own spin by cooking an egg and using some Zanzibar spices. Because of this, I combined the word “Zanzibar” with “Mancunian” (term for someone or something from Manchester) to come up with the name. I used buttered toast for the bun and served it with pickles as well as potato salad.

I certainly come up with unique takes on recipes.

Something completely different…my attempt at cooking!

I thought I would make a post about something different from my usual posts. While I hope you’re not tired of my usual fare, I thought this could be unique.

The thing is I’ve been trying to improve in my culinary skills. I’m no Gordon Ramsey or Gaston Acurio, but I’ve been trying over the past year to cook.

Yesterday, I thought I would do something for dinner. I had some frozen hash browns, but I seasoned them with Zanzibar spices that are fair trade. I had scrambled eggs with avocados, extra sharp cheddar cheese, carrots, and Swahili spices also fairly traded. That gave it more African flair and I felt good making that. It also tasted delicious. See, I do some things outside of avant-garde music, film reviews, and poetry.

It’s fun expanding my horizons.