Last Weeks Eats (2/9/13 - 2/15/13)

It's true, for a blog with food in the name there hasn't been a lot of food on here lately.  The truth is recipe posts are some of my most time consuming to write and often generate the least feedback (even if they get a lot of traffic) However, I do miss the food element on here and thought I would try to bring it back a little with "last weeks eats".  I will try to summarize my food ventures in pictures and words on a weekly basis.  In this way, I can share recipes and food ideas along the way.   I make no promises on my commitments here, but the idea is obviously to post weekly, but I avoided naming the series after a specific day so I can post them a little more ad-hoc... but hoping for the weekend after.  Again, no promises.

In other news... my regular food consumption could be best described as all over the map... and that will likely be reflected in the pictures.   

So on that note... we had Chinese Buffet Gourmet on Saturday and it was delicious.  Neither Tony or I are big fans of the fortune cookies, but we do like to read the fortunes (who doesn't?).  Look what Tony's was:

Three times a week, treat yourself to dessert

hmm...and with that I treated myself to fro-yo... Nothing wrong with co-opting fortunes.

 We then went to costco (with Tony's mom) and bought a TON of food.  Which gave us everything and more that we needed to make breakfast burritos.  We make them a little different each time, but they are basically a staple around here. We make enough for leftovers for the rest of the week. 



However I did have this for breakfast one morning too.  It was small but satisfying. 

Bread w/butter, fruit, coffee

I used to make Chicken and Rice frequently, but then I forgot about if for a while.  It's so easy and delicious.  This will totally be re-introduced into rotation. 

Chicken and Rice

Nothing like good ol' hamburger helper.  I used to think this is prime time eating in college, but I believe that's a little lost on me now.  The truth remains that it's easy to make, and food snobs aside - totally edible.  I threw in a side salad to make it balanced and there you go.     

Well, wasn't that exciting!  Obviously I didn't take pictures of everything that passed my lips.  I try to keep this remotely interesting.  Tony took me to Fogo De Chao on V-day (which was 2/9 for us), and yes I did make my weekly trek to Taco Bell.  They have these new things called something grillers...which lived up to their $1.29 price tag :)!      

Honestly, I'm not thrilled with this week health wise, though it could always be worse.  Perhaps related, I have class two nights a week from 6pm to 9:20pm.  Between that and homework, it's been hard to find ample time around meals to cook.  We've been doing a lot of quick fix foods, leftovers and admit-ably fast food.  The first time I went to college I ate like crap all the time, so I'm trying to avoid that, but also allowing myself to be human.