10 Favorite Foods

Instead of writing about my busy life in all of it's hectic glory, I will stick to the theme of blog challenge: 10 favorite foods. This may not be anything too exciting, but here we go, in no particular order...

• SEAFOOD! Pretty much any kind...really!  

•  Asparagus - one of the only green foods that I truly enjoy chowing down.

• Apple & Chicken sausage - I chop this stuff, saute it, and throw it in just about anything.

• Air popped popcorn - with melted coconut oil, garlic salt and cayenne pepper! The best popcorn you will ever eat! I promise.

• Sour Patch Kids! My all time favorite candy! {Does this count as a 'food'?!}

• Starbucks brand Caramel Macchiato ice cream! The best ever. No joke!

• Berries! Well, except for the cranberry. I can't stand cranberries. But the strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, I love them all!

• Thai food. Now that stuff is delicious!!

• Italian food. With all the bad-for-you ingredients, I just can't resist all the creams and carbs!  

• Cake and/or cupcakes! For these two, I am a sucker!

Overall, let's just say that I love food a little too much and I {unfortunately} have no self-control when it comes to yummy goodness!

My "Go-To Meal"

While this is not part of the blog challenge, I saw a recent blog post about this, and thought I would share my take on it. 

 

Do you have a favorite Go-To meal you always make when you don't feel like thinking of something to cook? Well I certainly do! And here it is, in all it's glory with no particular name to be called by!

 

Let's begin with the ingredients: wholegrain Farfalle {bowtie} pasta, pine nuts, asparagus, and my personal favorite - apple chicken sausage.

 

 

 

 

 

Then we have to add-to-it ingredients {as I like to call them!}:

garlic salt, seasoned pepper, REAL shredded parmesan cheese, and extra virgin olive oil.

Ok, so after I wash everything, and get the water boiling, I pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees {to bake my asparagus}. While the oven is pre-heating I prepare the asparagus for cooking as follows - drizzle it with olive oil, sprinkle garlic sale and seasoned pepper to taste, then sprinkle parmesan cheese on top. 

 

Next I cut up the sausage, and start to saute it.

While that is cooking, I finally add the noodles to the water, and put the asparagus into the oven. I bake it for 10 minutes total, at 400 degrees. 

By the time the noodles have finished boiling, the sausage and the asparagus have both just about been fulled cooked as well.

After I drain and wash the noodles, I add olive oil to the pot and put the noodles back in. I stir them up and add garlic salt to taste. Then I add the seasoned pepper to taste, and some pine nuts. After that is stirred, I add the sausage and mix it all together. 

Serve it up, put some parmesan cheese on top, and....

VOILA! A simple, easy and quick dinner! From prep time to finish, this only take about 30 minutes to cook! Now that's what I'm talking about!

Finished Product!

So, what is your Go-To meal?!

Inspirational Photography: Day 7, Food

FEAST your eyes on these delicious delights! If these photos don't make you work up an appetite, I'm not sure what will!

{All images found HERE and HERE}