Food Tag

Olivia@ Olivia's Catastrophe tagged me in a food post last week. Who doesn't love some grub? Hope you enjoy her questions and my answers! 

1.      Beer or wine? Depends the situation. Am I being classy or a good time?

2.      French fries or potato chips? French Fries

3.      Fried or scrambled eggs? Dippy like a 5 year old

4.      Caramel or Vanilla? Vanilla

5.      Fruit or vegetables? Fruit. Strawberries, Apples, and Peaches...oh my!

6.      Chinese or Indian? Chinese

7.      Still or sparkling water? Clean 

8.      Taco or Burrito? Taco

9.      Chicken wings or legs? Wings, boneless, and saucy!

10.   Cheetos or Quavers? Cheetos

11.   Hot Chocolate or chocolate? Hot Chocolate

12.   Cream soda or Fanta? Not a fan of either

13.   Ravioli or lasagna? I'm Italian, all the pasta please. 

14.   Jellybeans or jellybabies? None

15.   Dominos or Pizza Hut? Little Caesars 

16.   Toast or French toast? They are so different, how could one decide!

17.   Sponge Cake or Chocolate Cake? Chocolate

18.   M&M’s or Skittles? Skittles 

19.   Whipped cream or warm custard? Again they are so different, why would I need to choose!

20.   Peanut Butter or Nutella? Nutella and Fluff. BAM. Now that's a sandwich!

21.   White or Dark chocolate? White, always. 

22.   White or Brown bread? Wheat, so I guess brown?

23.   McDonald’s or KFC? McDonald's

24.   Milkshake or smoothie? Smoothie! 

25.   Blackberries or blueberries? All the Berries.

26.   Salted or sweet popcorn? Salted

27.   Lemons or lime? Lemon

28.   Spinach or brussel sprouts? Spinach salad and brussel sprout sides.

29.   Ketchup or mayonnaise? Ketchup

30.   Eggs or bacon? It would be like picking between peanut butter and jelly, they are just meant to stay together.

31.   Doughnuts with icing or jam in the middle? Icing

32.   Ham or bacon? BACON

33.   Pancakes or waffles? Pancakes

34.   Coffee or Tea? Tea

35.   Orange juice or apple juice? Orange

36.   Salt or pepper? Salt. I eat an unhealthy amount.

37.   Do you love food? Don't we all...

With that being said anyone that want's to do this tag, please feel free. I don't want to tag anyone and make them feel obligated! 

{all personal photos}

I thought I would share what has been going down in my kitchen lately! 

We have been really into Detox water.

This is just cucumber and strawberries in water over night.

This is mint, cucumber, and lime over night in water.

Spinach salad, cucumber, strawberries, blue cheese, and raspberry vinaigrette. 

Shredded chicken, cheese, avocado, cilantro, a little lime juice, salt, wrapped in a burrito and baked.

Angi

Experimenting with Appetizers

Guys-I suck at cooking. I try and that's all that matters. I have put in a major effort since Josh and I moved in together to be a better cooker or at least cook more (same thing right?) I look at blogs like Holly's (The Hobbit Kitchen) and think, "if only I could cook like her!"

Even though I can't cook I thought I would link up with Ashley from Let's Get Bananas! I thought maybe I could learn a thing or two from these girls!

I made this roast a few weeks ago.

It tasted better then it looks.
But generally Josh is the master chef in our house.

With my Ugly Sweater Party coming up this Wednesday I thought maybe I will make some appetizers. I have yet to try making an appetizer!

Look how amazing these appetizers look and simple too...

Bacon/Guacamole

{picture via RW}

Mini Tacos

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Cucumber Feta Roll

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Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

{picture via Shrinking Kitchen}

But I'm going to be honest with you...I will probably end up cutting up some cheese and grabbing some chips (sorry guests!)

What are your favorite appetizers to make? Did you struggle when you first started cooking?

Also today I am linking up with A Girl and Her Sparkles on a previous Christmas Post I did during Christmas week. Go Check her out though (She is awesome!)

Detroit Week Day 5: Five on Friday: Places to Eat

This weeks Five on Friday will keep with the Detroit Week theme. I decided to do five places to eat. Because who doesn't love to go out to eat when they are visiting a new place. 

These is in no specific order...it was hard enough picking just 5 places let alone ranking them. (Have I ever shared my indecisiveness with you all? Just ask my boyfriend, it's one trait he is not fond of) With that being said all the places I share Joshua introduced me to.

1. Green Dot Stables- 
This place is known for its unique sliders. I added the menu below so you can see just how unique their sliders are. I literally recommend every single one! Check them out HERE!

SLIDERS

Quinoa Burger $3

Kale-Chimichurri [V]

Corned Beef $3

Wigley’s-Kraut-Pickles-Mustard Aioli

Cuban $3

Pork Loin-Ham-Jack Cheese-Mustard-Pickles

Philly Cheesesteak $3

Ribeye-Peppers & Onions-Squeeze Cheese

Cheeseburger $2

Onions-Pickles

BBQ Bacon $3

Beef Patty-Sweet Potato-Housemade BBQ Sauce

Tempeh $3

Marinated Tempeh-Wasabi Mayo-Wakame Salad – [V]

Korean $3

Beef Patty-Peanut Butter-Kimchi

Ham & Cheese $2

Dearborn Ham-Jack Cheese

BCT $2

Bacon-Cucumber-Roasted Tomato Sauce-Mayo

Mystery Meat $3

See Server

Catfish $3

Corn Meal-Tartar

Buffalo Chicken $3

Bleu Cheese Spread-Buffalo Sauce-Celery

Fried Chicken $3

Panko-Sage Maple Syrup

Hot Brown $3

Chicken-Mornay-Bacon

Grilled Cheese $2

American-Mornay-[V]

Coney Dog $2

Venison Chili-Onions-Mustard

Black Bean $3

Tomato Slice-Avocado Sour Cream-[V]

Gyro$3

Tomato Slice-Mint Tzatziki

Pizza $2

Hungarian Salami-Roasted Tomato Sauce-Jack Cheese

2. Lafayette Coney Island-
Need I say more than the picture below...This is a Detroit staple. You can not come here without having one or two of these bad boys! This place also has a really cool and fun history that adds to the character of it! 

{picture via Lafayette}

{picture via Lafayette}

They were two brothers who got into a fight and then literally just built a wall to separate them and continued to make those delicious Coneys.

3. Slows Bar BQ-
This is possibly my favorite place to eat in Detroit. Eat HERE!

{picture via Slows}

I mean look at this...

{picture via Slows}

That is literally a plate of meat. 

{picture via Slows}

THIS MAC N' CHEESE IS THE BEST EVERRR!

{picture via Slows}

And last but not least these cheesy waffle fries are also some of the best I have ever eaten.

4. Clique-
Okay so this next place is a breakfast dive. Yes those are fact flowers in the picture below, but it has some of the best breakfast I have ever had. The service is incredible to the point that we wont go there for a couple of months and they still remember our orders. 

They don't have a website so don't bother searching, but they are well worth the find!

5. Polish Village Cafe or PVC 
The menu below is just a sample of the delicious food they have to offer. It's a small restaurant that you usually have to wait to get into, but that only proves how awesome the place is. Josh and I learned the hard way that they don't take cards and had to track down and ATM!

SPECJALNOSCI (SPECIALS)
PONIEDZIALEK (MONDAY)
KLOPSIKI Z MAKARONEM (MEATBALLS W/NOODLES)	$5.25
NADZIEWANA PAPRYKA (STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS)	$7.25
WTOREK (TUESDAY)
GOTOWNAA KURA (BOILED CHICKEN)	$4.75
KLOPSIKI KLUSKAMI (MEATBALLS W/NOODLES)	$5.25
CZWARTEK (THURSDAY)
GULASZ (GOULASH)	$6.75
KLOPSIKI Z KASZA (MEATBALLS WITH BUCKWHEAT)	$5.25
PIATEK (FRIDAY)
RYBA SMAZONA (PAN FRIED LAKE PERCH)	$10.25
RYBA SMAZONA (PAN FRIED LAKE PERCH)	$8.50
SOBOTA (SATURDAY)
NALESNIKI Z KAPUSTA (KRAUT IN KRUSTAY DOUGH)	$5.25
GOTOWANA KURA (BOILED CHICKEN)	$4.75

Bonus Places:
*I knew I wasn't going to do just 5

-Greek town
-Mexican Town

Both of these are towns within Detroit that have tons and tons and tons of culture and delicious food!

***The funniest thing about this post is that I have been SO sick this entire week and honestly haven't eaten a single thing. To most people this post would have made them hungry, but it just made me sick. What I won't do (even to myself) to share things on here!

Chef Boyfriend

My boyfriend is an amazing cook. Don't be jealous, it's tastes better than it looks. AND is always paired with a delicious drink, wine, beer, gimlets, vernors, mimosas. Sunday dinner has slowly become a tradition since we don't actually get to eat dinner together most nights. As I type he is in the kitchen preparing something that looks and smells delicious for tonights dinner!

{all pictures via personal photos}

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