Food post

Food! I mentioned in my last post that I found pics of our last few culinary expeditions so let's see how much about them I can remember. :-)

Definitely not going to try to remember the date of these meals, but I think I have the order intact this time ;-)


The first is a Jerk Turkey Burger. Jerk seasoning plus some red pepper, salt, black pepper and a couple of other things were mixed into the ground turkey. Then the salsa to top was made with mango, papaya, red onion, green peppers, (maybe) lime juice, and a leafy veggie that I can't remember right now. It was definitely super scrumptious, though I couldn't find jerk seasoning and used jerk marinade. It wasn't nearly as strong so you didn't get much jerk flavor, but next time I'll be prepared!


The next meal I decided to show a before and after of the prep (I think we were so hungry we forgot to take pics post cooking!). I don't remember the spices, but it was tilapia **EDIT** Doh!, no it wasn't it was Red Snapper! **END EDIT** with I think mango, cucumber, and cherry tomatoes. Loads of veggies piled on there as you can see. The cooking time was noticeably longer than the recipe called for, but after a second baking it turned out great.

MC's plate

My plate

This meal MC and I kinda prepared together, but a little differently than normal. Usually one person is main cook and the other helps with little tasks, but for this one I did the fish and brussel sprouts, and MC did the sweet potato/pineapple and the rice. She had only had catfish once so she was a little weary. So I used the same blackened catfish recipe and substituted tilapia for her. The sweet potato/pineapple concoction was ridiculously awesome. Two of my favorites foods all mixed together! I ate a ton of it and it was awesome. The brussel sprouts were the easy frozen kind, but still yummy. Fun fact: MC had never had them before! Always cool to try something new. Rice cooking has been an ongoing project for MC, and while they almost always turn out different, they have all been very yummy. Afterwards, we made dessert by layering bananas and strawberries in banana pudding. Since I LOVE bananas, I thoroughly enjoyed this, even if there was something kinda funky going on with the strawberries.

Hopefully I'll be better at remembering meals we've documented in the future. :-) And for some of our more complicated meals, I want to get some more prep shots to really document the whole process. I'm sure our culinary adventures will continue to amuse us!