Month: May 2010

Champion Breakfast Sandwich

good start

Roast Beef with Tomato, Egg and Cheese is tasty.

  • Toast some bread or a bagel in the toaster.
  • While it’s toasting heat up a pan for some sliced roast beef.
  • When the toast pops, spread mayo on the bread and add some sliced cheese on one side and some sliced tomato on the other.
  • When the pan gets warmed up, put some sliced roast beef in it and heat it for a minute then flip it and heat the other side for a minute.
  • When the roast beef is warmed up stack it on top of the cheese that’s on the bread.
  • Then while the pan is still hot cook a scrambled egg in it and put the egg on the sandwich too.

This is a delicious and easy way to get a good start to your day.

Food freshness is a thing.

Before your cabinets and fridge become mold incubators, take a minute to check things out.

Check the pantry, fridge, your freezer.

Dried black beans – 1 year                            

Open salsa – 1 month                                              

Frozen broccoli – 9 months

Opened almonds – 1 month                

Beef – 8 months

Open peanut butter – 3 months                    

Meats – 3 to 5 days in fridge                                                

Unopened Mayonnaise – 1 year                    

Open Italian dressing – 8 months                            

Open tortilla chips – 1 week                          

Raw eggs in shell – 1 month                                    

Milk – smell it or give it the coffee test          

Some hints to preserve your foods longevity.

1. Use Tupperware or resealable bags to preserve your products, including bread and chips.

2. Keep your fridge chilly but not too cold. The lower temp will help keep food fresher by a couple days, plus who doesn’t love cold milk!

3. Do not overload the fridge with too much junk. An overstuffed fridge doesn’t chill as well.

4. Use your nose and eyes. If food looks OK and doesn’t smell or have a weird sheen or off color to it, it is most likely good.

5. If it smells odd, looks a bit off, is slimy, or seems like it would not be good, it probably isn’t. Error on the side of caution and throw it away.

Albacado

miso apple

When the newest thing in my neighborhood was the sushi bar, MISO FISHY, the sushi chef Steve, took an avocado and filled it with spicy albacore tuna.

He then decorated it up and served it like this.

It was incredible and is one of my new  favorite things.

The Dude vs. Big Juan

Big Juan Burrito
the Dude meets Big Juan

Big Bear Lake, CA is home to a Mexican hacienda called the Sonora Cantina. Here is what their menu states about their ‘Big Juan’.

“Big Juan Burrito $13.50

Not for the faint of heart and one of the largest regularly made burritos in the world. If you can finish it in 45 minutes or less you become an instant celebrity and will win a T-shirt proclaiming your victory over ‘Big Juan’.

The burrito contains 4 meats, cheese, beans, lettuce, rice, sliced olives, green onions and tomatoes. Bon appetit gringo.”

I finished mine as a snack later that night.