A New Direction!

Yo Food Blog! What is up? Long time no blog about food!

So things have changed in my life and with the help of Weight Watchers I'm choosing to eat better things and make better decisions with food. I've learned a lot! I feel great! I'm also down 10 whole lbs! Woop woop!

So you may not see anymore chili bacon cheese burgers around here (I don't think I've ever eaten such a thing, but it sounds delicious haha!). I hope to share recipes and adaptations of foods to fit a healthier diet! Real foods that don't come frozen in a box (I don't believe in those things, if you're into them heateatreview.com is an awesome little site about them!). I'll also continue to dine out from time to time and I hope to share meals I get on the go that are a better option from the norm.

Now I'm no inspiration for health here, but I do what I can do. Hopefully I can show people that little changes can make a world of difference!

Ramen: Meal of champions.

If you're going to eat ramen outside of a dorm room you have to have fun with it right?? haha! Seriously, we eat ramen all of the time in the house...

I received this bowl from one of my best friends for Christmas and I LOVE it !! I cannot eat ramen or any noodle soup from any other bowl...

I pose this question to you all:

Do you eat & enjoy ramen??
How do you prepare it?
Do you add anything to it like cheese or hot sauce?

I WANT TO KNOW PEOPLE!! Really, I need reassurance that we're not the only ones with this still in our cabinets hehe.

Fried Green Tomatoes: More than just a movie...

I always crave fried green tomatoes when they're not in season. Like my stomach has a timer that must receive fried green tomatoes once every six months or something. I was very surprised to see the freshest looking green tomatoes in the produce department of my local grocery store in the middle of January!

Oh yes, I took them babies home, coated them in buttermilk, flour and cormeal.. then fried them up! In a cast iron skillet of course.

This was actually my first attempt at fried green 'maters and I was pleased! They were simple and tasty just like I've always eaten them. I don't need no coating mix or whatev pssssssh!

Next time I make them, I'll put them in a BLT. BOOM your mind has just been blown!

Oh my yum...

Chocolate covered bacon.

'Nuff said.

Spoonfedgrill dot com AKA THE FOOD TRUCK!

If you are a friend of mine (and if you're reading this you probably are because I haven't really branched out.. boo..) you know I'm always tweeting or Facebooking about the food truck!

Recently food trucks have been all the rave yo. There's a show on the Food Network about them, and well, they're just everywhere now.. This food truck specifically comes around my place of business at least 3 days a week and has never disspointed me.

The meal pictured is a turkey rollup with thyme roasted sweet potatoes. I love this wrap! It has turkey, greens, tomatoes, sauteed apples, apple butter, cheese (I think it's provolone) all wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla and grilled to perfection. It is for reals one of my favorite things on the menu.

They also offer delicious quesedillas! I have had one with steak and bleu cheese, also they have one similar to the turkey wrap, but it has chicken, cranberries, and GOAT CHEESE! I think I have said enough.. you must track down this food truck!

Check out their site and follow them on Twitter to find out where they're going to be!

Zoe's Kitchen, I heart you...

I cannot express to you guys how much I love Zoe's Kitchen. I have never been dissapointed by anything I have ordered from them.

Recently (well in the past 6 or so months) Zoe's Kitchen has added hummus to their menu. I've always been confused as to why they didn't have hummus on there before, being that they're a Greek-ish restaurant. I love me some hummus. Whether it's from the Purple Onion at 3 A.M. after a late night at the bar, or from a grocery store with some pita waching Lifetime movies :P

Zoe's Kitchen has paired my two favorite things into one meal here. Hummus and their greek salad! Their hummus is really fresh and bright tasting! Their greek salad is no joke also. I'll often order a large greek salad from them and eat the whole box.. I think it's the salad dressing.. oh yes.

When it comes to Dr. Pepper, this household needs an intervention.

No joke y'all.. Dr. Pepper is a must in our house. Seriously. When people were running out for bread and milk during our last snow "storm" my sister went on a Dr. Pepper run.. We are fuelled by Dr. Pepper.

Somebody at the local Elk's Lodge where my sister works gave her a bottle of this BBQ Sauce. Now I'm a huge BBQ sauce fan.. I like to make my own when grilling chicken and stuff but any time chicken nuggets come into play I must have a puddle of the stuff on my plate. I'm pretty picky about it too, there is such thing as bad BBQ sauce.

This sauce is pretty damn good. It really does taste like Dr. Pepper! It's sweet and tangy and I bet would taste way better on a grilled pork chop than some frozen nuggets. I bet it would also help to pair this with a cold can of DP, like wine pairing.. mmmm

My sister has been looking around because she also hears there is a Dr. Pepper marinade which she wants to bathe a steak in.. We haven't seen this in the stores. Keep your eyes open if you see this and let me know! We'll buy up a few bottles!

Homemade Lasagna Attempt: SUCCESS!

I've had a day off work so I've sat around and watched Food Network all day.. this gave me an itch to cook something yummy!

I remembered a post my friend Shanna made in her blog with a recipe for a pizza lasagna that her husband and her son love! I also remembered that I wanted to give that a try when I saw the post months ago..

I am VERY pleased with how this turned out! I did make a few tweaks to call it my own, I made the tomato sauce from scratch with just an onion, and three cloves of garlic chopped in my little chopper.. I also added some Lipton Savory Herb & Garlic mix to the ricotta cheese, I had another pouch leftover from a pizza dip that I made. I thought that would give it more pizza taste since I used such a simple sauce..

I plan to make more lasagnas in the future now that I know that I can make a delicious one! I love vegetable lasagna and would like to give that a whirl..

MMMMMM I'm going to be eating good for a couple of days with these leftovers!

Ode to football season foods...

There's no wonder I gain weight during football season.. We're huge college ball fans down here and we also like to party!!

The best things I've eaten so far this season:
Pork, wrapped in pork with brown sugar!
Stadium dog with sauce!

My BFF, SJ, serves these little rolled pices of heaven at her parties.. Oh myyyy gooooooddd... Conecuh smoked sausage wrapped in bacon topped with brown sugar.. Bake on a foil lined cookie sheet at 350 for about 30 minutes. Wow oh wow guys, these things don't last long out of the oven!

That Stadium Dog really needs a post of it's own. I love me a Stadium Dog! Purchased at Bryant Denny Stadium for a whopping $4.50 they're Bryant hot dogs on a soft bun mmmm it's like a hot dog cloud that's floated down from the heavens! You can get them plain, all the way, or with sauce..

Sauce... Now it's just ketchup and mustard, but the ratio and brands remain a mystery and no matter how hard I've tried I can't get it right! I HATE mustard, it's disgusting vile stuff.. But on a Stadium Dog it's a must.. 

It's also a must that it be washed down with a giant Alabama Football cup of Coca-Cola...

Mmmmmmm football season tastes soooo gooooood!

Yogurt bar, you're better than a real bar...

I don't know about where any of yall live but here in Birmingham these yogurt bars are popping up everywhere !! 

I've only been to two, Yogurt Mountain and a place called Treat Yourself.

I want one of these in my house !! I'd be 800 lbs and all happy and full o' frozen yogurt, candy, and cheese cake bites :)