Summer Analyst Kat: 14 Days Left

Exactly two weeks before I pack my bags and head off to a whirlwind Southeast Asia adventure. Well, hopefully I will have my bags packed before then as I am getting kicked out of my apartment next weekend. Bummer, need to bum around on someone(with airconditioning??)'s floor. Hopefully figuring that one out soon.

I've been a delinquent about posting food pictures. I've also been losing steam on the cooking front so luckily there isn't too much to update.

Kat's last stand:

Pita bread things. They were yummy albeit not too to my taste.

My Chinese side will never see Mezes as the equivalent to a meal, no matter how much I like jalapeno-cilantro hummus.

Marinated and grilled shrimp (yum) and Indian cauliflower.

The cauliflower was definitely the more difficult of the two, nearly coughed my lungs out from all the spices!

Shrimp fried rice.. ah so good. Fried rice is so comforting; also made a lot better than what I did last time. The key is to make a well in the middle of the rice to put the egg in (no need to beat ahead of time) and let it cook just a little bit before breaking it up into the rest of the fried rice.

Veggie week: Balsamic tofu veggie stacker (bottom up: grilled zucchini, bell-pepper, tomato, tofu, and mushroom) .

Never appreciated zucchini before making this. Pretty darned juicy.

Mother's recipe. Always good (:

Beef and bell-pepper in some magically delicious seasoning

Lately this is what it has come down to. Lots of instant noodles.

(Thanks to A and K for being providers for the last 2 days!!)

Trying to survive for a week on 50 dollars - time to cut down that decadent lifestyle!