food: paleo tuna cakes
16 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in food & cooking, paleo, wheat free Tags: gluten free, paleo, waikiki, whats for dinner, wheat free
so, as you may have judged by the lack of regular posts, life has been extra real lately.
i’ve not only been busy, but i’ve been very unmotivated.
instead of getting up with the sun and being productive before work (aka – blogging and running/gym), i’ve been hitting snooze and running for my bus to no be late. not cool.
so today is my first day of up and at’em.
and naturally that means its a blogging morning, not a running morning. because let’s be realistic here.
that being said, vancouver has skipped spring and launched full tilt into summer. which, is a-okay with me.
i went from rain jackets and boots to a very unneeded hoodie in a matter of a week.
and i also have fine tuned my summer goals.
there’s a trail running clinic that sounds super fun and it starts in july. but you have to be able to run 30 minutes to join… and i used to be able to, but i’m very out of practice. so i have about 6 weeks to get back.
note – vegas will probably not help in this matter.
anyways, i’m also back on the healthy eats. there’s been some set backs… a lot of decadent non-paleo food has snuck in.
i actually even ate wheat at my anniversary dinner. it was my first piece of bread in 7 months.
i realized that i had totally forgotten the texture. also, i still love bread.
but i was determined for it to be a one night stand with the bread and haven’t touched it again since.
i think its going to make italy even more amazing if i can hold out until then because frankly eating that piece last week was like tasting it for the first time.
now, back to the task at hand…
i downloaded an awesome food app for my ipad from nomnompaleo and i’ve been totally inspired by it.
my husband asked last week what to make for dinner and i handed him the ipad and said “anything you find on this app sounds awesome” and he decided on paleo tuna cakes.
this was a fun recipe… you cook and form them in muffin tins and then bake them and before serving, you brown them in a little clarified butter.
the sweet potato in there somehow makes them taste like they have cheese in them.
they’re delicious.
the only problem was that they stuck to the muffin tins. but i’m not sure if maybe they weren’t greased enough or what… but even in imperfect patties, they were awesome.
and then we did an un-paleo thing and put a little dollop of creme fraiche with chives on top. because that shit is yum.
i was looking and it seems like the recipe is gone from nomnompaleo.com which i’m guessing is because its meant to drive sales of the app… which is fair enough. so i won’t post it.
but its worth the couple bucks i paid for it.
love letters to hawaii: a liquid post
25 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in booze & other drinkables, travel Tags: booze, drinks, hawaii, maui, travel, waikiki
in less than 3 weeks, i will be in hawaii. a place, to me, of pure bliss.
i am set to spend my longest ever vacation there… 15 nights. to be split 3 in honolulu and 12 in maui. i’m so excited. it’s been just over a year since i was in hawaii last, but before that it had been about 12 years. and i’ve never been to maui. it’s funny, because at work i sell a LOT of maui, and i’ve basically just been faking my way through it based on my knowledge from other islands. but no more. when i return from this trip, i will be WELL versed.
i get asked a lot about my favourite destinations and hawaii is always high up on the list. to me, it’s perfection. it’s easy to get to – direct flights to 3 islands from YVR, it’s safe and easy to visit on account of being in the usa, it’s cheap comparatively – sure there’s no all inclusive packages, but the booze is dirt cheap in america and almost every hotel room has a kitchenette and lastly, it’s just so fucking stunning. the beach and the ocean are incredible, the people & culture rich and intriguing. there’s volcanoes, rainforest, beaches, hikes, waterfalls… everything you could ever want.
i love hawaii. give me hawaii over mexico any day of the week.
if you’ve ever wanted to see my face when i’m truly happy… this is it:
beachfront in hawaii, local beer in hand, sunkissed and utterly relaxed.
i’m normally not much for the sugary drinks, but when in hawaii, well, it just seems wrong if you’re not enjoying the occasional mai tai.
pretty much every single place will make one, some places are (obviously) vastly better than others. our hotel (outrigger reef on the beach) had a great place called the shorebird that we frequented. the mai tais weren’t the best ever, but they were cheap (especially during happy hour) and definitely went down smooth.
now that one is a little heavy on the grenadine… but it was still tasty. also the pic is a little coloured, but you get the idea.
i had a few other delicious beverages while i was there…
ooh look! another mai tai! shocking! i actually believe this is my first one upon landing. i’m not even sure we brought our bags to our room first, lol.
and of course, every trip starts with plane vodka
hey, don’t judge… it’s a LONG flight! …and i get thirsty…
…and sometimes you have to have a local beer on your hotel patio while overlooking the ocean. because life is rough, yo.
these next ones were my favourite drinks of the trip. on the lanai at the royal hawaiian, overlooking waikiki beach.
mine is the blendy basil drink – the chi, and my mom’s is the royal mai tai, made properly. i snapped a pic of the menu because every drink sounded like heaven.
…and of course there’s a beer at the airport at the kona brewing company brewpub.
*sigh*
alright hawaii, i’ll see your sexy self in 19 days.
