I'm a little late, but HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (To those of you who celebrate.) I hope you were all able to fill your stomachs with delicious food.
My Thanksgiving was spent with my family over in PA. I come from a pretty small family, so there aren't many of us, but we're all very close, and I love our laid-back holiday routine. We arrive early, eat round 1 of food and appetizers (usually a layered taco dip), take a break, talk for a while, then round 2 of more food, followed by dessert.
Full blown reviews and updates are experiencing a bit of a hiccup while I deal with the madness that is a short sale to get my new home, but you guys can follow what I'm buying/snacking & eating on Instagram@sometimesfoodie!
Check out this little teaser to see what you're missing out on.
Welp, my PC died Thursday night, and it took me (and my amazing friend Anthony who is a technological angel) all weekend to get it back up and running. It started with my CPU fan dying and turned into a whole mess of problems. Fun times.
Now that my PC (I named her Synergy, get the reference?) is back from the dead I'm writing up reviews to get things back on track, but in the meantime, you can see what I ate this weekend by visiting my Instagram page, @SometimesFoodie.
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Delicious veggie-goodness for dinner last night. The veggies, the veggie burgers, soda and brioche buns all came from Aldi! I think the only part of this meal that wasn't from Aldi was the salad dressing and the cheese. I'd like to do some more recipes in the future using Aldi produce with pricing totals, because I think it could be a lot of fun and it could shatter some misconceptions about Aldi, but I'm not sure if I'll have the time...we'll see what the future holds.
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Last night's dinner was nothing special, just a bunch of leftovers, and today I'm being super lazy and having a take-out desk lunch. The General Tso's special is super cheap, but it's not great. The peppers may be there, but the dish isn't spicy at all, and the chicken bits are dry and stringy. (Plus I asked for white rice...)
It's not the best tasting lunch in the world, but it thankfully warms me up. This office AC is freezing me to death!
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I cooked up some more salmon burgers, with sriracha mayo and toasted brioche buns, for dinner and I tried another flavor of beer. I got the burger patties at BJ's Wholesale Club (because I had a coupon) and I like them a lot more than I thought I would! They're pretty substantial and they work nicely with the sriracha mayo I have in the fridge. Right now I'm just cooking them up on a griddle inside, since it's so buggy outside, but I'd like to try grilling some up with a sweet chili sauce glaze before the summer is over.
To go along with last night's dinner I tried another beer.
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Since I'm a self-proclaimed beer-hater, I'm trying to be more open minded this year and try new flavors to see if there's one out there I like. I went to Wine Works and built my own 6-pack with a few flavors off the shelves (I picked them solely based on cool-labels), but no luck yet. Beer has a flavor profile that just doesn't appeal to me. I very rarely drink alcohol, and when I do, it's sugary mixed drinks that barely taste like booze at all. I've been trying to keep an open mind and try more beers, since all my friends really seem to enjoy them, but I haven't had any luck finding ones I like.
Do you have any beer recommendations for me?
Leave them in the comments below. If I can find it, I'll give it a try and let you know what I think.
I made a Instagram account for Sometimes Foodie that's separate from my personal/art account Poison_and_Antidote. (Because I'm sure most of your foodies don't care about my figure drawing and all the photos of my adorable dog.)
I post products and photos that aren't on the blog, as well as what I'm cooking and eating on a daily basis, so here are a few of my posts to see what you've been missing out on.
If you're not following me on Instagram, you're missing out on all the stuff I've been munching on behind the scenes.
Along with massive amounts of junk food I share on the blog, I also like to cook and bake, so here's what I made on Sunday for my boyfriend and I. (He's vegetarian, so a lot of the food I've been eating/cooking lately is meatless, since I personally feel uncomfortable eating meat when we're together, but rest assured, I still love bacon and buffalo wings. I'm an omnivore with strong lean to the veggie side.)
