The Dawn of a New Era (aka: I Finally Got My Camera!)

Excuse the melodrama, but I'm really excited!

For those who are in school, like me, I want to tell you to keep holding on, for there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, my friends. It hasn't snowed in months, allergy season is kicking in, and it's rained for the last five days straight. You know what that means, don't you? Summer is finally on its way!

This especially makes me happy, because the change of seasons means that I will, God willing, have more time for this blog. Unfortunately, during the school season, I don't always have the time to write as many posts as I would like. But because yesterday was the last day of classes, I have a couple of days to unwind and work on a couple of passion projects before finals start, hence this new post.

For those who glossed over the title, I have met a major benchmark in the progress of this blog. Very shortly after my first post, I realized that a large part of being able to appreciate food is because it is aesthetically pleasing. Because blogs are meant to be taken in visually, it would be almost impossible to communicate my passion for food (in any form that may take), without adequate images. Since I did not have a camera, I had no means to do so, unless a friend helped me or I relied on stock images from the internet. But about three months ago, I had the opportunity to purchase a pre-owned Canon Rebel XT from a photographer friend.

While I'm still getting used to it, I have been able to use it to capture restaurant food, my own home cooking, and Morocco (all of which will definitely be covered in later posts). And while I am, by no means, a professional, I hope to improve as time goes on.

What A Way To Start The Day

Hello all,

     I'm sorry for leaving all of you hanging, but I hope that this post makes up for it...just in time for breakfast!
     Let me just say that I am NOT one of those people who cannot eat anything heavy in the morning. Coffee and toast will not cut it for me. I have been known to reheat leftover dinner at ten in the morning for breakfast, and one of the best meals that I have ever eaten at a restaurant was the steak and eggs brunch at Cafe Orlin in the Village...but that's a topic for a later post.
     So like I was saying, breakfast is a big deal for me. And when I'm craving protein, there is nothing better in the world than a huge, fluffy omelette (below right).

     This was exactly the case a few months back, when I awoke after sleeping over a good friend's house. I knew that it was one of those days where neither cereal, tea, nor a bagel, or even pancakes would not be enough to satiate my hunger. 

     In a trance, I made a beeline for the fridge. I found tortillas, three kinds of cheese and tomatoes, but I wanted something more...substantial. Suddenly, my stomach cried out when it discovered that the "secret ingredient" for which I was looking was indeed in stock: EGGS!

     I gasped aloud. "That's it!" 

When B. peered into the kitchen, she knew that I was about to throw down. "You know, there's spinach in the freezer," she casually mentioned while she typed away on her laptop. "...And maple sausages," she added as an afterthought as I scrambled (pun intended) for the refrigerator door. 

     So a veggie omelette it was! Three kinds of cheese (queso fresco, feta and cheddar), spinach, grape tomatoes, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper were incorporated into the breakfast behemoth, accompanied by several maple (is there any better flavor?) sausages and a fresh tortilla. It came out better than any of us expected, like a huge patchwork quilt of morning goodness, and was big enough to split between the three of us. 

     Luckily, we had A's new camera readily available to take the fantasic photos in this post before we ate. 

    

     So there you have it, a bonafide breakfast of champions. Part protein, part veggies, part dairy, and all tasty.... mmmm MMMM mmmm!

     "What a way to start the day," indeed!