Faux Pasta: A Sister Cooking Blog

Guess what we made at work a few weeks ago?  Jalapeño mac and cheese griddle cakes. Joy of joys. You’re taking something awesome and then making awesome. Phood physics 101. Then we put pulled pork and coleslaw on them and turned them into sandwiches. It is very difficult to hold a sandwich in one hand and try and shoot photos with the other.

(Lady in the video is my friend and co-worker Jenny, who is adorable and makes amazing cakes). 

Recipe here.

Hey there! It’s Saturday morning. I’m drinking an iced coffee, sitting in an intricate set-up of an Ikea rocking chair with my feet on another couch directly in front of me, wearing bicycling shorts and forcibly trying to shove the sink landscape of piled-up dishes out of my brain. About to go meet some friends for Cheeseboard/Philz, and I’m going to ride my bike there, maybe.  Not fully committing is the key to getting out of self-imposed exercise. Look at you, getting up at 7:30, uploading random food pictures to the internet. Wow, is this cookbook-deal material or what?

• Voodoo Doughnut beer at Beer Revolution (gross, really gross)
• When the Boyfriend Cat’s Away, the Lady Cat Will Start a Fire By Herself (I ate everything on this grill, by myself. Felt not entirely terrible about it.) edited to add: don’t worry, I crisped the skin up. Nothing worse than flabby wings.
•  Greeeeens
• The Cheese Grater Was in the Sink and so I Chopped You, Cheese (I feel okay about omelettes when you throw other shit on top of them)
• Bacon-Chicken Mac and Cheese (“I Didn’t Think You Were Supposed to Put Chicken in Mac and Cheese” was the rave review)

In other news, my gentleman partner and I have found a house to live in for at least a year! Most of a house! At least 60% of a house. Standards, you know, they equilibrate when you move to the ritziest neighborhood in North Oakland. We’re going to have a patio. And a garden. I get teary just thinking about it. We’ll do a little house (well, kitchen) tour once we move in. There’s a dishwasher.

- Nellie