spring in winter

Making spring rolls for dinner whilst doing Chinese.

Being super Asian.

from the Marketplace

spring mix

carrots

cucumbers

snap peas

sriracha

from elsewhere

Thai sesame noodle from Trinity Cafe

peanuts from friend down the hall

avocado (no pictured) from home

rice paper (not pictured) from home

soy sauce (not pictured) from Whole Foods

This is about the easiest thing you can make right before burritos because you don't need to cook anything unless you want to add shrimp, chicken (which you could get at Trinity), or egg.

1. soak rice paper

2. fill

3. roll

4. eat

♥
ann and amelia

exception.al cheesecake

It was Bryan's birthday on Sunday, so naturally, we made him a cheesecake (without the use of an electric mixer).
Note: none of the ingredients were obtained from the Marketplace. Recipe adopted from The Pioneer Woman


filling
2/3 cup sugar

3 packets (8 oz.) of cream cheese

1/2 cup sour cream
4 eggs

crust

1 package vanilla wafers
1/2 cup almonds
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup butter

topping
(we omitted this part because we forgot to get fruit)
2 cups fruit of choice
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water

[the birthday boy]

♥
ann and amelia

pseudo risotto

from the Marketplace
white and brown rice
cheese
scallions
lemon
zucchini
squash
mushrooms
onions
green bell pepper
spinach
red bell pepper
jalapeño

(I'm not sure if we got our money's worth on this one.)
(we didn't actually use everything because the squash was frozen, and I didn't feel like cutting up the red pepper and jalapeño)

from the farmer's market/home
1 eggplant (50 cents!)
cherry tomatoes
olive oil, salt, pepper

1. chop
2. throw in skillet (zuchinni and eggplant first) ((tomatoes were roasted separately last))
3. cook, stirring constantly
Can't get more simplistic than that.

Needed
more cheese
herbs

♥
ann and amelia

bread pudding cupcakes

from the marketplace

6 slices of wheat bread

1/3 cup mini chocolate chips 

1/3 cup almonds

1/3 cup craisins
1 banana

2 cups skim milk

from whole foods/home

4 eggs

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

(the cinnamon is missing from this picture because the people sharing the kitchen needed it for their steaks)
(the RA was teaching his hall how to make steaks, which was really cool - love bonding through food)

This was our first attempt at transforming bland marketplace food into something delicious. We ended up baking in the Bell Tower kitchen with their communal equipment since we haven't had the chance to bring our mixing bowls etc. to school yet (and BT has a super nice and big kitchen). They didn't have a casserole dish so we had to improvise and use a cupcake pan instead... hence the cupcake part in bread pudding cupcakes, which actually worked out for the better when we were walking around campus, handing them out.

Mix all the wet ingredients + sugar together.

Butter is optional for a more golden crust.  We opted to leave it out though.

Roughly break up pieces of banana (optional of course).  You could try grated apple too.

Alternate filling the cups with bread pieces and egg mixture, making sure the bread gets soaked so it doesn't burn.

Finished product:

Yay, happiness :)

♥

ann and amelia