Burger Fi and Farmer's Market

I'd say it's obvious how much we like the farmer's market. We try something new every time and we're usually happy about it. (Except the cactus fruits. Yuck.) 

There's a new-ish burger place by us that has a Smart Car with flashing lights in the parking lot. It catches our eye but we'd never planned to go. This visit only took us there because the Mexican place we wanted to try wasn't open yet. 

Luckily, we were already parked and were starving enough to give it a go. I'm not a big burger person but this was great.

They have all kinds of  flavored fries and we tried parm and herb. Pretty good, though too powdery for me. We're doing Cajun next time.

I know these drink machines aren't new, but this is the first one I've seen in person. Watching people try to use it is ridiculous.

Living by the biggest mall in Florida (and third biggest in the country) is nice. I rarely go there but when I do I see fun things like 55 y/o men acting like the Lamborghinis on display are theirs. This train conductor just hangs around and waves to kids all day. What a life.

The city of Aventura uses chargeable golf cart things to get around. I guess they're street legal?

Ah, yes. Another find at the farmer's market. The crepe stand offers about thirty varieties and I asked for his most popular. What I got was chicken florentine - chicken, spinach, provolone, and sauce.

See how crispy and warm?

I went for the Elvis dessert crepe as well - chunky peanut butter, bananas, caramel sauce. 

Love food, hate Words with Friends

My love of food and hatred of Words with Friends continues.

I played a word that is actually a pretty impressive score for me. 

Another pinterest recipe. This time for Chicken Marsala. I won't bore you with the story of how long it took to find Marsala at Target, but I don't know anything about wine and I went on a Saturday morning, in Jewish community. I was THE ONLY person there and no one could/would help me. Miami. :( 

So, now we're getting somewhere. The chicken is already cooked and in the oven. This recipe has an optional cream listed. I went for it. 

Hmmm. I screwed up the formatting when I changed the picture order. 

This is the final product. I made enough for four but the three of us ate the entire thing. Definitely a crowd favorite.

And here's the response I get to playing "genii."

This shouldn't be a surprise.

Soup Fever

It's finally Christmas break! The end of my first semester was definitely stressful but I made some good food and snapped some funny pics during it all. 

This is what a med school classroom looks like right before an exam. 

My brother still kills me in Words with Friends. Now he's started to give me the definitions of the words he plays. You know, to help me out.

Ah, my first experience with leeks. I really like them but had never cooked with them before. I got these babies at a farmer's market and they were so fresh. 

(I know, next time I'll do a midline cut before chopping. Lesson learned.)

I wasn't sure if the greens were called for in the recipe, so I threw in a few.

I didn't take a finished pic of this potato leek soup because it looked disgusting. I was a little overzealous with the blending and it looked like prison slop from a movie. But it tasted good!

I took a break from a VERY long anatomy lab to eat a snack and get some fresh air. I carefully peeled the plastic off the whole container, only to flip it onto the floor with my ring. Ugh.

You know how birds fly south for the winter? They come to Miami. They're EVERYWHERE!

I was on a soup kick so I opened up my pinterest food board and made a creamy tomato basil. It's mostly a crock pot recipe so I prepped it and left it while I went to biochem review.

Here we are after cooking all afternoon. A bunch of parm ready to go in.

Near the end I put in the cream and parm and fresh basil. That I grew. 

See? So good with the sourdough we got at the farmer's market. 

Can you tell we like the farmer's market?

Jeni caught the soup fever and made this Guinness stew. She threw everything in before we went to bed and ladled it out when we woke up. So good I'm making it for my mom tomorrow.

Tis the season for people to sell their belongings in awkward places.

See what I mean?