Mi Nidito Restaurant

Last Friday, my husband and I trekked our way to Tucson (we live in a small town an hour away from Tucson) for a matinee movie and lunch at a Mexican restaurant called Mi Nidito. My husband is very picky when it comes to food and there are limited places where he likes to eat and this Mexican restaurant just so happens to be on that list. Mi Nidito is a small but very popular restaurant. There is always a line outside the door to get in. The longest we're ever had to wait was about 45 minutes, but the food is so good, the wait is worth it. There are pictures of President Clinton and then first lady Hillary Clinton at the restaurant as well as the guy from Man vs. Food. I believe they filmed an episode at Mi Nidito last year, however I missed it on tv. I brought my camera with me to take pictures of the food that I ordered, however, I was engrossed by the smell of my food that I forgot about the camera in my purse. Whoops! Next time my husband and I eat there, and I'm sure there will be a next time, I'll take pictures of our food to show you the deliciousness from Mi Nidito. :)

Pad Sei Ew

Tonight's dish was another Asian/Thai dish, Pad Sei Ew, also known as Street Noodles in English. It was my first time making this dish and it was very scrumptious if I say so myself. My husband wanted fresh rice noodles, but living here in the desert with not many asian/oriental stores we were stuck with whatever they had. I'm actually getting the hang of cooking Thai food now. I love the spices and fresh vegetables that they use. I can't wait until my husband and I move to a city where there are a lot more asian/oriental stores that sell fresh seafood. There's only so much meat, chicken and frozen shrimp that one can eat over and over.

Gang Gai with Beef Jerky

After my Italian dish, there were a few days of eating left over chicken and pastina. And after eating pasta for almost a week I decided to go Asian for my next dish, Thai food to be exact. And so last night I made *Gang Gai (Red Curry Chicken) with homemade beef jerky (my in-laws made the beef jerky, I just fried it).

*Gang Gai isn't very red in the photo. I added 2 tbsp of red curry paste and it still wasn't bright red, however it was spicy, as it should be.

Italian Baked Chicken and Pastina

One of my favorite chefs to watch on tv and to get recipes from is Giada De Laurentiis. Italian food is one of my favorite foods to cook and eat and Giada's recipes are easy and oh-so-delicious! So last night I made Italian Baked Chicken and Pastina for the first time and might I add it turned out grreat! The pasta wasn't too cheesy or too saucy and it had the right amount of vegetables and chicken, just how I like it.

A New Beginning

Hello!

Day 1 of my new blog. It's always exciting on starting something new. However, this isn't my first blog. I've had my share of past blogs, but this is my very first blog where I focus on one thing. Okay mainly one thing and that is FOOD. I sound like a McFatty talking about it, but there is a reason why I decided to blog. 1) I love food. Meaning, I love to cook, bake, watch anything that has to do with food. I would say that 80% of the time the tv at home is set on either the Food Network channel or the Cooking channel (and my husband doesn't mind). 2) I would 'tweet' what I would cook each night at home but there is only so much you can type under 140 characters. Here, I can go on and on and even post a few pictures up of what I cooked/baked. And 3) I recently (yes, I'm very behind on catching up with new movies) watched Julie & Julia and I was very keen on how Julie, played by Amy Adams blogged about her cooking journey. I thought to myself, 'Hey, that's something I would like to do.' And so here I am starting my cooking blog/journal.

Hope you enjoy!