Creme Brulee au Grand Marnier

This post is about food!

Do you like Chinese food? I did, but after weeks on end, I started to crave familiar foods from home. I was sick of salt, of warm foods, of rice, of steamed mixed vegetables. Even the noodles, which I love, lost thier appeal when I was offered them for breakfast. I had been thinking about my first meal back in the states for at least a week. I had orginally envisioned a big salad or a hummus wrap, but here is what I got:


First Meal:
Grilled pita strips with Hummus
Cheese Ravioli in Marinara
Chocolate Torte

Tonight's Meal:
Beet Salad with Blue Cheese
Fried Zucchini Flowers stuffed with goat cheese served with garlic mashed potatoes
Creme Brulee au Grand Marnier (that one was for you, David and Chris)

Both meals were wonderful.

I should also mention that I went grocery shopping in between these meals to pick up some lunch material. I had planned on only buying a few things, but entered the grocery store jet-lagged and hungry. I was immedietly overwhelmed not only with the selection, but my desire to eat everything in sight. I wandered around in a daze, and I must have looked overwhelmed, because no less than three concerned store workers asked me if I needed any help. Here is what ended up in my basket:

Emergen-C
Smoked Salmon
Vegetable Soup
A loaf of French bread
Hummus
Tea
A Bean Burrito

A strange grocery list, especially since I was so sick of Chinese food, and we'd had lots of soup, fish, and tea in China. I got home, had a bite of everything and slept the rest of the day.

Tomorrow is Saturday. My dad and I are going to the Gravenstein Apple Fair, I am running last minute errands, and then Sunday morning I am off to Mexico. Let's hope my tolerance for Mexican food is greater than for Chinese.