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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

I'm still here with some random eats

I'm still here. I'm still alive and kicking. It's coming down to the wire as I'm only days away from shooting a new project. I'm excited, I'm nervous, I'm feeling anxious. I'm ball of mixed emotions right now while trying to get all the final little details in place. I do apologize for my lack of commenting on some your blogs out there. I try to read several when I have some downtime from pre-production.

Anyways...I've been having random eats lately. --

Mini penne pasta with spinach, garlic, tomato mix

I used two large tomatoes and cooked those up with a few garlic cloves, then added some frozen spinach I had in the freezer. You can add this with any kind of pasta.  It a fast ease "go-to" meal.

lumpia, rice, lechon with liver sauce, Filipino style spaghetti, grilled hotdog on a stick

This one is actually from my friend's daughters 1st birthday. It was a rather big celebration with a few Filipino traditions. The delicious lechon and crispy skin. Oh yeah... there was rice, too.
I did have seconds as they also had some sisig and Filipino bbq on a stick. Must not forget to mention the birthday cake. No birthday is complete without the cake, right?

Chinese Chicken Salad from Joan's on Third

I love this place. Located several blocks from the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. This place serves up quality food that would make you come back. My favorite item on the menu is this salad. Fresh, filling and delicious. It's a great place to chill in the afternoon. It's always packed. Not once when I have gone that there was a lull moment. It was a nice break from an afternoon of doing production stuff.

I also love their cupcakes, which I had for dessert. A nice vanilla cupcake. Yum!!

Ground beef mix with potato, onion, red bell pepper

For the life of me, I can't remember the name of this one. But I have my mom to thank to cooking it up. It's slightly Filipino in cooking style and very reminiscent to potato hash in some ways. You generaly eat this with rice, but we decided to go with the lettuce wrap route.

Mmmmmm...

Well...hopefully after this weekend I'll be able to get back into the swing of blogging. I actually miss putting up my daily posts. It's like I'm going through some withdrawal. Hahaha... But I'll be back. And I can't wait to share with you all my new project. I'm excited!


Fried Lumpia on Foodista

20 comments:

Tangled Noodle said...

Happy to hear that despite being so busy, you still have time to eat well! Loving (and craving) a real Filipino birthday party platter - was the cake mocha by any chance? Mocha cake w/buttercream frosting is th cake to have according to this Pinay's bday! 8-)

Andrea@WellnessNotes said...

Good luck with your project!

Your food looks good. The ground beef/potato dish sounds great! And I love that you made lettuce wraps!

Unknown said...

Glad to hear you've been eating well despite being busy. Good luck with your project!

lisaiscooking said...

Best of luck with your project. Sounds exciting! And, this reminds me, I've been meaning to make Chinese chicken salad.

Bob said...

Good luck on your new project! Man, I really need to find a place with Filipino food around here, it all sounds so good!

Nutmeg Nanny said...

Good luck with your project and the food looks awesome too!

Phyllis said...

Mmmmm...I want that platter of Filipino food (especially the lumpia and lechon with liver sauce!)
Good luck on your shoot!

Bianca @ South Bay Rants n Raves said...

Glad you're alive! haven't had that ground beef & potato dish in forever. I remember liking it more as I got older. I too have been getting back into blogging. It's been tough with so much stuff going on this summer but that's what summer's all about right?

sophia said...

I've been missing you Jenn! Best of luck with your project. It's so nice to hear you excited...and being fed well! :D

Reeni said...

Delicious eats! I wish you the best with your project! Make sure to let us know how it goes.

zerrin said...

It's nice that you're still blogging although you are so busy. Pasta is always a great meal when you don't have enough time or energy. I love that you add spinach in it. good idea!
Wish you luck with your project!

chow and chatter said...

no worries all the best for the project lol Rebecca

OysterCulture said...

Thanks for writing this post, even though I can imagine you are extremely busy - looking forward to seeing what you are up to when you have a chance to get some air.

teresa said...

good luck with all of your projects! i love the food, especially that pasta!

Unknown said...

Wishing you lots of luck with your upcoming project. Let us know how it works out for you.
*kisses* HH

theUngourmet said...

I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say...We Miss YOU!! I hope your project comes out just the way you want it to! The lettuce wraps look yummo! :)

Alisa said...

Everything looks delicious, especially the lechon :)I'd love to guide Foodista readers to your blog Jen.Just add the foodista widget to the end of this post and it's all set, Thanks!

The Duo Dishes said...

Glad you mentioned Joan's on Third. Great food there, including those pickles!!!!

Eden said...

I LOVE Joan's! I tried to get a job there because i wanted to be around all that good food, ut they had no cooking positions available and I was perhaps "over qualified" to work the counter.

Heather S-G said...

I can't wait to hear about your newest endeavor!!! That Filipino plate looks awesome =)

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