Ambitious Deliciousness – Dont Eat Lazy.

When a recipe calls for 10 pieces of cilantro leaves, do you ever wish you could just buy 10 pieces at a time? I do! Despite my attempts to keep the whole bunch fresh, it ends up going bad before I could make good use of it. So planting some herbs in pots sounded like the perfect idea! But would I be able to in my apartment?

Did I ever mention that I’m a city girl? To be more specific, I’m a New York City girl. (For those of you wondering, yes, I have my driver’s license. How often do I drive? Well – that’s another story.)

Meanwhile, Dan is a suburb guy who grows vegetables in his backyard. So he helped me plant herbs with the kit I received from the Eggland’s Best event in July 2010. (The name is so awesome and straight to the point.) Though the kit comes with everything you need, including soil, Dan was gracious enough to bring some dirt from his backyard. Nothing says romance like homemade compost .

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is when a farmer offers a certain number of “shares” to the public. Interested consumers then purchase a share to receive a box of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season. The produce is fairly priced, local grown, and in my case, organic.

My friend E (check out her awesome design work!), came over with R a couple of weeks ago. R brought wine and we were eating, laughing, and chatting it up from the moment we got there, right up until we went to sleep. Then we woke up the next morning and ate some more. Thanks for coming, friends!

I had yams from my CSA share from the week before, and wanted to incorporate it into our breakfast that day. I grated the yams like I would carrots; the color are close enough, after all!

The yams were a bit crunchy, as they were undercooked, and not as sweet as I would have liked. Next time, I will saute the yams separately first, so that it adds a nice, soft, starchy texture to the omelet. I didn’t really do a great job, as you can tell from the photo. But it was quick and yummy!

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This is my first attempt at making meatballs. Since I didn’t use a recipe, I can’t vouch for the “authenticity” of this dish. I even used salsa instead of tomato sauce to give it some color and pizazz. Sometimes, you have to improvise!

I was trying to think of a way to use up the ground beef I had in my fridge. I would recommend letting the meat sit in its spices for a couple of hours before cooking. But all in all, I was happy with the results! I think it could also work as an appetizer if you add some toothpicks.

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