I think my relationship to food has already changed a bit since I've been here, and it's mostly due to my own cooking. I'm starting to appreciate the little things a lot more. For example, I never realized how easy and simple it is to make french onion dip: mayonnaise & sour cream & spices & caramelized onions. It was delicious, and I think I'll have to make some again. Or take for instance the dinner party I was at yesterday: my friend Christine made her own pasta noodles & dumplings! Pad Thai from scratch! It just takes a little bit of patience and time.
For the sake of space and time, I think I will create a facebook (or flickr?) album to post my pictures. I don't think posting all 70+ from the past couple of weeks here would be wise. I'll keep you posted.
Here we go:
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| I've recently discovered guacamole. I usually don't like avocados, but this was amazing. It also had salsa and other spices. Yummy! |
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| Here's the french onion dip I was talking about + caramelized onions. |
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| Eggs + cream cheese + paprika/cumin has become a new favorite of mine. |
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| When in doubt, you can always make eggs + potatoes. |
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| Sushi! I don't even remember what everything is, but it's a new addiction/obsession. |
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| My attempt at fried rice. It ended up too mushy. I'll have to try again. |
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| Bread w/sun-dried tomato tapenade + mint tea for just 5Euros. My favorite combination at my favorite café that's just around the corner from my dorm room. |
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| The vegetable stir-fry: garlic, onion, green beans, red pepper, ginger, eggplant, mushrooms & chicken. |
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| Curry! Veggies + Korma curry sauce. |
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| Chicken Marsala curry w/rice. |
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| IES field trip to Texel, NL. |
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| Water @ Texel |
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| Tiny Town @ Texel |
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| Shrimp Boat! |
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| Bring home the food. |
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| LOOK AT IT ALL. (Yes, the blue thing is a jelly fish and no we didn't eat it.) |
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| Seals out on the water. |
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| Look at all the fresh shrimp we got to try. It wasn't fishy and tasted a bit salty. BUT SO FRESH. |
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| Arf Arf -- Ecomare Seal Rescue Center -- Texel, NL |
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| Olive Tapenade + Bread at a café. |
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| I went to see a film in a bare-bones warehouse that used to be a squat house. They played The Strawberry Statement from 1970 dealing with political uprisings on a college campus. Interesting. |
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| Do you see 'em chocolate sprinkles? It's a common Dutch thing. You eat them on everything and they're basically just pure chocolate. Magical. (I'll have to do a separate post just on traditional Dutch foods.) |
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| My hamburger w/fried onions and all it's glorious deliciousness. No really, it's been one of my favorite meals I've had so far here in Amsterdam. |
