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Green Beans in Black Bean Sauce w/ Spicy Shrimp

December 24, 2009

They say that when someone cooks for you, love goes into the food. Tonight, I cooked for myself. That must mean, I REALLY love myself, because I made a very simple dish that pleased all of my senses.

Before I left for the gym this evening, I put some shrimp into a very simple marinade of soy sauce, generic stir fry sauce and sriracha sauce.

When I got back, I found some green beans in the fridge, so I decided to whip something together without a recipe. I started with some vegetables in addition to the green beans: onions, cole slaw blend of cabbage and carrots, shiitake mushrooms and garlic. Mixed it with some black bean sauce and let it cook.

Then, I pan-fried the shrimp in some light extra virgin olive oil.

I served both over a bed of noodles which I prepared separately. This dish was so flavorful, simple and I made it in less than 10 minutes.

After dinner, I had this dessert thing that my Mom made for the holidays. Not quite sure what it’s called, but its a formed ball that is made out of raisins, pistachios, roasted poppy and sesame seeds, and then rolled in shredded coconut. Freaking amazing!!

I’m still working on a general format for how these food blogs will work. If I am talking about a meal, I will just start with a little ditty, and then get into the pics. I won’t list any recipes, but if you really want them, let me know.

That’s all for now. Tomorrow, I will work on my tamales!

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Shrimp Tamales with Green Sauce and Goat Cheese Part 1

December 23, 2009

The first installment of Dude Food.  Today I am making Shrimp Tamales with an awesome green sauce and goat cheese. This recipe was inspired by one of Tyler Florence’s recipes, but I am shaking things up a bit. You’ll see what I mean when this is all done.

 I have broken this out into a two day foodie adventure because it’s the holidays, and I don’t want the fun of this adventure to end so quickly.

I’ve started out by roasting some onions, tomatillos, garlic and anaheim peppers.

Once they are roasted, I put them in a food processor and pulsed until nice and chunky. Tomorrow, I will combine these with the shrimp and encase them with masa for the final product.

On a side note, this sauce also makes a lovely salsa. I saved a bowl for myself :)

Tomorrow, it’s tamale time!

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Dude Food

December 23, 2009

Now that I am working out on a regular schedule, I’ve been a bit hungrier than usual. Eh, who am I kidding. WAY more than usual. If there is one thing to know about me, it’s that I really enjoy good food. Not just the kind of food you find at restaurants or cookbooks, but food that is edgy, different. Sometimes, the dishes fail. We learn from those mistakes right?

With that said, I am launching a new tag called “Dude Food”. Food that guys (and ladies) can enjoy.  I’m not sure what this will ever turn into, but the goal is to share all the awesome foods that I am able to cook, eat and experience. I don’t guarantee that everything will be amazing. I don’t guarantee that you will like it. All I can offer is my best intentions. With that said, time for the first piece in Dude Food.

P.S. Anything I post is completely genuine and my own creation. Some foods are inspired by other recipes that circulate amongst the world, but I add my own twist. Feel free to share amongst yourselves.

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LA Marathon–I WILL CRUSH YOU!

October 6, 2009

For those that remember, back in 2007, I ran the LA Marathon and it damn near killed me. I trained well for six months, but it was still one hell of a battle.

As I’ve been making plans to train for the Seattle RNR Marathon, I can’t help but see ads for the LA Marathon.

Stadium to Sea. This seems like a MUCH better course than the one I ran a couple years back. I’d really love to run through the more run down and industrial parts of town, but….well….ya know. (Insert thick sarcasm)

The course goes from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica. Passing through wonderful landmarks. I’d be a fool not to do it.

I’d hesitated in the past because I wanted to take some time to “pre-train”, but in reality, I was only delaying it.

It’s time to get started. My first step, is to find/create a plan for myself.

A training schedule. An eating schedule. A social schedule. I MUST make this work for me. Destiny calls.

I’m a marathoner. It’s in my blood and in my lungs. #3 awaits.

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hi. long time eh?

September 7, 2009

It’s been quite a while since my last post. I’ve sadly let this blog sit in the backyard for quite a while. Well, it’s time to clean up the yard a bit, and get this thing back on track.

This year has been a major disappointment to me as far as my workouts and running has gone. I had every intention to begin training for the Chicago Marathon (October), but in April, I had an appendectomy and I’ve sadly used this as an excuse.

I’ll give myself a little bit of credit, because the surgery was quite major since I had a traditional procedure in addition to the newer laprascopic (sp?) surgery.

I had to cancel all my fitness plans for a couple months. In theory, I should’ve been ok to start heavy, hardcore workouts by July. Here we are in September.

No more excuses! Between now and the end of the year, I will workout as hard as possible, eat a healthy diet, and get some rest. Once January hits, I will begin training (and I will be much healthier and in shape) for the Seattle Rock N’ Roll Marathon.

Time to get back on track! I promise to blog more. Sorry for abandoning you.

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