Living Insanity's Loving Food

It was my best friend's birthday this weekend.  We all headed to Eldersburg for some Basta Pasta.  Boyfriend got the crush of the week, key lime pie.  We also managed to be there for happy hour Fri night.  The best thing we ate were the veal meatballs.  The app comes with 2 huge meatballs.  They were full of garlic.  Yum.  Since I'm not eating pasta I had the meatballs, caprese, salad, chicken parmesan, and a side of broccoli.  The caprese was the most disappointing item we ordered.  It was sliced tomato, sliced mozz, some basil chiffonade, and no balsamic drizzle of any kind.  The service was very good this time.  The live music was also great.  Not too loud and good selection of songs.  

I thought I had food poisoning last week, but it could have been a stomach virus.  Either way I finally got over it and I was hungry.  I also didn't want to cook.  For a while, pictures of food make me sick.  I ordered enough Ziza Kabob to last me 2 meals.  Pictured is 2 samosas, kofta and chicken kabob over rice with a very small disappointing salad, an extremely large pita bread, cilantro yogurt sauce, mango chutney, and bolani which is a bread stuffed with a potato filling.  I will say the baked bolani is better at Maiwand Kabob.  

Ingredients for the loaves: 1 lb ground beef 1 -2 slices of bread (original recipe suggested crush tortilla chips) I used low carb bread Can black beans.  Eyeball the amount you want.  A whole can is not needed  Can corn.  Eyeball the amount, whole can is not needed.   1 -2 eggs salsa 1 packet taco seasoning dash of milk.  I used almond milk  Shredded cheddar cheese Topping:  red enchilada sauce and more cheddar cheese Serving Suggestions:  sour cream, salsa, guacamole, avocado slices In a bowl place the bread and soak it in milk.  Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix using your hands.  I make mini loaves and this made about 5.  A few fell apart so I think I needed more egg and more bread to bind it together.  The addition of the corn and black bean made it hard for them to stay together I think.  Put the mini loaves on a sprayed sheet fan.  Top with red enchilada sauce.  When the loaves are don...

I marinated some boneless chicken thighs in mojo sauce.  BBQ sauce was added at the end of grilling the chicken.  I also had some chicken sausage, asparagus with lots of lemon juice, and baked loaded sweet potatoes.  I love the warmer weather!  

The low carb chaffle.  I got a mini dash waffle maker for Christmas.  This recipe makes about 6 waffles if you dont overload the waffle maker and make a mess like I did on my first try :) Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 cup cheddar cheese 1/4 cup almond flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Combine everything in a bowl.  Preheat the waffle maker.  Lightly spray with cooking spray. Spoon batter onto the waffle maker and cook at least 3 minutes. I suggest having an air fryer on or your oven to keep the first few warm.  By the time you make 6 they will be cold.  I used two waffles to make a breakfast sandwich.  I think they would be wonderful as a soup dipper too.