On Saturday, I had a hankering for a banana split. I hadn't eaten much yet so I thought why not fulfill this craving? I was not disappointed. My creation was quite satisfying.
 This is it right here. Banana topped with Caramello icecream, chocolate and caramel sauce, sprinkled with hundreds and thousands. Delicious.
I've been eating vegetarian lately. Definitely getting my five plus a day for sure. Tonight, I cooked what could probably be described as a vegetarian bolognese over spiral pasta. The bolognese part consisted of tomatoes, tomato sauce, bok choy, mushroom, eggplant, thyme, oregano, garlic and olive oil. Sound familiar? Yeah, they are infallible ingredients. 
On the menu for Sunday was fresh homemade pizza. Completely from scratch. I made the pizza dough myself. I've never made any kind of bread before so it was quite an experience. It was much simpler than I though it would be. Mixing, kneading and leaving it in the hot water cupboard to rise. My favourite part was when I punched it to release the air. Never has baking produced such a brilliant squeal of glee. Deflating dough is fun but I am easily entertained. The pizzas contained a base of tomato sauce and some leftover canned tomatoes. On top was some fresh tomato, mushroom, vegetarian sausage, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, oregano and thyme. I was pretty sure they would turn out delicious once I caught a whiff of their scrumptious fragrance. By now you must have figured out that I love my Italian spices.
 In my excitement to eat the pizza, I almost forgot to snap a picture. I raced off to grab my camera just as Ma was slicing up the last pie. So behold, a half pizza in all it's glory.
 And this is my plate of individual slices. Not artistic arrangement here. I wanted to chow down!
I bought Pocky today! I've been wanting to try black sesame flavour for awhile and I finally saw it at the supermarket. I love the word Pocky! It gives me such pleasure to roll it off my tongue. Pocky, Pocky, Pocky. Anyway, it's good but not that good. I prefer black sesame desserts. Frankly there was too much pretzel stick and too little black sesame flavour. Apart from the name, maybe the whole Pocky phenomena is over-rated. Still, it's a nice munchable snack.Labels: dessert, Italian, Japanese, pasta, pizza, snacks |
Pocky Pocky Pocky!!!