Cooked: Lemony Farfalle with Wild Arugula & Asiago sauce with Pollo Empanizado & Crispy Beef

All that cupcake making had us hun-GRY! We decided to do the frosting on Sunday so I made a quick & easy dinner & enough pasta to last us for Sunday's frosting. I wanted a spa like pasta but with a light sauce so you felt like you actually ate something. 

My Buddhist Goddess Vinda  ♥, the dame that Shaka Buku'd me into the practice (Buddhism) I invited over to cruise by. We're both from Miami & have been club girls for YEARS, this was honest to God the VERY first time I had someone at my home on a Saturday night for dinner my whole life. I've been working at a club since the week after I graduated from High School, it was such an incredible feeling♥

It was for her the first time she had a home cooked dinner on a Saturday night for years & she appreciated it SO much. I am forever indebted to that girl. Here's our dinner.

The Star Studded Cast

Getting to use Dan's Jamaica Me Crazy spice again... SO good!
Turning the buttery club crackers into breading I got to de-virginize my brand new KitchenAid extremely sexy candy apple red processor I won from Bakespace.com

I ♥heart♥ Babette!

Ghetto Breading Station

Figured I'd spoil the Broads





Cheated, couldn't wait til Sunday so we had some samples of the Bellini Cupcakes for dessert

Perri had me over for Pilates before we finished the cupcakes & we were starving! I had enough pasta left over from the night before, but the chicken was a goner. I had some ribeye in the icebox (HA how retro) I defrosted it, whipped out the Jamaica Me Crazy & added the crispy beef & some romano on top of the pasta.

Why does pasta ALWAYS taste better the next day? My goodness this was so good. I especially loved the contrast between the crispy chicken & beef with the creamy pasta! ♥

Crispy Beef

Cooked: Beef Ribs, Potato Salad & Garlic Sweet Corn

My neighbor Matt is the closest to a husband I will ever have he lifts things for me, helps me around the house watches my dog, even cooks for me fantabulous husband material & I swear the closest I will ever have to one, well his sister Keisha is too, that's another story NO ON PROP H8!!!

Anywho, we went to court this morning to fight a greedy developer that wants to build a craptastic 8 story complex on our teeny tiny lovely street.. we lost! Greed wins again, we were famished & broke so it was time for me to defrost something. We settled on having the beef ribs I bought in Little Tokyo a couple weeks back & corn, he offered to make the potato salad...

WOW it was ROCKIN'. It was raining outside so this was a perfect way to spend our day. So here are the pics of our meal & some pics from the Prop 8 march his sister & I went on after the court ruled for it... gosh what kind of world do we live in?

Between the greedy developers & the ignorant voters that voted against Gay marriage I have little faith in our justice system, furthermore I am even more disgusted & embarrassed at how much the Black vote influenced this decision.

How could one oppressed minority group stifle another? And don't get me started on how many Football playing looking brothers I see at the Abbey on a Sunday with their band tans or wedding bands ON cruising for some down low tail... TERRIBLE! Ok now off of my soapbox & on to the pics. Enjoy!

My Keish, my dog Divi's "other Mommy"

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Even Jesus showed up & says NO ON H8!

Keisha stating the obvious
Kathy Griffin's Mom

Yes I know it's him again... nuh duh it's the second coming!

Cooked: Island Beef Pad Thai

I LOVE Thai!!! That's ALL I want to say, made it last night to finish off my Take out TAKE DOWN using the beef I had left over from my cheesesteak, made it my way with the ingredients I had off hand... NEVER need to order Thai delivery again! I'm a VERY happy girl about that. I made it SUPER spicy & had a ice cold beer to cool myself down. SO happy, happy HAPPY!!! Sriracha is true love ♥

The Star Studded Cast

So here's the Island part. I didn't have tamarind paste so like the true Haitian that I am I mixed Worstershire & Pineapple Vinegar with the sugar & the rest of the ingredients... MY GOODNESS!!!The Pineapple Vinegar really made the whole dish pop! I'll probably catch flack of it not being a true Pad Thai... most likely by a Thai person or someone that's been to Thailand & thinks they're an expert but then they can always order it from me & I'll charge $10 + tax + tip... thhhhhhhhhhppppppppppppppffffffffffffffffff!

Beefy







Like true takeout... leftovers!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Cooked: Take Out TAKE DOWN "Philadelphia Cheesesteak Story"

I was having a BLAST yesterday on Facebook with old school friends back East reminiscing about our favorite '80's Wrestlers & favorite Boxers of ALL time! SO much fun, didn't realize how trailer park trashy we all were back in the day, then the conversation switched to my favorite food, Philly Cheesesteak! I whipped out the slicer... yes I have a meat slicer & NO my kitchen is TINY! Yes I am an idiot & NO I don't care, it's exactly at moments like these I need a kitchen full of junk to calm my ridiculous last minute food cravings, on a side note my favorite Philly shop is closed on Sundays! Ridiculous, huh? All the good Football & Basketball games are on a Sunday but these tummy teaser Commies are CLOSED! B.A.N.A.N.A.S. 

So once I got to slicing the meat I decided to have a Takeout TAKE DOWN, Sunday Cheesesteak.... Monday Night Beef Pad Thai. After living in LA for 11 years it was around my 8th year I discovered an adequate Philly. Once my girlfriend Andrea & I, she's from Philly, drove 2 hours to Orange County for a sandwich. They had real Amoroso Rolls shipped from Philly & WISE Potato Chips... oh dear God I would give the entire left side of my body for a bag of Cheez Doodles right now.... I'm SO PMSing.... sorry TMI! 

Anywho, I got sick of the long drives & paying $11 for a Philly made on French Bread & the one time I had a butcher slice some Ribeye for me he sliced it into chunks after I specifically told him what I was making... how is LA so slow when it comes to East Coast classics? I don't even want to discuss you can't get Calzones, Strombolis or a Cuban Sandwich at 2 AM after the club... terrible. Speaking of terrible I am BANNED from Cheez Whiz & Velveeta, does all sorts of crazy to my stomach so my sandwich couldn't rock the Whiz, but it was still good!♥

The Star Studded Cast

Paper Thin

I ♥ TOYS!

Philly Facial

Isn't this beautiful?

Almost done

Now, if your Philly doesn't finish with salt, pepper, oil, vinegar & oregano... your sandwich sucks, Kid!♥

Excuse me while I quote Rick Flair.... "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"


BETWEEN MY HEADPHONES WORTH REPEATING PHILLY'S BEST & THE BEST BAND IN HIP HOP THE ROOTS "IT DON'T FEEL RIGHT"