Food – Page 9

Feb 06 2011

Sweet Egg Sandwich

Once a week I like to cook myself something special for breakfast. This week is was an egg sandwich, which doesn’t actually sound all that special. A normal egg sandwich to me, is 2 eggs mixed together with some cheese in a pan, omelet style with bacon in between two pieces of toast.

So what did I do differently this time? Well I made the omelet with cheese, as well as heated up some cooked bacon I had previously cooked. What I did next was simple. When the toast was ready I spread Philly Cream Cheese on one piece and place the egg on top of that. I then spread Sweet Onion Jam on top of the egg, finally placing the bacon and second piece of toast on top. What does that get you? Something that looks like this.

Of course the normal egg sandwich taste good when does right and the egg doesn’t dry out, but when the added flavour it taste amazing. The Philly Cream Cheese adds a creamy cheesy flavour, while the Onion Jam adds a sweet addition to the sandwich. This dish, is recommended.

Jan 19 2011

REVIEW: Pizza by the Slice in Fort St John

Not many of the “northern” towns I have lived in, Yellowknife and Fort St John, have Pizza Shops that sell pizza by the slice. It seems like such a simple lunch meal, but not many offer. Yellowknife did have a few joints that sold pizza slices, but in all honesty it was overly greasy and I didn’t think any place in Fort St John did.

I think Fort St John has 5 different establishments that make pizza, Boston Pizza, Domino’s, Panago, Remedies Lounge and Olio’s. For the last couple months I thought that only made whole pizzas, until I started questioning today on Twitter.

Olio’s is a locally owned small Pizza Shop which does mainly delivering and pickup. The pizza is like no other I have ever had. It is authentic pizza with real ingredients. I have become addicted to them over the last couple months, ordering every couple weeks.

When I asked on Twitter today, many other local users suggested I stop by Olio’s and check. Sure enough when I made my way at lunch they did and for an amazing lunch special.

For only $5.00 you can get a large slice of pizza and a can of pop, no tax. This is my kind of lunch. Two reasons, it is cheaper than my normal lunch and it is portion control.

So if you find yourself in Fort St John, I suggest you try Olio’s Pizza for lunch or anytime.

Jan 16 2011

Eating meat pies

I know it’s hard to believe, but I’ve never actually had a meat pie before. You think a guy like me, who only eats meat, would have tried a meat pie before. I wasn’t sure what to expect, as I don’t like a lot of vegetables. Thankfully when talking to one of the contestants, I learned that meat pies if done properly should only actually have only meat, no vegetables, no rice, and no potatoes. This made my evening experience all that much better knowing that food was catered especially for me.

Meat Pie Line

I don’t think it was catered especially for me, but it was nice to be eating something that I knew I would like. There were at least 12 different meat pies that I was trying to eat. No I wasn’t trying to eat all the meat pies, but trying to test them all. I did get to test the majority of them before actually became full. Once I tried all the selected ones that I wanted to, I had to vote. Of course I guess you could say I was biased, as I only voted for Lori. She did after all invite us. Thankfully she came in first, well actually it was a tie. But she was first nonetheless.

Plate of Meat Pie

The evening was hosted by well-known Fort St. John family. Their house was just on the outskirts of town just past the city limits. Their house, was very unique, it was my dream house. Basically it was a giant shop, with the house at one end. There were two garage doors, where they were driving their vehicles. And then their house was right inside, with an upstairs and downstairs. it was big and open and it was a lot of fun to see something that is so cool. I definitely can say that I would love to build a house like that eventually.

I can’t really judge a meat pie. I’ll basically anything that’s on my plate. I found them all great, and was glad I was invited. Normally I feel a little uneasy about going to events that I don’t know anybody. But this one turned out pretty good everybody was kind, I met a lot of new people and got to talk to a lot of people. I think one day I’m going to have to try to make a meat pie, but that’s all for now.

Oct 24 2010

Sacchettini with Cream Cheese

Last night I went all out on myself and made some pasta with a special sauce. I have recently come to enjoy making pasta. For a long time I ate a lot of meat as a main potion to a meal, so I have wanted to branch out and try some new things. As I’m still not a big veggie fan, pasta is a good solution.

What I have here is Sacchettini, which are stuffed with chicken and bacon. The pasta was precooked and only took about 5 minutes in the boiling water. Once the pasta was to the tenderness of my desire, which maybe more than average, I drained them and let them cool. By the way, I think this dish by itself with only a little butter would be great. As you bite into this pasta you taste buds exploded as them first taste the slightly salted past and chicken, and then as if it is a surprise in the middle you taste the bacon. The bacon adds that salty good taste we all love.

But I had other plans for this dish. I wanted to make a delightful creamy sauce to mix with the pasta and that is what I did. I have never been a fan of marinara sauce so I took a page from the Philly Cream Cheese commercials and through in a couple spoon fulls of plain cream cheese. I added in the cream cheese once the marinara is already heated up, so that it melts almost as soon as I add it in. The sauce then turns in to a wonderful creamy orange.

Finally place the size portion of pasta you desire on a plate, add the sauce onto the pasta and top with some green onion chives.

This is definitely a dish I’m going to make again.