Gotta love that purple stuff

I Love eggplant so much. I had one left, just enough for lunch!! I steamed it with some ricewine, garlic, and sacha sauce. It was good, but I think I like the garlic sesame combo MUCH better. Homemade kimchee from the darn Korean lady... very good *rubs belly* No, I'm not preggers. Also in the bowl, so-men. Mushier than ramen, but cooks up EVEN quicker. I think it's healthier for you too since I'm pretty sure it's just dried noodle and not fried like instant noodles are. YUM!!



And I finally got my art installed! Pictured here is the beginnigns of my mini salon style wall.










A close up of the print I bought from Esao Andrews. I'm madly in love with him (Don't tell Daniel). I got print #6/40 bithces BOO YA!










This is my FAVORITE piece of all time. I've been eyeing this chic since I saw her in our gallery originals pile. She's been on sale for AGES but I finally bought her. YAY!!! And Kimbo let me frame it at cost. Art looks so much better framed. She's HUGE 43"x 56" <3

Grillin' like a villan

I'm kinda on a indoor grilling craze. I haven't put away my cast iron, and those eggplants I bought during my Korean market stint were YELLING at me. Oh man... that was a trip let me tell you. This little old Korean lady cons me over to her stand with $1 off homemade kimchee and by saying it was very good. I respond with hand signals by rubbing my belly and going "MMMM" in agreement that kimchee is indeed delicious. Don't know Korean. I figured it would be a more positive response than my usual korean which is a very loud, very fast announcement of every korean dish I know with a hello and thank you thrown in there for good measure. Upon belly rubbing, the Korean lady goes !!! BABY?!? To which I reply "oH NO!! NOOOooo no no no no no". She still made Tyler carry my groceries. I must be gaining weight or SOMETHING. -_-

Anyway, I digress. Above is grilled eggplant marinated in soy, sesame oil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, S&P, and red chili flake. Oh and LOTS of toasted sesame seeds for texture!! Too much oil. No olive oil next time. It did absolutely NOTHING...only made it kinda greasy. Bleh....

Made my entire apartment smell like sesame. Worth it.

I realize now the pictures is fuzzy. Tough. The eggplant are all in my belly. YAY MIDNIGHT SNACK ON A FRIDAY NIGHT~

If you will it, you can grill it.

It's been a while since I last made a meal worthy of posting. Grilled zucchini and yellow squash are two of my favorite summertime vegetables!! I wanted to make risotto, but I was feeling lazy. So I made pasta instead. Gooooooo canned tomato sauce. That stuff is so versatile!! Growing up, tomato and egg was a weird concept but I could still put it down. Now it's one of my favorite combos, but not something i make all the time. I'm still 3% weirded out by it even after all these years.