Welcome to Foodie Friday!

Hello Friends!

I wanted to try a new series of posts sharing a meal or multiple meals I cook during the week. We will call it Foodie Friday! Because I work at varying times throughout the week, I don’t cook every night, nor do I actually eat three substantials meals everything day. So instead of doing a What I Ate Wednesday, it’ll be a compilation from the week. I’ll also be doing throw back Foodie Fridays and show you a few meals I’ve eat in different countries and, of course, give you the back stories. I might even throw in a couple funny anecdotes to boot! So without further ado: Welcome to Foodie Friday! 

This week was very busy and kind of hectic. My mom was in town visiting for Christmas and we did a lot of ordering in while she was here. I think we had pizza three times and always had leftovers for the next day. The day I took her back to the airport, she and I stopped for some good old sushi. I LOVE sushi and it had been a while since I’ve had it (I’m sure you’ll be seeing sushi on these posts often so I apologize in advanced). We went to the Ichiban Steakhouse and Sushi Bar near the Pittsburgh airport. For starters I ordered the clear soup (I had a bad sore throat and the warmth from the soup felt amazing!) and my mom got the house salad with ginger dressing. 

For the main course, we ordered two special rolls, the Beauty and the Beast Roll and the Spicy Beach Roll. Both had tuna, yellowtail, salmon, avocado, and the one had crab meat. They were phenomenal. Totally delicious! I like to dip mine in soy sauce where my mom likes to shove them full of pickled ginger and wasabi. Oh and I noticed on the ceiling of the restaurant there was a disco ball thing that spins around and shoots different colored lights around (not sure if there is a real name for it). And 3 times during out dinner, 3 different disco balls lit up and started going crazy to this really loud birthday song! It was the funnest restaurant birthday celebration I’ve ever seen. We should've said it was one of our birthdays, too.

My second meal for this post is one that I made at home. I subscribe to Blue Apron, which is a meal service that delivers fresh produce and ingredients for you to make your own meals during the week. I don't get a delivery every week, I don’t really find that practical nor do I have the money to do it all the time. But I do really enjoy making the meals and using ingredients I never thought I would. This is not sponsored, obviously, but if you want to check it out here is the link.

I made the Harissa chicken skewers with khorasan wheat and persimmon salad. I've never eaten persimmon, or even seen it, but the entire meal was delicious! I find it slightly therapeutic to follow a new recipe and make everything from scratch. It’s such a nice change compared to all the eating out we’ve been doing lately. My super picky boyfriend even enjoys most of the meals! 

I hope you’ve enjoyed the very first Foodie Friday! If you want to see more of these post, please let me know. Or if you have any delicious recipes you’d like me to try, send me a link. What have you guys been eating this week? Leave a comment below! 

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful weekend! 

xx J