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Posted on October 4, 2018 by Gloria

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Posted on September 24, 2018 by Gloria

Best Things I ate – Summer 2018

Hey foodies and non-foodies alike. I hope you had an awesome and tasty summer. So yes it is officially Autumn here in the U.S. and I just couldn’t let summer go without highlighting some of the best things I ate; some of these I cooked and others were had out and about. So in no particular order let’s get started.

I love Asian food of all kinds, and if there are noodles involved, I am sold from jump-street. I had these sweet potato noodles that I got from the Asian grocers. With them, I made Japchae, a typical cold veggie noodle dish. Mine had cabbage, shredded carrots, onion, mushrooms, garlic, and cilantro. This is so tasty and light and I like mine on the warmer side. But it is a great way to get your veggies in a meal. The great thing about this dish is that I ate it all times of day and night and it kept me full for some hours without feeling heavy.

Here in Portland Oregon where I reside, we have tons of food carts, pods, trucks, etc. Downtown Portland, the Alder Street Food Carts, there is a food cart called Bing Mi. It is located on 9th and Alder. The only thing they make is Chinese Crepes. I had heard a lot about this place before I ever ate one. I drive Lyft, and I had customers who were visiting tell me about this place. So I decided to give it a try. It was a phenomenal mix of Asian taste and American breakfast.

Oh, and I can not forget about fair food. I only go to county fairs to eat all the stuff I don’t eat on a regular. This fair, I had my eyes set on the huge smoked turkey leg and I made straight to the stand upon entering the fairgrounds. I felt like a Flintstone eating this big leg, and it’s not a cute food to eat. So if you are on a date or you are worried about how people look at you when eat, this might not be the food for you. But since none of these were the case for me, I chomped away.

Now I love corn on the cob and I have been eating my share this summer. Before this summer, I slightly remember seeing a lot of Latinos and Hispanics eating corn on the cob that had cheese on it. But it didn’t fully register until I started seeing this corn called Elotes on Youtube. Well… I finally got to have one this summer at the Portland Pride Parade. OMG, it was the best thing; the combination of the sweet corn, the tartness from the cotija cheese, the creaminess of the mayo and the very very light spice of the chili powder. My mouth and my stomach were beyond happy. I loved this so much, that for the next two weeks following this encounter with my dear Elotes, I made them at home at least 6 times within those weeks. This might be the top favorite thing I ate this summer.

These were just a few of the great foods I consumed this summer, the ones that come to my mind first. The lovely thing about food is that I can have them any time of year I want because I can cook them at home, so I don’t have to wait until summer. In the comments, let me know what were some of your favorite foods you had this summer and if you have pics, I would love to see.

If you want to keep up with what I eat or what I am doing, follow me on Instagram @Gloriousgal . I am typically very active there. Also if you want to see me cook different dishes or travel and eat, Follow my Youtube Channel @Cook Eat Enjoy.

And until Next time, Cook eat and Enjoy!!!

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Gloria

Seafood Boil

Hey All,

Hope this blog post finds you well and prospering in 2018. Well let’s start this year off right and that could only mean seafood for me.

Last week, I was inspired to make a seafood boil and it turned into a Mukbang on my youtube channel Cook Eat Enjoy

I am an east coast girl, so seafood is in my blood and I could eat it everyday!!! I am actually considering becoming a pescatarian… maybe. Anyway, I had really been craving seafood and was going to go out to a restaurant, but realized that I could get more for my money if I did it at home, and that is what I did. So I was home alone, everyone else was either at school or at work, so I got to treat myself, but I did save everyone else some… I am not that greedy (although when it comes to seafood, I typically am).

My seafood boil had head-on shrimp, snow crab legs, king crab leg, little sausages, red and yellow potatoes, frozen corn on the cob, mussels and old bay seasoning.

Of course, any combination of seafood can be added, your choice.

All of this cost me about $32, and I had enough to feed 4 people and it took me about 30 minutes to make. Please tell me in the comments if you know of a place where you can get a deal like that. That is a restaurant I might just go check out with my family 🙂

Never-the-less, if you want to see how I made the Seafood boil in 30 minutes. Go check out the youtube video Seafood Boil Mukbang

Oh and while you are there please like, comment and subscribe to support your girl, me!!! Until next time; Cook, Eat and Enjoy!!!

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Gloria

Pork & Greens Tteok-bokki

I love food from all different nations and backgrounds. I believe the best way to learn about a culture is through their food!!!! Yummmy!!!!🤤🤤🤤
I absolutely love rice noodles, but a few months ago I discovered Tteok-bokki or Korean rice cakes or sticks. These are lovely thick chewy noodles made from rice and formed in different shapes, typically long cylinders. One can typically find them in Asian food markets for fairly cheap. This bag ran me under $5 here in Portland Oregon area.

On to my tasty tteok-bokki dish.

Boil your desired amount of rice sticks until soft. Drain and set aside. You can stir a teaspoon of oil so they don’t stick.

For this dish I used hog jowls that I cut into chunks. However, if you can not find hog Jowls, you can use thick bacon as well.

Cook meat until cooked thoroughly, then remove to a paper towel.

Pour all fat left in pan from meat in a coffee mug and set aside except for about 3 tablespoons.

Dice 1 large onion (white or yellow) and add to pan and let cook for about. 3 minutes in high heat.

Add in 1 package of sliced mushrooms (crimini or white)

1 teaspoon oh diced garlic and 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger.

Add a little salt, Cook together another 4 minutes.

Add a handful of baby Arugula to pan and stir 30 seconds.

Add in the tteok-bokki or rice sticks and turn off heat.

Now I purposely did not make a sauce for this dish because I wanted to try this Frank’s RedHot Stingin’ Honey Garlic Hot sauce. But you can make any sauce; use soy sauce, hoisin, etc.

I added my Honey Garlic Hot sauce on top of my dish and sat down and enjoyed the chew.

Now when and if you reheat this, you must do so throughly because the rice cake need a little extra heat to soften up. So 2 minutes in the microwave might do or you can just reheat on the stove with a little water.

Until next time; Cook, Eat and Enjoy!!!!

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Gloria

Seafood Paella

Back in April, a friend and I went to Seattle for my birthday and had the most amazing seafood paella at the Seattle restaurant Tango.

This inspired me to try and make it at home, however, I did not have a paella pan so I used my biggest cast iron pan. So here is what else I used.

-1 pound of shrimp shelled and deveined
-1/2 sea Scallops
-1 pound of mussel meat
-1 pound of baby manilla clams
-Squid sliced into rings

1 carton of chicken broth
1 jar of clam juice
1 pinch of saffron
Olive oil
Diced green bell pepper
1 package of sliced crimini mushrooms
2 medium white onion diced or 1 large
1 red onion diced
1 24oz can of diced tomatoes
Fresh parsley chopped
1 tablespoon of diced garlic
Matiz Valencia Paella Rice 4 cups
Kosher Salt