Blog hog.

Yesterday, at a blogging meetup Andy said I "hogged the blog." LOL. I guess I'll have to let him post more. I love that he wants to!



I found my camera. The world is okay again. (The secret to finding lost items is to tweet about it.)

I made eggplant parmesan with the organic eggplant from our organic pickup. It was the best eggplant I ever had. This time I sweated the eggplant. I learned this tip from a blog and will be forever thankful. You just sprinkle salt on the sliced eggplant and let sweat for 15 minutes. The eggplant seriously looked like it was sweaty.



Another important thing I learned from blogging is how to replace high fat/high calorie ingredients with healthier ones. I wanted to make macaroni and cheese. I wanted it so bad.

Here's the recipe I used.

Since my body doesn't tolerate dairy as well as I would prefer I substituted the butter for Earth Balance.

I also used half half&half and half nonfat milk to lighten it up

And whole wheat macaroni. It was still pretty rich but less so.



For sanitys sake, I served it on a salad plate with loads of steamed broccoli and a salad.



YUM. We have leftovers for 12 people. I got too excited.



The next day we were off to a food blogger meetup. I love meeting with other food bloggers.



In attendance: Marlon,Kaitlin, Me and Andy, Monica (Her lovely husband Ben took all of our photos. He's a keeper!)and Mama Pea, Gigi, Lulu and Pea Daddy.

Everyone was so nice and easy to talk to. I always think that California is lacking bloggers but clearly I am incorrect. Also how cute do the girls look in their pink mouse ear hats?

I loved meeting everyone and hope we can all get together again at the Foodbuzz Festival!

After the meet up, we met up with our BFFs.



We caught them on "It's a small world." It really is a small world. After all. I love going to Disneyland for a few hours. I want to go again already!

Are you going to the Foodbuzz Festival?

LA Blogger Meetup!

What a wonderful weekend!



On Saturday, Andy and I met with Sophia, Ameena and Jenn at Loteria Grill at the Farmer's Market in Los Angeles. I met Sophia at the Foodbuzz Festival in November and was delighted to reconnect. Sophia is such a sweet heart and I love chatting with fellow foodies.



From left to right: Ameena, Sophia, Jenn and Andy making a weird face.



I ordered 2 tacos. Albondigas and papas y rajas. They were decent. Honestly the conversations were way better than the food!



Andy ordered a pork and a chicken taco. He wasn't super impressed either but said he preferred the chicken taco.



The chips and guac were pretty darn good though!





After we parted ways, I hit up an ice cream stand for a dipped cone. It was just what I needed. Girls, we'll have to do another meet-up soon!

The Farmer's Market has a Cajun place that I need to try. Like right now. YUM!

I'm working on some homework and feeling pretty overwhelmed but I'll get back to posting soon!