Tag: food

Life in Photos

Because your evening wouldn’t be complete without this photo.

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

Funny black and white picture of baby Aveline in high chair making a funny face

In lieu of the landscape photo I was supposed to take today for 30 Day Photo (oops), I will instead share this entirely unrelated yet hilarious picture of Aveline, complete with gratuitous typography. I can’t look at it without laughing!

Despite her expression in the photo, she’s actually been really crabby tonight.  We’re out of avocado and she had to eat green beans and sweet potatoes for dinner instead. The horror!

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Oh.

I stand corrected.

Aveline says she’s not crabby about the sweet potatoes…only about the green beans. ;-)

Poetry & Words

Hello, New Readers!

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

Hello, new readers! If you’re stopping by via Artsy Ants, welcome! I’m happy to have you here and hope you stick around. (Thank you so much, Sylvia and Simona, for the mention and the blog award.)

This morning, I’m extra tired. Baby Aveline fell back asleep this morning, but for whatever reason, I couldn’t. And so here I am awake, rubbing my eyes and downing decaf.

The sun is pouring in through the windows, which are closed tightly to keep out the heat. At 9:30 am, it’s already 80° F (27° C). The forecasted high is 95° F (35° C), with a UV index of 10+. And that’s on a scale of 1 to 10! Looks like the little miss and I will be staying indoors today.

gluten-free waffles on white ceramic plate, coffee in white and black mug, on wooden table
turquoise, white and navy floral fabric belt over chair back
gluten-free waffle macro/close-up image on white ceramic plate

P.S. Want the waffle recipe? They’re gluten-free!

Life in Photos

This Weekend’s Farmers’ Market Bounty

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

plum tomatoes, new red potatoes, kiwis, poblano peppers, cubanelle peppers, green beans, white onion, cucumbers - farmers market produce

We brought $10 to the farmers’ market on Saturday morning, and came away with white onions, new red potatoes, kiwis, plum tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers,  japaleño, poblano and cubanelle peppers. The bonus for me was James Taylor music playing from a vendor’s truck parked near the produce tent.

The first thing I made after coming home was garlicky eggs scrambled in olive oil with peppers, onions, tomatoes, my favourite vegan cheese, black pepper and sea salt. Oh, did the kitchen ever smell amazing!

(After I tweeted that I was chopping the jalapenos to freeze, some of you were wondering why. They were $1.50 for a whole basket — about fifteen peppers — and I knew we’d never eat that many in a week. Peppers freeze really well, so I washed, diced, and froze them. I did the same with the huge white onion I bought. It’s great to have them pre-chopped and on-hand for cooking!)

Life in Photos

a mysterious (at least to me) striped eggplant from the farmers’ market

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

this weekend was lovely. we discovered a little gem of a farmers market within walking distance. josiah and i walked there with aveline on saturday, and we plan to do the same next saturday. i just love farmers markets in the summer…the delicious scent of all those fresh fruits and vegetables, the feeling of the heat riding up from the earth under my feet.

we came home with peppers (including the hugest cubanelles i’ve ever seen), plum tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, snap peas, and a stripey-looking eggplant.

striped eggplant

i must confess, i’ve never seen a striped eggplant before. can anyone tell me what type it might be?  i tried googling eggplant varieties, but got conflicting information which confused me. i’m especially curious to see if this has a different flavor than the more traditional purple eggplant.

to prepare, i usually saute in olive oil, and then layer into lasagne — but this toasted eggplant tapenade has me thinking of lighter, more summery recipes. hmmm…

Life in Photos

all in an afternoon lunch

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

mmm, lunch. a latte with water-processed decaf mocca-java, organic soy milk and deliciously caramel-like coconut palm sugar. organic tofu scrambled with dill and onion, then tossed with quinoa and a splash of olive oil. juicy pieces of navel orange mixed with half an avocado and sprinkled with a little sea salt. wide-eyed baby staring out from her cozy little nest. delicious!
pieces of navel orange and half avocado on cutting board with paring knife

aveline alenka - nine and a half weeks old