Meat Free Mondays #4.
There hasn't been one of these blog entries in a while and the simple explanation is purely because I'm no longer vegetarian. Yes I do feel guilty for not sticking with it (I really did try) and lecturing won't make me feel any better either (I despise Veggie lecturers / PETA morons - I always have). I will probably go back to vegetarianism at some point as it seems to be the dietary trend that I've subconsciously followed since I was 12 or 13 (where I'll be veggie for anything between 4-6 years then I'll start eating meat again for a year or so and then switch back for another 4-6 years). It still works out that I've been veggie for over a third of my life (I'm 31) and that still, in my opinion has to count for something.
Anyway moving on. My boyfriend and I made this relatively simple and delicious pasta dish recently. Super easy, super tasty and relatively cheap as chips to make. I was tempted to say that this would be a nice summer dish but our British summer seems to have ended, as usual, prematurely (booooo).
Fusilli Mediterranean Style
Ingredients for 4 persons:
* 320 grams of fusilli pasta.
* 200 grams of buffalo mozzarella (we just used normal mozzarella).
* 30 pachino tomatoes (we substituted these with cherry tomatoes).
* 2 cloves of garlic.
* 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
* A handful of minced fresh parsley.
* A handful of capers.
* Some red pepper (we think the chef used crushed chilli flakes in the video so this is what we used).
* The juice of 2 lemons.
* A pinch of salt.
Hope you enjoy.
Owch…
Today I went to Triplesix to get more lasering done. I used to have a 3/4 Japanese sleeve which I've slowly been removing over the last 2 years or so. It shouldn't have taken so long really but I hate lasering and find it really painful so I've been avoiding sessions like the plague. Emla cream helps a lot however. My arm currently looks horrible, all raised and angry looking. Hopefully when today's session calms itself down I'll not need that much more doing. *phew*
Here's some photo's of the lasering that I've had so far. The last photo was taken today.
Dizzy Graffiti…
I spotted this piece of stencil graffiti whilst on my travels today. I loved the Dizzy games as a kid. I used to have the Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2. It was my very first computer/video games console. Operation Wolf and Ghostbusters were other favourites of mine.
A week of debauchery…
At the beginning of May I went on a week long adventure which saw me in Leeds, London, Glasgow and of course my hometown of Sunderland.
The trip to Leeds was purely for Deathfest which was a rather enjoyable day out. Discovered a band there called Volition who I rather dig and also got to see Negura Bunget "Post Sol and Hupogrammos". Negura Bunget are still excellent, still atmospheric but there is a certain magic lacking since their departure. The new Negura Bunget album came out the other month and I'm patiently waiting for this limited edition box set to arrive from Transylvania. I'm a sucker for fancy packaging.
I went to London for a few days to essentially catch up with some friends and to finally see Hole, who I've been a huge fan of since I was about 15 years old. Lots of good food (I love Bodeans), lots of singing and lots of shiny new hair courtesy of Angel Emma (I got some camouflage coloured extensions put in amongst my normal hair). As you can see from the photo's I'm not a veggie any more either. I may explain why in a later post.
L to R: Me having a snout on Emma's patio, The warning sign in the Crobar and Gumbo in Bodean's, Soho.
L to R: Pulled & Burnt End Pork at Bodeans (Needless to say I couldn't move afterwards and I didn't finish it all - boooooo), Ms Courtney Love @ Brixton Academy and my first ever Krispy Kreme doughnut.
Later on in the same week I went up to Glasgow to see KISS with a friend and was blown away. Best gig of my life hahahahahha. Paul Stanley is the man. Check out the goofy video too (I never said I could sing either).
Awesome times.
BFF Tats…
For a while my best friend and I have been meaning to get BFF tats and on Saturday we finally did it.
The quote is from the film "Singles". We were originally going to get it done in same typeface from the film but thought it would be nicer to just write it on each other. Pretty weird seeing your handwriting permanently on your best friends arm. Muchos thanks to Demon at Triplesix for putting up with us both and our insanity.
Help…
I need some help with identifying the typeface used in the logo for the film Singles. It's for a tattoo so the closest I can get to it would be great.
Happy Birthday To Me…
It was my 31st birthday yesterday and as a treat my rents said they would take me anywhere I wanted for a meal. I chose the cool retro American Diner on the A19, near to where I live. Their milkshakes are amazing.
Meat Free Mondays #3.
In an attempt in frugality I've been trying to use up items in my cupboards/freezer that I've had for ages in the hope that it will a) save me money and b) force me to try different things. I seem to be one of these people who always seem to have a lot of food in their cupboards yet continue to buy more "just in case". In case of what who knows? For the sake of argument my excuse is that I'm stock piling in case of a zombie apocalypse.
This week I noticed I had a tub of breadcrumbs and a pack of firm tofu that were nearing their best before date so these have obviously been the foundation of this week's MFM. After a quick internet search I decided on this only I used a lot more olive oil, 3/4 of a tin of chopped tomatoes (instead of the tomato sauce) and grated mild cheddar (I had no mozzarella). Those of you who are on a diet I apologise as this is definitley not for you (I didn't even try to point it). Same goes to the vegans (due to the cheese). In my opinion this has been the best meal I've ever had with tofu in it as the base ingredient, it was utterly delicious and I will definitley be making this again in the future.
Seriously it was that good I had seconds.
Napalm Death @ Independent 15/01/10.
First gig of the year I've had a photo pass for. It was a great gig with the exception of some supporting burlesque act who thought it was great to throw milk all over the stage before Napalm went on (seriously at a grindcore gig???). Needless to say Barney wasn't too impressed, being the animal activist/veggie he is. The rest of the photos can be found here.
Wardrobe Wednesday…
I've been meaning to take photos of the contents of my handbag for some time now after being inspired by certain Flickr pools such as "What's in your bag?" and "What's REALLY in your bag?". I finally got round to taking such photo's last night. I may do my DJ bag in a future post.
If you click on the links you'll be taken to the individual Flickr pages which has notes over each individual item if you are that nosy you need to know what every single item is.
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