Five Food Favorites Friday

It’s Friday! Let’s celebrate with a fluffy post – like my five favorite foodie things.

Five Favorite Meals:

• Matt’s Pseudo-Beef Bourignon (braised beef simmered in red wine and onions all day. It’s amazeballs)
• A delicious salad packed with fresh veggies and grilled chicken
• Spicy Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes
• A homemade, juicy cheeseburger
• Cajun Pork Chops, Apples and Onions
• ok, I cheated – one more – my mom’s chicken noodle soup
  

  mmmmm popcorn

Five Favorite Snacks:

• Popcorn
• Pretzel stick with cheese or chocolate
• Crudites with ranch dressing
• Sour watermelon gummies, occasionally
• Mango with lemon and chili

Five Favorite Vegetables:

• Avocado (Dresses up salads and sandwiches in the most wonderful way)
• Cauliflower (excellent for crunching raw)
• Green Beans (mmm, especially the ones that snap when you bite into them!)
• Cucumbers (sliced with a little salt – divine!)
• Broccoli (always so good on its own)
  

  Last summer's harvest

Five Favorite Fruits:

• Tomatoes (homegrown, always. Don’t give me any of that pink garbage)
• Pears (Juicy and ripe)
• Plums (the deep, deep purple kind that stain your lips when you bite into them)
• Strawberries (best with a little whipped cream)
• Pineapple (I’ve eaten a whole one before. Don’t judge)

Five Favorite Beverages

• Good, Old Fashioned Brewed Iced Tea
• Fresh Lemonade
• Thai Iced Tea (splurge)
• Sprite Zero
• Melon Boba (only on a big splurge)

Five Favorite Restaurants

• Los Toros Mexican (incredible bean dip and margaritas)
• Temptation in St. Maarten (we had our fancy honeymoon meal here. SO good)
• Sonny’s BBQ (BBQ chain in the South/Florida – yum)
• Luchessi’s Deli (amazing sandwiches on fresh baguette)
• Kuhn Dang Thai (they have an awesome garlic green bean dish)
  

  Sunburnt and buzzed at Temptation in St. Maarten

Five food-related things that sound good right now:

• Another glass of wine (heh)
• A frosty pina colada
• …. That’s it. I’m *gasp* FULL!