#I have a kickass orange cake recipe

[just-rogi]

Hi I read your tags on the toast poll and id like to know if I can come over for dinner tomorrow?/j

No but really though holy shit do you have a cook book or something, I want to hear more recipes from you.

Hi ok first of all ily thank you for spamming my blog and sending me this ask- I will always love talking about cooking, I’m genuinely so passionate about it and love talking about my recipes to anyone who will listen.

Second: I have so many recipes I’d love to share!! Yes literally anything!!! Especially Mediterranean, and west Asian food as that is what I grew up cooking- feel free to dm me or like send me another ask if you want it posted publicly idc if my moots haven’t unfollowed me for unironically reblogging Taylor Swift lyric edits they won’t unfollow me for posting recipes lol- I’ve got some pics on my phone I can add to the bottom of this post

Third: ik you were mostly joking with the whole cook book thing but I actually am in the early stages of illustrating a collection of recipes as a narrative about my experiences with nostalgia, love, family, and growing up in a mixed race home and connecting to my culture

I work as a para to a middle school history classroom by day, but I’m college I studied anthropology and did a final research study on second and third generation middle eastern Americans and how cultural beliefs are tied directly to food and how the passing down of food goes deeper than the recipes themselves but is actually preserving and instilling cultural values found in Bedouin populations in the Middle East-

TLDR I am always happy to talk about food, I am working on a cook book (sort of) but it won’t be out for a long long time, and you are always welcome to eat dinner with me- it would be my honor :)

Pics: rainbow tomato toast, sesame tomato and garlic toast, home made vegetable stock, jook , caramelized plantains, ramen, yellow curry, za’alouk, dolmas, fattoush :)

[wanderingcas]

EMERGENCY(not really, but it’s fun to say) I am to be going to Costco in a few hours, what should I get to last me a while and have good food besides? (I’m cooking for a half no meat, half no dairy household of 4) thank you so much, fellow sam(antha)!!

hello anon!! i love this question!!

firstly the great news is that lactose free milk lasts for MONTHS and way longer than normal milk, so if half of your house is lactose free then get 3-4 cartons of that - Lactaid is a great brand, because it tastes like normal milk so the non lactose free people will drink it probably, plus it's good to cook with.

on the topic of meats: chicken and beef freeze really well, so if you get enough of that to stock but not overpack your freezer, you'll be good to go for that half meat-loving household.

ok now for the list of veggies/fruits that don't go bad quickly!!

spaghetti squash

potatoes

mushrooms

garlic

onions (but don't put them with the potatoes, the fumes will make the potatoes go bad faster. also yellow onions last the longest in my experience)

get frozen. veggies. i can't stress this enough

frozen. fruits. also important

carrots

oranges (they can last longer than a week if you refrigerate them, also vitamin c is crucial)

celery

dry/canned goods you should consider getting that go with most meals:

beans (dried or in a can, doesn't matter, pick your favorite)

rice

dry pasta

flour (whole wheat and all-purpose, to make bread, i can shoot you a recipe but remember to get active dry yeast too if you do that)

ramen (if you want to be cheap - ramen is VERSATILE)

broth granules (vegetable, chicken, beef - whatever you need)

canned tomatoes (i like diced the best)

cereal

eggs. they'll last past the expiration date - even up to 2 extra weeks if you have a kickass fridge

don't forget to get something fun to make too, like some boxes of cake mix. life should be fun:')

my big advice? get recipes compiled together before you go to the grocery store - and plan on making a BUNCH and freezing as much as you can. you can freeze anything. ANYTHING. if you need ideas i can shoot you recipes, but soups are easy (like chicken noodle, without the chicken even, or chili), fried rice, pasta ... all of this can be made in bulk and frozen. hell, you can even freeze BANANAS.

and remember: realistically, you'll run out of some stuff you need in 2-3 weeks probably, unless you're planning on eating plain meals (which, unless you guys are sick, it shouldn't come to that). so go in with the mindset of what you need in the next month, with the spark of hope that you can restock. if you CANT restock, it'll be okay - like i said, if you are sick or can't leave for a while, it'll just be plain meals, like beans and rice, for a while, so make sure you stock up on stuff that can get you through at least a few months like that.

i hope this helped!! i'm half asleep with a cat on my chest so i'm really hoping i'm making sense and didn't miss anything. feel free to send me any questions about recipes or lists or whatever, whenever! i'm happy to help:)