Here is a fun survey. Try answering the questions to learn more about your own cooking and eating styles.
1) What is a food or dish you wouldn’t touch as a child, but enjoy now? Onions. I used to not like them and now, but now I love them as long as they are cooked. Wait, I take that back: raw onions are good too, but only in small occasions.
2) What dish or food you feel like you “should” like, but don’t? Nutritional yeast, but mostly because I am on the fence about how good it is for the body.
3) What beverage do you consume the most of on any given day? Water, but I consume one green tea every morning.
4) What dish are you “famous” for making or bringing to gatherings? My favorite things to make are cookies and other baked goods, but I've gotten lots of requests to make burritos and squash fries this year. ;) Around CCNM, I am famous for my Creamy Peanut Kale and Granola Bars (recipe to come!).
5) Do you have any self-imposed food rules (like no food touching on the plate or no nuts in sweets)? I like to eat salty foods with ones that are sweet and vise versa (on that note, salted sweet potato fries are the perfect food!). Gotta have at dessert every night (even if its teeny-tiny). I don't like eating big lunches because they weigh me down and make me sleepy in the AM. I don't like eating breakfast until I've had my morning green tea.
6) What’s one food or dish you tend to eat too much of when you have it in your home? Dark chocolate and fresh bread.
7) What ingredient or food do you prefer to make yourself despite it being widely available prepackaged? Cookies. Homemade are the absolute best.
8) What ingredient or food is worth spending the extra money to get “the good stuff”? Organic produce (especially the dirty dozen), sprouted-grain bread, and natural nut and seed butters.
9) Are you much of a snacker? What are your favorite snacks? I prefer snacking all day (until dinner time). It keeps my energy levels up. My go to snacks include homemade granola bars and muffins, protein smoothies, and lots of dried and fresh fruit.
10) What are your favorite pizza toppings? Spinach or kale, fresh pineapple, and mushrooms.
11) What is your favorite vegetable and fruit: A tie between sweet potato and kale. For fruit it's a tie between apple and banana.
12) What is the best salad dressing? Tahini dressing or plain flax oil.
13) What kind of soup do you most often turn to on a chilly day or when you aren’t feeling your best? Butternut squash soup or veg chili.
14) What is your favorite cupcake flavor? Frosting flavor? I don't really like cupcakes. Too sweet. But I did make a batch of Red Velvet cupcakes with a friend this week, so let's go with that flavor :)
15) What is your favorite kind of cookie? Oatmeal raisin (recipe to come!), almond butter 1, and almond butter 2. (This is actually a PB cookie recipe, but I make it with almond butter).
16) What is your most-loved “weeknight meal”? A Buddah bowl: quinoa or brown rice topped with an assortment of veggies and a protein source (tofu, tempeh, lentils, or beans), smothered in tahini dressing or plain flax oil.
17) What is one dish or food you enjoy, but can’t get anyone else in your household to eat? Brown rice ...but this is improving. ;)
18) How long, in total, do you spend in the kitchen on an average day? Only 30-60 minutes. Trust me, cooking elaborate meal doesn't take as long as you'd think!
Becca -
ReplyDeleteI just read your answers and while doing that answered each question for myself.
We both like pineapple on pizza and flax seed oil on salads :)
Momma
1) What is a food or dish you wouldn’t touch as a child, but enjoy now?
ReplyDeleteDinkum - Peppers, specifically Green and Red.
Snoogin – Zucchini.
2) What dish or food you feel like you “should” like, but don’t?
Dinkum – Chili; It is spicy and usually tasty – but I cannot touch it because of what’s in it and the texture of it.
Snoogin – Tomatoes and Mushrooms, but I eat them because I know they are good for me.
3) What beverage do you consume the most of on any given day?
Dinkum – Water.
Snoogin – Water.
4) What dish are you “famous” for making or bringing to gatherings?
Dinkum – Hashbrown Cassrole.
Snoogin – Potatoe Salad.
5) Do you have any self-imposed food rules (like no food touching on the plate or no nuts in sweets)?
Dinkum – I usually eat foods separately in order of least favourite to most. Save the best for last!
Snoogin – No, not really. But I always have a craving for dessert afterwards ALWAYS.
6) What’s one food or dish you tend to eat too much of when you have it in your home?
Dinkum – Pizza.
Snoogin – Nutella or sugary cereals.
7) What ingredient or food do you prefer to make yourself despite it being widely available prepackaged?
Dinkum – Nothing, but if I have the motivation, fries.
Snoogin – Perogees. But they are extremely hard to make.
8) What ingredient or food is worth spending the extra money to get “the good stuff”?
Dinkum – Cranberry juice.
Snoogin – Anything organic and Chicken bacon
9) Are you much of a snacker? What are your favorite snacks?
Dinkum – If I have Gummi Bears, I am the ultimate snacker.
Snoogin – Dinosaur Gummy Candies – No Name Brand.
10) What are your favorite pizza toppings?
Dinkum – Pepperoni, bacon, hot sauce, green or red peppers.
Snoogin – Extra cheese, black olives, green olives and spinach.
11) What is your favorite vegetable and fruit:
Dinkum – Grapes and Carrots.
Snoogin – Mango and Asparagus.
12) What is the best salad dressing?
Dinkum – Cesear (I’m not that big on salads).
Snoogin – Homemade Cranberry Dressing.
13) What kind of soup do you most often turn to on a chilly day or when you aren’t feeling your best?
Dinkum – Chicken Noodle and Mr. Noodle.
Snoogin – Chicken Noodle and Mr. Noodle.
14) What is your favorite cupcake flavor? Frosting flavor?
Dinkum – Chocolate Chip? Blue Icing?
Snoogin – Pumpkin Spice with Cream Cheese Icing.
15) What is your favorite kind of cookie?
Dinkum – Oatmeal Chocolate Chip – Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip (tie).
Snoogin – Soft Real Ginger Cookies (a bit spicy).
16) What is your most-loved “weeknight meal”?
Dinkum – PIZZA!
Snoogin – PEI Chinese Food.
17) What is one dish or food you enjoy, but can’t get anyone else in your household to eat?
Dinkum – Usually greasy dirty Take-Out?
Snoogin – Anything Vegan.
18) How long, in total, do you spend in the kitchen on an average day?
Dinkum – On average probably 10 minutes, unless I’m cooking something that takes longer.
Snoogin – 30 – 40 minutes.
Thanks for your answers, Dinkum and Snoogin!!! :D
ReplyDeleteMom - you should post all your answers too!
1) olives
ReplyDelete2) coconut
3) water
4) sweet potato and lentil casserole (made twice)
5) no liquids with meals, no sweets after meals (dessert first!)
6) nuts, pizza, chips
7) Do quesadillas come pre-packaged?
8) Hemp milk, Valencia peanut butter (less aflatoxin)
9) nuts, chips, pizza
10) anchovies, olives, mushrooms, feta
11) pinapple, ...asparagus, maybe?
12) I don't know the name, but it had feta in it
13) vegetable or squash soup
14) chocolate with chocolate
15) no idea...lots of good choices
16) burrito, cheeseless quesadilla (oxymoron)
17) anchovies
18) 30 min