use real butter

This afternoon I managed to get a lot of cooking done for the week. The best part was roasting up vegetables. Note for cooks: Although frozen brussels sprouts may be substituted for fresh, the final product is inferior and the high water content impedes the roasting process. I used the color trio of potatoes from Trader Joes which includes purple!

roughage – it’s good for you

beautiful and delicious

We swung past 99 Ranch (chinese grocery store) to get stuff on the grocery list and I decided to splurge on a case of champagne mangoes for $9. Jeremy doesn’t like mangoes, so guess who is going to get her fair share of fiber this week!

Food Trivia
Champagne mangoes are part of the Ataulfo variety, cultivated in India. These are the most desirable in asian cultures because of the small stone, smooth and sweet pulp, and lack of invasive fibers in the meat. They turn golden when ripe and are smaller than the more popular varieties sold in the US (which turn red when ripe).

While Jeremy was snoozing away this morning, I assembled the little carrot cake (which isn’t a 7-inch cake, it’s a 6-inch cake making it even cuter than before). Miniature Sunmaid raisins box from lousy complimentary Delta Airlines Snack Pack for scale.

It is lopsided, but that’s easy to fix (just smoosh it into shape and cover with frosting). Voila! Small cake ecstasy!