No Whey, José!

josh and i are getting ready to leave for disney world really early tomorrow morning, like 3 am kind of early, and we’re super excited. we went to disney in 2005 and then stayed at my aunt mar’s house in venice (which is where i’m from) for about a week, and it was great! so we’re going to recreate that vacation by doing it again this week.

we haven’t been cooking all that much lately. the intentions are there, as in we bought the makings for a few different meals, but sometimes it’s so much easier to just go out and have someone cook for you. we did however make these bangin’ drunken noodles a few days ago. we like to go to this thai place called “thai diner too” and every single time we go i get the drunken noodles because they’re soooo delicious. the noodles we made ended up tasting a lot like the dish i get there, so that’s always good.

there’s an asian food market near us so we went there to get the ingredients. we found this case of thai peppers and we just loved all the gorgeous colors. we also got a huge bag of thai basil, which is the kind of basil with purple stems and smallish green leaves. that’s pretty much the flavor that makes drunken noodles so delicious. the sauce consisted of tamari, vegetarian oyster sauce, brown sugar, lime juice, and a little canola and peanut oil. we sautéed up some red and green bell peppers, the thai peppers, and some onions and then added the sauce, the thai basil, and a few chopped roma tomatoes. the noodles we bought weren’t exactly the right kind, and they ended up sticking together and causing a big fuss..but regardless we added those into the pot once they were done cooking along with some tofu that josh had deep fried (yum) and stir fried everything all together for a few minutes. the flavor was to die for…

everything tasted really well together..and next time we make it we’ll use the right kind of noodles (i think rice noodles works best) and hopefully it will turn out even better. another thing that we always get when we go to the asian market is these canned soy milk drinks..

it’s totally different from any kind of soy milk i’ve had. it’s sweeter than regular soy milk, and if you drink it super cold or over ice it’s sooo yummy. it was perfect for combating the spiciness of the drunken noodles.

so now i’m spending the day getting ready for the trip. i just made up a batch of the most awesome delicious bakery style (hint hint) blueberry muffins i’ve ever tasted so those will be perfect for breakfast or for snacks on the ride down. oh and i also twisted my ankle the other day so i’ve got my foot in an ankle brace type ace bandage and i’m hoping that it will be better on sunday when we get go to the parks. i’m supposed to stay off my feet as much as possible, but there’s baking to be done!

we’ve also been doing a lot of research about disney world’s vegetarian/vegan food options, and while most of it seems to be glorified boca burgers and fruit salads (there was a website telling what is vegetarian at each of the restaurants at disney and one of them actually said “the fresh fruit is vegan”…a duhhhh), apparently if you call ahead to specific restaurants you can have a vegan meal made for you. there’s even a place that is said to be able to make you vegan pancakes! needless to say we’re gonna be making a call to those fine folks. so we’re probably going to be out of commission for about a week as far as posting goes.. but we’ll be back with lots of pictures of us reeking havoc at the most magical place in the world..sure to be quite amusing.