Quickie: Grande Order @ Taco Bell

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, via Blackberry and tagged with blog, burrito, burritos, Double Down, fast food, food, KFC, late night, Meal Ticket, snack, soft taco, taco, Taco Bell, tacos, tweet, twitter May 2, 2010

A long night at work last night called for a late fast food run. Thank god for the late night Taco Bell/KFC on 24th & Passyunk so Dre could tempt his health with the Double Down and I could calm a T-Bell craving. As usual, the line was long and slow. This time, however, I could actually excuse it thanks to the amazing sacks of fast-food Mexican that hit the counter soon after. $83.16 + tax later, these dudes walked away with 42 soft tacos & 42 beefy 5-layer burritos. Cheers, men, but I feel sorry for any women you’re going home to bed to!

42 Soft Tacos & 42 Beefy 5-layer Burritos @ Taco Bell

Thanks to @MealTicket – CityPaper’s Food & Drink Blog – for the retweet!

Quickie: Grilled Somen Tuna Steak & Chili Oil Bok Chok

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, via Blackberry and tagged with bok choy, chicken stock, chili oil, cooking, dinner, entree, garlic, grill, grilled, macadamia, sauteed, seaweed, sesame, somen, soy, tuna, tuna steak, vegetable April 6, 2010

Waiting on the new external, so here’s a quick little treat to hold you over! I defrosted an individual tuna steak, marinated it in Somen dressing, & seared it on each side. While my grill marks set, I tossed baby bok choy in my wok with Somen dressing, chili-infused macadamia nut oil, minced garlic, chicken stock, & a splash of fish sauce until wilted and flavorful. In under 15 minutes, I had a perfect, healthy dinner for 1.

Grilled Somen Tuna & Chili Oil Bok Choy

Quickie: Eat Me!

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, via Blackberry and tagged with eat, magnet, pig, Serious Eats February 3, 2010

Our Payroll & Benefits Director from the home office just sent me this ADORABLE magnet from Serious Eats, one of my regular g0-to food sites. LOVE IT! Thanks, Marianne!

Eat Me! magnet from Serious Eats

Quickie: Snacktime w/ PVT – Beer-Battered Pickles

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, via Blackberry and tagged with beer battered, Blue Moon, deep fried, dill, pickle, snack January 12, 2010

Our Director of Operations just popped by with a pile of Blue Moon-battered Dill Pickle Spears he just whipped up. Hot pickles are all the rage and I love em! YUM!

Blue Moon-battered Pickle Spear

Quickie: Snacktime w/ Chef Brauny

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, via Blackberry and tagged with birthday, cake, chocolate, dessert, shortcake, strawberries, strawberry, whipped cream December 1, 2009

I’m embarrassed to say, but we didn’t get Olivia a Birthday Cake today! She’s always the one on top of taking care of the rest of us coworkers on our birthdays, so thanks to Chef Brauny for whipping up a yummy Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake for her! YUM!

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake

Quickie: Snacktime w/ Chef Derek II

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, via Blackberry and tagged with dessert, galette, nectarine, Quickie, snack time, summer, whipped cream August 19, 2009

Chef Derek to the rescue, again! Woke up at 4am to get to work at 6am, so needed a midday pick-me-up to regain any chance of productivity. Today, he delivered this delicious Nectarine & Granola Galette to my desk with a bowl of fresh whipped cream. Wish we had snacktime like this every day!

Netarine & Granola Gallete

P.S. I have 4 meals in the queue waiting to be blogged about so you can continue to drool over their deliciousness! Between lots of wedding planning @ work and a visit from Mama, running low on blog time. Promise updates SOON!!

Quickie: Snacktime w/ Chef Derek I

Posted by Erin L. in Quickie, via Blackberry and tagged with biscuit, dessert, peach, peaches, snack, strawberries, strawberry, summer, whipped cream August 12, 2009

As many of you know, I not only love cooking, eating, & sharing meals with friends & fam – I work in the food biz, too! This November I’ll celebrate 6 years with Max & Me Catering. I moved up the ranks from the greenest of banquet servers to my current title of Senior Sales Manager. I have the not always glamorous, but very rewarding, job of planning weddings, fundraisers, convention events, & corporate galas from the the menu & timeline to the look & “feel” of the events. But enough of all that… it’s really the food I care about!

Today, Sous Chef Derek made us an awesome summer afternoon snack! Possibly the best “shortcake” I’ve ever had & damn sure the best biscuits! Apparently some sort of process involving freezing & grating butter & sour cream is what makes them so scrumptious! Can’t wait until the next Max & Me snacktime…