Breakfast: Rolled oats with plums, sunflower seeds and flax seeds
Lunch: Pickled herring with whole meal sourdough
Dinner: Salmon sashimi, salmon spread on crisp bread, chickpeas and potatoes with sourdough and other bits and pieces
Baking/sweets:
Today I ate all sorts of little bits and pieces, mainly savoury but bit of sweet as well. And at the supermarket they were handing out samples of small bags of Lays chips. I didn’t take one even though I was offered, I took two:)
What is your favourite type of chips? I definitely have a favourite and it has just the right amount of salt, perfect thickness, crispy, not greasy and great flavour. My favourite chips are free chips, they taste great everytime without fail.
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Grilled Eggplant Subs with Fontina and Tomato Jam
Today’s Favourite Blog
The way to a man's (and womans?) heart is through his stomach. United Nations peacekeepers took this a few steps further, and in the wrong direction. The peacekeepers enticed underage girls to trade sex for food, according to a U.S. Embassy cable released by WikiLeaks.
In 2009 Save The Children UK did a random poll of 10 underage girls and found that eight performed sexual acts on a regular basis in exchange for their most basic needs.
Parents were encouraging their daughters to sleep with the peacekeepers so they would provide for them, according to the cable.
It is understandable that the girls did this for food, and even their parents encouraged it. Everyone needs food. What is sad is that the food is paid for through aid and it should have gone straight to the stomachs, no strings attached. Those peacekeepers who are supposed to be helping were taking advantage of their position.
This article got me thinking what food bloggers could do. I could not think of anything but bloggers collectively can play a role towards alleviating hunger. Food bloggers deal with food, surely they can make a difference.
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Fontina is one of my favorite cheeses! This sandwich looks so yummy!
ReplyDeleteThose subs look amazing!
ReplyDeleteAnd gosh, I truly hope we food bloggers can make a difference...so sad that this goes on in our world~
That tomato jam looks simply fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYou got me laughing there with the 2 bags of chips! I like free chips too! My fav chips here are Old Dutch lightly salted. Ruffles would be no. 2. I find Lays too salty.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely agree we can trade sex for food especially when it looks this good and tasty! Grilled eggplant just goes so well with melted cheese!
ReplyDeleteHang those ******** !!!! Sorry, not too ladylike but I hate people who abuse kids and also for abusing their positions ... very much like our politicians. As bloggers we can only do so much from where we're sitting. In the end it's still at the other end that has the control ... good idea tho. Wish I could come up with something. On a lighter note ... I looove sour cream and onion chips! And if they're free ... all the more yummy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a thought provoking post and how awful that is going on. I had no idea! I
ReplyDeleteI love all kind of chips, that's my favorite snack :) But not so healthy :)
ReplyDeletethat makes me so sad! :(
ReplyDeleteI must say I'm not a big fan of chips (luckily!), but I used to buy low-fat chips with dill at IKEA and these were the only ones I really liked. Somehow I don't see them any more.
ReplyDeleteTrading sex for food sounds awful.
I love chips :D My favourite ones are Bohemia Chips (but I highly doubt they're sold outside my country) and I don't like Lays that much but if I were offered a free sample, why not :D
ReplyDeletewhat are free chips??? oh gosh that eggplant sandwich is calling me! rolled oats for breakfast - my kind of food!
ReplyDeleteTiffany: I am embarrassed to say this but I am not familiar with Fontina. Need to do some research
ReplyDeleteLizzy: the sorry state of affairs in our world!
Yummychunklet: it does, and I am sure it tastes as good as it looks said...
Lifeisfull: I am not familiar with Old Dutch lightly salted or Ruffles!
Chopinandmysaucepan: Grilled eggplant is awesome!
ping: exactly, I had the same thoughts. Perhaps the publicity has reduced such things from happening. I love sour cream and onion flavor too
Elaine: it is awful
Marina: it can be quite addictive, I agree
Sylvia: hopefully publicity will help eliminate it
Sissi: really, not a big fan of potato chips. Why?:) I tried low fat chips, its nice but a little bit harder than regular chips, still delicious.
Catalina: I have never heard of Bohemia Chips
Junia: chips which are free, you don’t pay for it. Very rare variety:)
That may be the most gorgeous eggplant sub my eyes have ever gazed upon - beautiful post as always!
ReplyDeleteI think I don't like the "fatty" taste (although I love some fatty products, such as foie gras...). I prefer nachos :-)
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