Home-made Food is Mm-Mmm Good

Sometimes you forget how good food can taste when you're always eating out and stocking your fridge to the brim with pre-made, processed foods. So John and I have decided to start eating a little simpler and have been going to the store pretty much every day to pick up only a handful of food. We keep it simple with a loaf of bread (like a baguette, French bread, etc.), some meat and veggies and/or fruit (the kind you find in the produce section, not the frozen or canned vegetable section). We're not really trying to be one of those people who ONLY eat pure foods (although I'm sure that's 10 times more healthier), as we'll still eat out every once in a while and will probably fall prone to laziness at some point. We just want to live healthier lives.

John has found a pasta sauce that he actually likes. And he even enjoys making it. It's a simple tomato sauce with minced garlic and basil, but it's good. And simple. We topped it off with some fresh bread we bought at a French bakery called La Baguette Bakery. According to Yelp, it's not the "best" bakery in town, but for my unsophisticated palate it's pretty good. We got a loaf of French bread and an apricot and almond bread. I would have liked it if there had been a little more fruit in it, but it wasn't bad.

I also made some home-made French toast the other day. I'm hardly a chef and I had never made French toast before, so the results were pretty satisfying considering. I sliced up the remaining French bread and I used some fresh eggs John had bought at a farmer's market (along with the cherries). The recipe I used didn't have enough mix for the four slices, but all in all it was a success.

I had to add that last photo. Chase is always so nosy. He had to come and see what was going on and sniff the new "objects". He didn't seem to understand why I'd want to photograph them. Silly cats.