The 7-11 Gourmet Part 2 Sweet, Hot & Sour Soup

So years ago I lost my drivers license and couldnt go anywhere. Ill cop to driving my Jeep to the smACME Market at night but once the snows and ice came I could only walk up to the 7-11 to get food, so this is how this series came about...

You too can create a nutritious "Gourmet" meal from things commonly sold at 7-11, in a pinch, if 7-11 is the only place around.

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Smokehouse Bakery #3 Desert Spice Cake

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Unique Beverages You Should Know About #2

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Smokehouse Bakery Part 2 Smokehouse Hummus

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Experimental Cuisine #1 So I Made the Pork Rind cake....

So years ago I saw this wild recipe for a very low carb cake for Low Carbers made out of Pork Rinds.

I never made it,because I thought it was a joke, but it is NOT...

I made it today...

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"Kracie" Japanese DIY Confection Kits

These 6 cupcakes are about 1 inch tall.

They were created from a Japanese Kit called Popin Cookin.

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Smokehouse Bakery Series Part 1 -- BBQ Pie

 

BBQ Pie

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Diners Drive-Ins & Dives Recreations Jamaican Coconut Ginger Drops

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Coming Up...

 

Wacky And Fun Japanese Candy...

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Ringo Baga! おいしい

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Unique Beverages You Should Know About Series #1

 

Arent you tired of the same beverages and sodas all summer?

Lets look at some new beverages to stir things up...

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Quick Chicken Fried Rice

 

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Extreme Organization

The flawed and expensive old spice racks

When I first decided to re-open this blog and get serious about it, I needed to do some serious planning, purchasing, cleaning and decluttering in my kitchen so I could create food ideas on the fly at a moments notice...

I looked at my spice racks and noticed they were not air/moisture proof and all my spices had been destroyed so I set out to replace them...

OMG!

As usual, I went way overboard...

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Garlic Bread Pudding

Garlic Bread Pudding

This truly is a party dish! It is best served where there are lotsa of people to share it with as it is
very decadent, and very addictive!
Everyone will get some but not too much or should I say enough? hmmm!

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Southwest High Falutin' Turkey Steaks and Polenta

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Fried Green Tomato Rings

 

It's the start of Spring, The hard Green Tomatoes are just starting to be seen at the market.

Are ya gonna let em sit on your window sill for 2 weeks till they get pink?
NO! Fry them!

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Sheetz Ready Made Sandwiches

Pic of the Birdsboro, Pa Sheetz from GoogleMaps

Sheetz is a Gas Station / Convenience Store in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina...

They rival the northeast's Wawa Market in healthy and fresh food options (but Wawa's got more healthier options, more on Wawa later)

Today Im just going to focus on 4 of Sheetz's, pre-made ready to go sandwiches.

Im picking these to highlight in a post cause these types of sandwiches arent supposed to be at Gas Stations....

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Cherry Bombs

Cherry Bombs

Cherry tomatoes
Vodka or Tequila
Tabasco (or other hot sauce)
Sugar (optional)
Ice
Kosher Salt
Lemons or Limes
A Marinating Needle

Mix yourself up a nice brew of vodka, hot sauce and sugar.
Use the marinating needle to inject the brew into each tomato! Dont worry if some escapes!
serve in a nice bowl on ice with the kosher salt sprinkled on them

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Indian Style Amaranth Leaves

Amaranth is one of the smallest grains in the world. 

The plant that grows it has beautiful big hunter green leaves with centers of dark fuchsia.

And it makes a simply delicious, un-"gamey" curry.

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New Series -- The 7-11 Gourmet Part 1

Screen shot of 7-11 from GoogleMaps

So years ago I lost my drivers license and couldnt go anywhere. Ill cop to driving my Jeep to the smACME Market at night but once the snows and ice came I could only walk up to the 7-11 to get food, so this is how this series came about...

You too can create a nutritious "Gourmet" meal from things commonly sold at 7-11, in a pinch, if 7-11 is the only place around...

Meal #1

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