Decided to be poncy.. err… I mean healthy, and go organic for dinner tonight.. especially since Macro Wholefoods is just up the road. I always used to pooh pooh at organic stuff, thinking it was just for silly paranoid people. What surprised me is that the food really IS better. It’s hard to explain.. the fruit is sweeter, has more flavour.. the veg actually tastes good.. everything’s just better. Just wish it wasn’t so much pricier too :X
Anyway, had organic corn chips with organic avocado. I mashed the avocado with a bit of pepper and Tabasco sauce and that was it. It was so creamy and sublime with the corn chips.. mmmmmm. The beef, tomato, onion pie was fantastic!! I didn’t really think that an “organic meat pie” would really be any different to a regular good meat pie, but it honestly is – it was incredibly soft and the pastry had the loveliest flavour. So so so good. The chicken mornay pie was also excellent, I loved how it was all creamy and subtle-tasting, really complemented the meat pie which was a lot more flavourful. Dessert was just a small scoop of wildberry ice cream, which was “lite” ice cream – cool!! It didn’t taste any different to regular full-fat ice cream, actually.
Organic avocado dip, organic corn chips
Organic beef, tomato & onion pie
Organic chicken mornay pie
Blue Ribbon wildberry ice cream
Am feeling all filled up and satisfied now.. with the heater turned up high and just about to watch Law & Order. Ahhhhhh. Bliss….
BTW…hope you’re having a great weekend! Are you doing anything fun this weekend? : )
That chicken pie looks soooo yummy! Is the chicken organic? I love how organic chicken tastes…it’s so tender…and also very pricey! >_< !!!
Yeah it’s all organic.. so so so good, the best pies I’ve ever had 😀
Ahh I’m going to the charity ball tonight and my Breast Cancer charity run tomorrow, so it’s going to be a pretty busy weekend!
BTW…hope you’re having a great weekend! Are you doing anything fun this weekend? : )
That chicken pie looks soooo yummy! Is the chicken organic? I love how organic chicken tastes…it’s so tender…and also very pricey! >_< !!!
Yeah it’s all organic.. so so so good, the best pies I’ve ever had 😀
Ahh I’m going to the charity ball tonight and my Breast Cancer charity run tomorrow, so it’s going to be a pretty busy weekend!
I like how colorful your ice cream looks.
I grew up only liking chocolate ice cream, but now strawberry’s by far my fave!
I like how colorful your ice cream looks.
I grew up only liking chocolate ice cream, but now strawberry’s by far my fave!
If I could I would only eat organic food but its a bit too expensive and not so accesible… 🙁
Love the colours of the icecream!!
Same here, I don’t think I’d eat it more than once a month, whenever I want to have a salad or some sort of fresh produce!
You know…. organic really ain’t that different. At least I don’t think so. They have organic ice cream now?
Exactly, that’s what I used to think too! I was so surprised when the fresh produce is actually far better than the non-organic stuff. especially the avocados and tomatos.. I can’t find regular avocados/tomatos that are as good as the organic type
Mmmm yum! That looks delish.
I’m normally not a pie kinda person (scared of the weird hard bits in regular pies, they freak me out!) but these were SUBLIME :)~ Better than Harry’s!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE beef, tomato and onion pies!! If it appears in a selection of pies then I would definitely choose it, and I often walk to the other end of campus in order to find a beef tomato and onion pie!! (It’s sad now, because there’s only one food place on campus that sells it, as opposed to two, and it’s usually sold out by the time I make it over *wah*)
I’ve heard the same thing from everybody who tries organic stuff – that the fruit and veg are so much better – altho sometimes dont look as prettier…
But man, the COST! always makes me take it out of my cart – i probably should just buy it….
Yeah, they’re smaller and sometimes look a bit misshapen.. haha. But they’re so good!
I justify the cost as since I eat out almost every night anyway, buying organic to cook at home works out to the same price or cheaper.. and I barely eat any fruit/veg anyway so when I do I figure I may as well eat organic 😛
where?! i want a pie too! pie! pie! pie! pie!
Hhaha you really like those pies huh?! 😛 My fave tends to be the beef & bacon, or beef & tomato.. mmm……..
I just think tomatoes and onions go really well together to begin with, when mixed with my favourite meat, it’s a tour deforce in food! 😀
If I could I would only eat organic food but its a bit too expensive and not so accesible… 🙁
Love the colours of the icecream!!
Same here, I don’t think I’d eat it more than once a month, whenever I want to have a salad or some sort of fresh produce!
You know…. organic really ain’t that different. At least I don’t think so. They have organic ice cream now?
Exactly, that’s what I used to think too! I was so surprised when the fresh produce is actually far better than the non-organic stuff. especially the avocados and tomatos.. I can’t find regular avocados/tomatos that are as good as the organic type
Mmmm yum! That looks delish.
I’m normally not a pie kinda person (scared of the weird hard bits in regular pies, they freak me out!) but these were SUBLIME :)~ Better than Harry’s!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE beef, tomato and onion pies!! If it appears in a selection of pies then I would definitely choose it, and I often walk to the other end of campus in order to find a beef tomato and onion pie!! (It’s sad now, because there’s only one food place on campus that sells it, as opposed to two, and it’s usually sold out by the time I make it over *wah*)
I’ve heard the same thing from everybody who tries organic stuff – that the fruit and veg are so much better – altho sometimes dont look as prettier…
But man, the COST! always makes me take it out of my cart – i probably should just buy it….
Yeah, they’re smaller and sometimes look a bit misshapen.. haha. But they’re so good!
I justify the cost as since I eat out almost every night anyway, buying organic to cook at home works out to the same price or cheaper.. and I barely eat any fruit/veg anyway so when I do I figure I may as well eat organic 😛
where?! i want a pie too! pie! pie! pie! pie!
Hhaha you really like those pies huh?! 😛 My fave tends to be the beef & bacon, or beef & tomato.. mmm……..
I just think tomatoes and onions go really well together to begin with, when mixed with my favourite meat, it’s a tour deforce in food! 😀