hostel living and what i ate

 living in hostels is always interesting but my personal favorite thing about a good hostel is the kitchen. in hostels, the kitchen is the place you make your friends and share your food. 

pasta is always a hostel staple food, and in queenstown {pictured} i made a yummy and quick pasta one evening. it was a lovely little meal with an even more lovely view! 

i threw together penne pasta then made a tomato sauce with additional vegetables {red pepper, spinach, and zucchini} and i topped it all with bits of pepperoni and feta cheese crumbles. 

simple and perfect for the hostel life! 

more food from new zealand and nepal coming soon.

* grace, currently in kathmandu, nepal

sweet potato ravioli

no photos (my hands were full of flour/ it was too good to take a photo before devouring), but this is the most delicious meal i've had in a LONG time.

hubs and i have a favorite restaurant in jerusalem. well, a few of them. the one i'm referencing here is called spagettim, and it has the most delicious pasta i have ever eaten. in an attempt at hubs' favorite item on their menu, we attempted sweet potato ravioli in garlic cream sauce. verdict? DELCIOUS.

*kandyce in denver, CO

missing india meal

the week before i left home, i made chicken tikka masala, {recipe from allrecipes } chapati {also from allrecipes}, jasmine rice, cucumber-mint raita, and red lentil dal {cannot remember where i got the recipe}. 

because i made the meal after work we ended up eating around 10:00. it would have been much later without all of my kitchen help! thanks for your  help everyone : ) 

sorry the pictures are lame {i was too excited about eating}. the last one makes me laugh. abby is being abby, guion is only focused on one thing, sam is excited he finally gets to use his fingers instead of a utensil at the dinner table, kels is snacking on a piece of mango, and alex is anxious to try his meal {he stirred the chicken for a good hour!}. mom and dad were somewhere else at the time the photo was taken. . .

i will most definitely make this meal again!

*grace in wellington, nz

eggs benny

i've never been a big fan of hollandaise sauce {for two reasons really, 1.) it reminded me of asparagus & 2.) it has mayonnaise in it}, but this was really delicious the other day over at the greasy spoon. the sauce wasn't overpowering, so i enjoyed every bite. 

so far i haven't had anything too strange to eat here. the house in newtown is close to a grocery, so i primarily eat dried mango, chocolate, broccoli, chips, etc! 

i'm planning to make a meal for my housemates tomorrow night but i haven't the slightest idea what to make. i need ideas people! 

*grace in wellington, nz

p.s. kandyce pinckney, you're amazing. thanks for sharing all these great recipes! i'd kill for an orangette right now!