Real Food Cafe and Food Talk

  One thing we really enjoy about traveling is eating new and exciting food.  We really try to eat at home when in Amarillo.  One thing we have learned about eating out is we don't want to pay good money for something we could have easily done at home.  If we are eating out, the food has to taste incredible or be something that we won't mess with or have the skill to make as good as what we can buy.  There are only a few places I like to go out to eat while in Amarillo.  This week I have added one more place to the list. 

Real Food Cafe on 6th street is incredible.  

 They try to use organic and/or local ingredients.

 I could tell based on the vibe (and the 11:00-2:00 business hours) that the food was going to be fresh and good.

  

 I had a bacon tomato crepe with a chipotle mayo sauce, a side salad, and a walnut bar (that I didn't take a picture of because I ate it up).

People ask me a lot what we eat. So it had me thinking....what DO we eat?  So here is how it goes around our house...

 I prefer to eat organic.  I realize that on the road the options are zilch, so eating organic at home has become extra important.   I have found the things that don't really need to be organic, and I purchase those at United to save money.  Our pantry is becoming more empty as I am trying to buy less and less boxed or bagged things.  This is hard because I love crackers, chips, snacks.  I am getting better about bringing home more vegetables and fruits than other stuff. 

We don't buy a lot of meat.  We really don't have a reason for not buying it.  I used to cook pork chops, chicken fried steak, etc but it just too big of meals for us.  I learned early in our marriage that we aren't left over people.  The food waste was annoying.  So we just gave up on those type of meals. We are just as happy munching on small things that take less time to cook and clean up. At a typical weekly grocery store visit, I may buy a package of chicken or a package of bacon.   We love eating breakfast for dinner.   The other night we had friends over for "dinner." (Sidenote-we had a great time.) We had an "grazer" spread...

  

 

 I am in no way claiming to be a vegetarian or a completely healthy eater. I still can tear up pigs in a blanket like no ones business.  I often times sneek through Huds and get a large order of cheese sticks and ranch. A 9 serving package of pizza flavored gold fish crackers is gone in five minutes with me. 

  So here is a few examples of meals at our house:

*petas stuffed with lettuce, avacado, onion, tomato, nuts, berries, with balsamic vinegar.

*boiled potatoes and jalepenos in a tortilla

*pancakes--lots of pancakes

*eggs, tomato, bacon

*cauliflower, asparagus, potatos

*chicken, carrots, potatos in the crock pot

and we juice.   We don't do it every day, but we should.