in germany

I'm in Germany for spring break and have to use the opportunity to eat good food.  My afternoon snack: Black Forest ham, Lyoner sausage, sweet-sour pickles, bread, and spicy mustard. 

easy fish fillets

Easy and tasty fish that doesn't take too long to make.  Because we're using frozen fish, you can easily make it for one person or for as many as you want.  Choose any (cheap) frozen white fish, like cod or flounder.  It goes well with rice or any sort of vegetables.  Most people say run the fish under cold water to thaw it right before using it, but I sometimes just throw it in a bowl of warm water and change the water when it cools down.  Fish cooks fast, so start rice or potatos early.

Once thawed, pat the fish dry.  While a good amount of butter melts in a non-stick pan, season the fish with salt, pepper, and paprika on one side.  When the butter stops bubbling, it's ready.  Cook the fish on high heat (but not high enough to burn the butter) spiced side down.  Season the other side while the fish cooks.  The trick is to not move the fish.  This makes it crispy and keeps it from falling apart.

With a spatula flip the fish after 3-4 minutes and cook it again undisturbed.  If you're serving vegetables with it, I like to throw in frozen vegetables a minute after I flip the fish.  Cooking things together not only spreads the flavor but saves on dishes.  They say fish is ready when you can easily flake it with a fork.  Perfect fish can be flaked with a fork on top but center should be just short of flaky.  Add some lemon or lime juice and enjoy!

eggs crazy

Sticking with the theme of everyday food, I would like to introduce you to "eggs crazy." The procedure: fry two eggs in two table spoons of butter. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. (Julia says never add salt at the end of cooking because the taste will be too strong and it won't bring out the food's natural flavors.) While you let the eggs get nice and crispy, toast two pieces of (wheat) bread.

My personal preference is to throw in some sliced tomatos a few minutes before the eggs are done. On the toast, I put (strawberry) jelly. Put the eggs onto the bread and cover with tomatoes. Drizzle the rest of the butter ontop. Poke the yolks to let them seep through to the bread. Be prepared for some salty-sweet goodness.

blt - bacon, lettuce, tomato

I wanted to commemorate not only my blog's new home, but also this amazing bacon-filled day.

Sometimes, instead of taking step-by-step pictures of recipes, I like to take pictures of everyday food I eat. I feel like there's no meal or snack or dessert too simple to make it look "gourmet." Even when making food for yourself, I think it's important to make it look delicious.

On a side note, I kind of like the fact that we only have small plates. It makes everything look rich and giant.

moving

Wait, why am I blogging again? Oh, that's right - I have homework. Instead of doing my millions of school tasks, I decided to finally move the food blog to a place that matches its name.

Welcome to alexsnax.blogspot.com.

I'm not 100% sure what will happen with alexexplainsitall.blogspot.com, but I'm thinking something along the line of art meets technology meets leisure time. We'll see.