STYLE BY RED TEST KITCHEN: INSALATA CAPRESE EGG SANDWICH

Ok so I'm not turning into Julia Child any time soon nor I intend to turn Style by Red into the next big food blog so let's forget about that fried chicken with jalapeño coleslaw sandwich I told you guys I was gonna do, maybe I'll do it someday but right now let's just stick to what I'm good at (not really that good but I do my best) which is simple, healthy cooking. 

A few months ago I moved to Miami and for the first time in my life I'm living completely by myself which has turned out to be quite a challenge when it comes to cooking because everything I buy goes bad, plus every time I go to the supermarket I suffer from anxiety attacks because there are so many things and I have no idea what the hell to buy. In a perfect world I'm a graphic designer, web developer, photographer, journalist, and an experienced chef (amongst others) but in this world I'm just Maria Cristina a creative soul who wishes she knew how to do everything and stresses about it all the time. 

Anyhow, I'm not gonna share with you any new and exciting recipes, I just want to document with images (not so many words because we all know I suck at words) my own personal adventures in kitchenville. 

I'm starting the Style by Red Test Kitchen posts with today's breakfast which was insalata caprese egg sandwich. I tell people I could live out of mozzarella, arugula, pasta, and tomatoes (and of course olive oil and white wine), I'm so Italian. It looks big but let me tell you I'm already hungry and I ate perhaps an hour ago. Yes, I'm a big active girl who needs feeding. 

I hope you guys feel inspired! 

Et Voilá!

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SATURDAY BBQ

On Saturday my friends and I organized a little BBQ at my place. I live on a 17th floor apartment with an amazing view, a small kitchen and a very old school grill, it used to be my grandmother's actually. Originally we thought of having it at someone else's place with a garden but no one had their place available so I said: All I have to offer you is an old grill and a balcony but...mi casa es su casa, and so we did it. 

Leading the orchestra was my dear friend and chef Debora Fadul of Chef de Mon Coeur. You remember I interviewed Deby last week don't ya? Well... she told us all what to buy and we all collaborated a little bit doing something. The guys where in charge of the grill and we took care of the rest. Deby made for us the most delicious burgers I've had in my whole entire life, I'm not kidding, even my friend Reneé who doesn't eat burgers was chowing down that thing like there's no tomorrow.  We made two recipes, the ingredients: butter, cream cheese, goat cheese, cheddar cheese, swiss cheese, sun dried tomatoes, portobello mushrooms, arugula, spinach, seasoned tomatoes, caramelized onions, carrot chips... you like? If you want the recipes you're gonna have to visit Deby's blog to get them www.chefdemoncoeur.com DELICIOUS!!! 

One more thing, Deby not only is the greatest chef she's also a highly creative person so she has the most unique ways of serving her food. Deby and I strongly believe that things don't have to look perfect to be perfect. Here's some images of our little Saturday get together. Hope you like them. Needless to say we had a blast!!!

On my next post: my favorite things at the farmers market. Stay tuned.

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