Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Tofu Tomato Salad
I put this quick tofu salad together last with cherry tomatoes, sweet onion, garlic scapes and a few chopped pea pods. I sauteed the tofu in a little chili oil and then finished the sear with a splash of mirin and tamari. For the dressing I whisked a little more chili oil, tamari, rice vinegar, and a spoonful of white miso. It was topped with sliced nori strips and sesame seeds.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Garlic Scape and Arugula Pesto
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Pavlova
Barefoot Contessa's Ina made this dessert called a pavlova for her husband Jeffery's surprise birthday party on this week's episode. It's layers of merengue, whipped cream, fresh berries and a raspberry sauce. They looked so happy eating it beach side in the Hamptons that we decided to invite a few folks over for dessert last night and give it a try ourselves. It was gooey, fruity, and decadent- a full on sugar attack! And, not so bad for my first merengue! Our pal Sarah also brought over these spicy, snickerdoodly chocolate cookies.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Wild Mushroom Ravioli
Lucky for me, T. was on his homemade pasta crusade this weekend. Our friend S. joined us for a dinner celebrating 40° weather in Wisconsin in February! Along with the ravioli, we had antipasti and bruschetta, and a salad we tried to recreate from a meal we had out the evening before (ingredients were herb greens, mache, brandy poached pear, cranberry, blue cheese, fried parsnip, and a fig vinaigrette).
Friday, January 30, 2009
PB & J, Banana, and Cilantro
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Seitan Veggie Chili and Wheat Cornbread
If you haven't heard, seitan is the new non-meat. I'm a big fan of it in stir-frys and sliced for veggie rubens. It also takes to bar-b-que sauce and grilling just fine, thank you.
It held its own in this veggie chili we made a few weeks ago, when the weather was dipping below zero. I sauteed it a bit with the onions and garlic in the beginning and it got nicely browned. There was a lot going in that pot at the end, including: corn, kidney beans, black beans, garbanzos, veggie stock, cilantro, crushed tomato, roasted jalapeno, red and green bell peppers, chili powder, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper. We were somehow out of white flour, so that's why the cornbread ended up on the healthy side. In fact this who meal sort of looks like it's straight out of the Age of Aquarius, huh?
"Waiter, there's a dream-catcher in my soup." A yuk-yuk.
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