Cooking
The heat hasn't dissipated, so the stove stays off...as much as possible.
Thursday night, it was a somewhat classier soup and sandwich.
A nice crusty bread, drizzled with olive oil, sandwiching slices of Cantal...a French, raw milk, cheese. Toasted in a skillet.
Oh, nice...neither a strong or mild flavor, a good cheese, and melted well.
This was a Summer Tomato Soup, recipe from Food & Wine (if you want it, let me know).
I'm not a big fan of gazpacho; I think it's partly the acidity, and partly because it's cold.
This recipe claimed to be less acidic, so I decided to give it a try.
Tomatoes, Kirby cucumbers, red onion, tomato juice and lemon juice, and herbs (called for basil and cilantro, I substituted parsley for cilantro); puree. Season and chill.
Mix herbs with goat cheese, place a dollop of cheese in soup bowls, and garnish.
The recipe called for sugar snap peas, radishes and at least one other thing; I just used avocado.
While it was much better than any gazpacho I've tried before, I'm still not sold on the whole cold soup thing.
But, it came together quickly, required no more than fifteen minutes in front of the stove, and was pretty good.
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Cooking
An almost heat-less dinner
The heat hasn't dissipated, so the stove stays off...as much as possible.
Thursday night, it was a somewhat classier soup and sandwich.
A nice crusty bread, drizzled with olive oil, sandwiching slices of Cantal...a French, raw milk, cheese. Toasted in a skillet.
Oh, nice...neither a strong or mild flavor, a good cheese, and melted well.
This was a Summer Tomato Soup, recipe from Food & Wine (if you want it, let me know).
I'm not a big fan of gazpacho; I think it's partly the acidity, and partly because it's cold.
This recipe claimed to be less acidic, so I decided to give it a try.
Tomatoes, Kirby cucumbers, red onion, tomato juice and lemon juice, and herbs (called for basil and cilantro, I substituted parsley for cilantro); puree. Season and chill.
Mix herbs with goat cheese, place a dollop of cheese in soup bowls, and garnish.
The recipe called for sugar snap peas, radishes and at least one other thing; I just used avocado.
While it was much better than any gazpacho I've tried before, I'm still not sold on the whole cold soup thing.
But, it came together quickly, required no more than fifteen minutes in front of the stove, and was pretty good.
- Smoky Tomato Soup Recipe
It's easy to get so caught up in the idea of eating seasonally that we forget that there are certain things that aren't necessarily seasonal, for example vegetables grown in hothouses or greenhouses like Belgian endive, cucumbers and mushrooms,...
- Ravioli Salad Recipe
We have soup for dinner once every week or two. Soup is comforting and easy because you can make it in advance if you like. Healthy too. Now that the weather is warming up, salads also seem like a good choice for dinner, yet I'm always afraid they...
- Salmorejo Cordobes:recipe
If I said "cold Spanish soup" would you think of the liquid salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and onions--Gazpacho? Two years ago when Lee and I were in Andalucia we encountered two other fantastic cold Spanish soups that are easy to make and wonderfully refreshing...
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Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? Wednesday night, we had a simple, flavorful, and so quickly prepared Garlicky Tortellini, Spinach and Tomato Soup; a recipe from Fine Cooking, and found on the Sur La Table web site. A brilliantly...
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Or, Day two of our Cinco de Mayo feast! This time, it was Chile-Rubbed Lamb Chops with Pumpkin Seed Sauce, and Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup. First up, lamb chops. (And yes, I substituted Veat for mine) Chile powder, ground cumin, dried oregano and coarse...