Cooking
Just so happens, Jennifer set people straight on the whole crouton business the other day, so I don't have to. I love that post. Who other than a food blogger could get so heated about a crouton?? And I have to say, I wholeheartedly agree with her - it might just be those bready thingys on your salad, but NOTHING compares to the real deal. And the real deal can only be made at home, and does NOT come out of a box. Nu-oh!
A rather untraditional use for them here though - I had fantastic chantarelles - and chantarelles just screams "a little bit of chopped shallots, cream and plenty of salt and pepper!" at me. Creamy - so then you need something crispy for a nice textural contrast... and a bit of greens of some kind... and actually, we needed a salad. Ta-Dah! Born was (in Martins opinion) a weird combo of the above - cos salad torn in chunks, creamy, warm chantarelles and homemade croutons. I liked it, it was sort of a warm salad with all the textures needed to be a real meal. Okay, maybe a tiny bit weird. But good.
And oh yes, I was tagged for that Childhood meme thing - twice! I'll get it done soon - I thought I'd be working this weekend, but got hit by a virus affecting my vocal cords - I sound like every teenage boys worst nightmare, my voice changing pitch by the second. Or, you know, as I like to explain it, I just smoked three packets of cigarettes and downed a bottle of whiskey - yup, time to go sing the blues somewhere!;-) Or maybe, make a cake - hmm...
- Bok Choy Salad Recipe
Recently I learned that bok choy is the number one vegetable in China. It seems to be the number one vegetable in my CSA box lately. It's a very healthy vegetable with a ton of vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin K plus and is even a good source of calcium...
- Egg Salad
You may have noticed...we've been on a bit of a 'good yet simple' kick around here. I don't know the exact cause; perhaps the weather was too hot & humid. Maybe it was the batch of cookbooks I grabbed when planning menus. Whatever the...
- Probably The Prettiest Salad On The Planet: Fattoush
Doesn't that look like spring? Just a tiny bit? And don't we NEED a little spring? I know I do. The weather has been absolutely pretty around here the last couple of days, I've dropped off my big bulky winter jacket at the cleaners (so it'll...
- On The Tenth Day Of Christmas: Bacon - How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 1. I love you in thin slices, with my weekend morning's scrambled eggs. You...
- My Little Kitchen
(I hope it's okay I borrow your blog-name Cathy - I couldn't come up with a better title!) I think I mentioned a while back that I had this series of pictures from my kitchen, already uploaded and ready for a post. Well, now it's about time...
Cooking
Time for Some Real Food
Just so happens, Jennifer set people straight on the whole crouton business the other day, so I don't have to. I love that post. Who other than a food blogger could get so heated about a crouton?? And I have to say, I wholeheartedly agree with her - it might just be those bready thingys on your salad, but NOTHING compares to the real deal. And the real deal can only be made at home, and does NOT come out of a box. Nu-oh!
A rather untraditional use for them here though - I had fantastic chantarelles - and chantarelles just screams "a little bit of chopped shallots, cream and plenty of salt and pepper!" at me. Creamy - so then you need something crispy for a nice textural contrast... and a bit of greens of some kind... and actually, we needed a salad. Ta-Dah! Born was (in Martins opinion) a weird combo of the above - cos salad torn in chunks, creamy, warm chantarelles and homemade croutons. I liked it, it was sort of a warm salad with all the textures needed to be a real meal. Okay, maybe a tiny bit weird. But good.
And oh yes, I was tagged for that Childhood meme thing - twice! I'll get it done soon - I thought I'd be working this weekend, but got hit by a virus affecting my vocal cords - I sound like every teenage boys worst nightmare, my voice changing pitch by the second. Or, you know, as I like to explain it, I just smoked three packets of cigarettes and downed a bottle of whiskey - yup, time to go sing the blues somewhere!;-) Or maybe, make a cake - hmm...
- Bok Choy Salad Recipe
Recently I learned that bok choy is the number one vegetable in China. It seems to be the number one vegetable in my CSA box lately. It's a very healthy vegetable with a ton of vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin K plus and is even a good source of calcium...
- Egg Salad
You may have noticed...we've been on a bit of a 'good yet simple' kick around here. I don't know the exact cause; perhaps the weather was too hot & humid. Maybe it was the batch of cookbooks I grabbed when planning menus. Whatever the...
- Probably The Prettiest Salad On The Planet: Fattoush
Doesn't that look like spring? Just a tiny bit? And don't we NEED a little spring? I know I do. The weather has been absolutely pretty around here the last couple of days, I've dropped off my big bulky winter jacket at the cleaners (so it'll...
- On The Tenth Day Of Christmas: Bacon - How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 1. I love you in thin slices, with my weekend morning's scrambled eggs. You...
- My Little Kitchen
(I hope it's okay I borrow your blog-name Cathy - I couldn't come up with a better title!) I think I mentioned a while back that I had this series of pictures from my kitchen, already uploaded and ready for a post. Well, now it's about time...