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As a treat the other evening, I decided to try a new-to-me technique for batter. This cupcake recipe is based on a technique called folding. And it was much more directive then the way I learned to do it in junior high "home ec" class! The cupcakes turned out great (much better than the cake I tried more recently! which I hoped to send to work with Bill.)
Our Sunday night soup this week was a French soup and it has a complex set of flavors -- bouquet garni, onion, tomato, garlic (of course) and a hint of vinegar. Served with toasted French bread and freshly grated Gruyere, it was a fabulous finish to a great weekend.
It was a rare meal. Garlic mushrooms, rice pilaf with red bell pepper, cabbage, and carrots... Not really a green veggie anywhere!
Smothered cabbage is a sweet, peppery dish that is easy to fix. We're not from the South and have enjoyed many meals there so it's great to have a few dishes that remind us of those trips. One great place to eat, for example, is Brenda's in New Iberia, Louisiana.
Oh, how delightful! I've recently started learning how to make souffles. The first I tried were oatmeal souffles and it was like eating oatmeal-flavored air. The one pictured here is flavored with a banana-rum sauce and chopped Valrhona chocolate. It is just out of the oven and will shortly be served with a chocolate sauce. Yum!
The secret to an enticing salad is to under-dress it, says Cresent Dragonwagon. Toss it wildly with just a bit of dressing! Straight-forward ranch dressing will seem fresh and new... Here is a salad I love to eat! Romaine, red leaf, and spinach are tossed with a spot of olive oil, Pickapeppa sauce, lemon juice, freshly pressed garlic, and a bit of salt and pepper.
From the Everyday Greens cookbook, I made the basmati rice pudding with mascarpone. The recipe suggested serving it with strawberries or mango. Our supermarket had some imported strawberries that looked good so we bought those. The nutty flavor of the rice combines with custard sauce which is infused with vanilla bean, cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger.
We ate potatoes and veggie sausage mixed with a homemade queso. This was a homey, 50s kind of meal. Ro*Tel makes creating the spicing for the cheese sauce easy.
Butternut squash rounds brushed with garlic-infused olive oil and topped with sage and freshly ground pepper make an elegant side dish.
Everyday Greens is a great cookbook to have around. This was great the first night and then improved as a take-to-work lunch. The flavors combined to make a great sensation.
This plateful was a hearty supper of brown basmati rice with a crazy combination of acorn squash, cabbage, red pepper, onion, sweet potato, parsnip, and veggie sausage. Tastes included balsamic vinegar and tamari soy sauce -- really distinctive and good!
This tiny, buttery cookies are called meltaways or maybe snowballs and have been topped with some scrumptious lemon curd.
As you know, Sunday night is Soup Night. This one may look a bit green for your taste but it was great!! Don't be put off... remember green eggs and ham, Sam!
We have Pad Thai as a quick dinner and have a fantastic recipe for the traditional cucumber salad.
In a component dinner there is not a single dish which is the entree; instead, it is the combination of everything that makes the meal.
Scrambled, organic eggs with Morningstar Farms veggie sausage, sauteed mushrooms, Heinz beans with tomato sauce, and a home-made cinnamon-raisin biscuit provided a hearty start to the day.
Some days I can't believe what I eat! Smothered cabbage, mushrooms with oregano, rice pilaf, cinnamon applesauce, and baked sweet potato. Mmm... Who knew cabbage and mushrooms can be sooo good?!?
For a quick meal, we heated a wheel of camembert and served it with sliced apples, julienned carrots, crackers, and just a few Hershey's Kisses for dessert. xxxooo
For a meal celebrating the Winter Solistice, we had roasted vegetables (cauliflower, sweet potato, red pepper, potato, onion) with chickpeas and beets over kasha with cabbage and herbs. Heavenly!
Homemade chili and cornbread were just right for a cool, early winter day.
