Monthly Archives: August 2008
  I have been dying to make this recipe for the past couple weeks. I am not sure why as it is a big bowl of carrots basically; but, the photos visually grabbed me and I have been thinking about it often. We had a big bowl of it around all weekend. I even bought a big bag of beets to try making it again this week. So good! So easy!
 A day late … a dollar short! We are down to the very bare essentials in our home due to working, traveling & the big bad tooth (which turned out to be a Big Bad Sinus)! All we have is a fridge with enough milk to enjoy coffee the next couple days, a couple ears of white corn, an onion, some Meyer Lemons (thank you Deb) and a big bag of carrots; as well as the usual suspects, wine, seasonings, candied kumquats, blah blah. Tonight we had a nice little pot of White Corn Soup – simply, flavorful and very fresh! Recipe. (sorry for no finished photo, the lighting sucks & the photo was as equally sucky)
Dolores of Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity, must had known that I was going to have to be eating cold food and smooth items, the next few days! She picked the perfect challenge for the Tuesdays With Dorie crowd! I have memories of Blueberry ice cream, not sure of the memory; but, I do remember being about 4 and loving blueberry ice cream. As soon as I heard about this challenge, that memory (the one I don’t remember but do remember) came rushing to mind. As well, we LOVE blueberries in our house so I knew this would be a huge hit!
 I have been dying to make this pea soup since I read Christine’s post. Unfortunately, by the time I read it, there were no more sweet peas to be found at the market. I stumbled upon them during our berry picking excursion last week, so I knew I had to bring some home just for that! Christine did use the peas for a salad and the pods for the soup, since I was only making the soup, I used the peas and half of the pods. As well, I did not have an onion, so I only used garlic. It was incredibly easy and so tasty, very fresh! I meant to post this a couple nights ago and time slipped by us. We had a pretty busy weekend, painting (still), wedding reception, Chinese Wedding Banquet and an insane toothache! I am dying over here while I wait for Monday to come!
 I wanted to share what we had for dinner Friday night as it was really fantastic……. I caramelized some onions, added some Balsamic Vinegar, rolled out a puff pastry, covered it with onions, figs and blue cheese!
 Serve with a simple green salad and a nice glass of wine – easy dinner! Recipe.
 Ashley, over at A Year in the Kitchen, is hosting this weeks Tuesdays With Dorie Challenge or as Lenny likes to call it, Tuesdays With the Devil. He says it is making us FAT! Ashley, should be an inspiration for all of us, not only is she part of TWD; but, she has a fitness/diet blog, that is very inspiring!
 While the TWD crowd was making sweet summery and fruity Galette’s last week, we were traveling. I had Galette on the brain! We love peach ones, plum ones, fig ones, berry ones, you name it, we love it! Tonight I decided to try to make a savory one for dinner. Something light. Something veggie. I used a basic Pate Brisee; but, I put a handful of fresh rosemary into the flour! For the filling I cooked some garlic and yellow onions just until lightly browned, then I added thinly sliced fennel and Portabella Mushrooms, and a sprinkle of white wine. I cooked it just until everything was warmed and slightly limp. Then I wrapped it nicely in the Pate Brisee, baked and served with a simple green salad and a glass of white wine. Lenny’s two cents: Delicious! Really good! It did not even need any hot sauce! |
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