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My Sunday turned out to be ‘Summer Side Salad’ 3 ways.
Looking back a bit - my family raised me up being a pretty regular church attending Roman Catholic. I was even a catechist for 3 years back in high school. For the past few years, religion has taken a break because I’m not sure what I believe in and profession has taken the front seat. Currently the most important has been the process of finding meaning behind life, humanity, etc. and on top of that, myself.
Flipping this a bit - I do know that when I find myself shopping at a produce stand I’m so ecstatic and grateful to see the gifts our ground gives us every day. It is a Mecca of the pure, colorful and fresh ever changing things in this world. The people I find in these market areas usually share the same simple appreciation. It may not be a ‘church’ attendance, but I feel my weekly store travels refresh my gratitude and bring me a sense of peace.
Warning now: Julienned vegetables by hand are not the best idea.
That bowl of purple packs a real punch (recipe via B. Flay) - don’t be fooled by its simplistic look
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Battle wounds of the kitchen
- Gauze on left pointer finger (for a deep cut after trying trying to ‘personally wipe’ all on diced onions out of the food chopper)
- Blister on right pointer finger (from putting so much pressure being put into the knife handle)
- Red palms (fake ‘bloodly’ looking from working with beets)
- Red burn line running across my right wrist (it was a really crowded stovetop with two things of chicken going down - one hot oil - at the same time)
The Dish on this Weekend
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Spinach Bacon & Goat Cheese Frittata (it burned ‘slightly’ on top, so I couldn’t force myself to take a picture of that. But its still delicious!)
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Lemon Zest Kale Chips (Honestly, who need to go back to ‘regular’ salty boring chips when there are things like: Parsnip fries, root chips and apple chips?)
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Boozy Cucumber Coolers (Because its spring and I’m feeling good enough to enjoy these with a friend!)
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- Artichoke Bakd Egg?
- Chocolate & Balsamic Roasted Beets?
- Spicy Sweet Potato Hash and Eggs?
Jeffrey James Stone (His site is after his name) and I are on the same page. This is definitely getting to my favorite links tab.
The Dish on the weekend
Sadly, this will be my last big ‘hoorah’ of weekend cooking for the next two weeks. Finals are in 1-2 weeks and I actually need to dedicate my work heavily to didatics, not my dinners.
Friday (First Friday!!)
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Went out to eat at one of my favorites, Wedge + Fig. They are adorable, eclectic and luckily one block away from me
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Maple Bourbon Apple Ciders: I made more of them…but all in good cause-it was a nice evening of art gallery viewing!
Saturday
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Old Bay Chicken Wings: Sucker for both? Then this is a no brainer. Plus, they’re unbelievably simple)
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Scallion Pancakes: I kind of failed at these, but it was something simplein attempts to just use leftover scallions (Waste is a no no in this kitchen). They came out okay, so no harm done.
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Italian Stuffed Cabbage: I’m ‘pig-e-tarian..? So I just subbed sausage with ground beef
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Roasted Chickpeas
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Crostini Appetizers (aka: best dinner in a while)
Sunday (Planned to go down, as of now)
The Dish on this current weekend
Saturday:
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Cardamom Maple Olive Oil Granola (Hulling Pistachios while catching up on one of my favorites, The Dick Van Dyke Show)
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Zucchini Pasta with Raw Mainara Sauce (I loved the idea of ‘Veggie Pasta’ strips. I recommend using a paper towel to really suck out all the zucchini liquid, otherwise it’ll be dripping when you eat it)
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Kale Walnut Pesto Pasta (Note to everyone: Do NOT poke into the Blender with your wooden spoon when it is on. You will have chunks of extra ‘fiber’ in your meal but one less spoon…)
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Sundried Tomato Basil Pesto Pasta (Fresh Pesto smells heavenly)
Sunday:
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Acorn Squash with Chili Lime Vinaigrette
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Golden Roasted Root Vegetables (in Crockpot)
Weekend ‘Kitchen Workouts’
Saturday, yesterday was:
- Coconut Crockpot Hot Chocolate (this stuff is intensly thick and almost a sin to sip. It was the first thing made in my new crockpot!)
- Kentucky Bourbon Beef Stew (thing two made in the new crockpot!)
Sunday, today will be:
- Potato and Leek Soup (in crockpot again)
- Turkey Stir Fry
- Bourbon Walnut Sweet Potatoes
- Homemade Amaretto (I bought another glass bottles from Marshalls…because I can’t contain myself in the kitchen ware sections with sales. It’ll be the perfect ’Amaretto bottle’!)
Get out your wooden spoons and aprons, it’s gonna be a messy ride!
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Let the games begin!
- Baking and/or cooking something new once a day
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Organizing, cleaning and re-vamping our hometown basement
C’mon, making your own CHEESE CRISPS in 4 minutes and only 2 ingredients? So fancy!
So, my Favorites Tab is very full with foodie things. They all will get made soon and some will be made again!
And that’s not even a snapshot of the whole list or including the magazine pages I’ve post it marked.
I can’t wait till I don’t ‘have a free mealplan’ and can just cook fresh for myself. This is on a to do list.
(Source: poodforn)
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Continued Cooking Craze
because I’m going out of my mind with boredom:
- Turkey Bacon and Egg Toast Cups
- More Apple Pie Poptarts
- Sweet Potato Frittata & a Cornmeal base
- Baked Tortilla Bowls with Taco Salad
- Acorn Squash & Sweet Potato Soup
- Skirt Steak an Blood Mary Tomato Salad
there is not enough mouths to eat all the leftovers in the fridge.
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No Pictures taken
but proud to post they were made
- Pumpkin Mac N’ Cheese + Fall Harvest Salad
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Eggs over easy in Pepper ‘Flower’ Slices
- Holiday Peppermint Cheesecake
- Cranberry Champagne
- Avocado Fries + Cilantro Lemon Dip
- Seasoned Chicken (never happens)
- Butter Almond Crescent Cookies
To Be Continued…
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