sloppy joe
Oh man, this is probably one of favorite burgers. Homemade veggie chili (major chunks of tomatoes and earthy beans), shredded pepperjack cheese and some cilantro in between two wheaty buns. Sooo good!
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Poof
These flat breads aren't so flat. They each have a cute little puff in them making for a pillowy crisp.
apple pie cookies!
pasta! pasta!
Wide eggy noodles with crushed red pepper on olive oil and Parmesan cheese. So simple and so good. A side of crisp greens with sweet cherry tomatoes and homemade croutons. Dinner in summery San Francisco served,
Wake up and smell the carbs
My brother Timmy got me the Tartine bread book for my birthday, I was so enthused, and then I read about the process, and felt so overwhelmed. But B and I attempted, made our starter, fed it a lot, forgot about it almost as much and finally went through the long haul. I made a big boo boo by accidentally putting in the wheat flour for the amount of white, which is way too much. That mixed with some lax 'resting' period and our loaf came out really dense. A month or so later B takes another stab, follows the instructions to a T and voila. Two heavenly loaves of goodness. The best thing was that he woke up super early to bake them in the oven after long day and night of various resting and bench periods. Not to mention, lots of kneading in between. Nothing's better than warm fresh bread out of the oven. One's got olives and lemon zest. B never ceases to amaze me. Later for dinner I made a winter squash soup with lots of roasted veggies. It was the perfect comfort accompaniment.
"hee-bar-ito" the famous, Jibarito
Hello. Meet Jibarito. Pronounced "he bar ito." It's a Puerto Rican-Chicagoan fusion, and the most tantalizing sandwich on this planet.
With our spin on it-- it's smashed and twice fried plantains as the "bread" and in between, a layer of refried beans, sliced avocados, panko-crusted tofu cutlet, and chunky slices of tomatoes. A dollop of sour cream and it's golden. Nom nom nom.
summertime in san francisco
The weather this past week has been incredible. Sunny blue skies throughout the city and warm, cool breeze throughout the night. Perfect for sangria drinking and long walks afterwards. This photo is a tribute to NYC and all the sangria B and I drank there...in the hot, hot heat.
a little pizzaz
While I was ecstatic about our CSA box, B totally forgot and brought home the whole she-bang of ingredients to make pizza. I couldn't protest (as I do love the combo of dough, mozzarella cheese and lots of tomato sauce!) Oh and mushrooms and green bell peppers, of course..they're my favorite pizza toppings!
Goat Hill is much to be thanked for their take-home dough, which we used for our pizzas and cesar salad croutons. The salad is super simple and super delicious. Chopped red leaf romaine lettuce, a squeeze of half a lemon, drizzle of your finest olive oil and lots of shaved parmesan cheese. I picked up a $5 small block of Capricious, an artisan goat's milk cheese that looks and is used similar to a parmesan from the farmers market. While I almost regretted the purchase at the time (oh not to mention, the cheesemonger gave it to me at a discounted price because the market was about to close), I'm impressed that it's lasted so long and has complimented so many dishes. Oh, and because B brought home a basket of figs, I had to chop those in bits for a little sweet bite of surprise. In goes the lightly fried nuggets of sourdough, and it's the perfect balance to your Tuesday dinner.
Goat Hill is much to be thanked for their take-home dough, which we used for our pizzas and cesar salad croutons. The salad is super simple and super delicious. Chopped red leaf romaine lettuce, a squeeze of half a lemon, drizzle of your finest olive oil and lots of shaved parmesan cheese. I picked up a $5 small block of Capricious, an artisan goat's milk cheese that looks and is used similar to a parmesan from the farmers market. While I almost regretted the purchase at the time (oh not to mention, the cheesemonger gave it to me at a discounted price because the market was about to close), I'm impressed that it's lasted so long and has complimented so many dishes. Oh, and because B brought home a basket of figs, I had to chop those in bits for a little sweet bite of surprise. In goes the lightly fried nuggets of sourdough, and it's the perfect balance to your Tuesday dinner.
And so without further adieu, our deliciousness.
Cookie craze
Tomorrow's my fist staff meeting at work. To celebrate - I made some blueberry chocolate cookies! I just had a bite and was a bit disappointed. It was too late in the night before I realized I was out of baking powder so I axed the idea of cupcakes and scrounged around through recipes until I came across one for baking powder-free chocolate cookies. Of course, that's not what they were called. My measurements are always off, and something's always off as a result. For example, these cookies are way too sugary and a little undercooked. I think that's why I prefer cooking. No precise measurements are required whatsoever. But here they are nonetheless. Special thanks to B for making them look better than they taste.
Boxed up
MY CSA box came in today! For the longest time I didn't know what CSA stood for except that it sounded like something good. So just in case you're wondering ( because I just looked t up), CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. CSA in short is about real people like you and me supporting real farmers who grow our foods. You pay for what you get and you're supporting people who make a living off their land as opposed to large corporations and manufacturers that genetically mass modify everything at a discounted race. That's not to say I'm a purist--far from it. But when I can, like in this instance, purchase a CSA box (at a discounted price thanks to one of those Groupon coupons!) I say, why not?
It was a mystery as to what I'd get in the box because the same fruits and veggies don't grow year-round. I had my predictions of kale, but not of white beats and funny looking squash. It stirs up my creative cooking juices!
Alright time to get cooking..
