Dinner Tonight: Cauliflower Purée
My most favorite recipe for cauliflower is to roast it with chopped garlic and olive oil. If you aren't a cauliflower lover, this will convert you!
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Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
I go back and forth between Italian tuna in olive oil and tuna in water. I love them both and always have a can in the pantry. For a delicious tuna salad, I add lots of chopped green onions, chopped celery, 1 tablespoon of dijon mustard, mayonaise, lemon juice, chopped capers and dill. Add all ingredients and amounts to your liking. I'm not a big fan of lots of mayonaise so I go light on the mayonaise. On the other hand, if I have a tuna steak, I grill it and use it in a composed salad nicoise.
Fresh whole wasabi root, kaffir limes in NYC?
This is a great website that offer the real plant and real wasabi powder.
www.realwasabi.com
Do you love ripe melons? Which are your favorites?
Orange flesh with imported prosciutto and honeydew with home grown chocolate mint.
Serious Sandwiches: Is There a Better Condiment than Guacamole?
Avocados are a staple in my home. One of my favorite combinations is wheat toast with avocado and grey salt, arugula and home grown tomatoes. I recently made a guacamole recipe from Williams Sonoma that was delicious and Rosa Mexicana in NYC makes a killer guacamole.
Dinner Tonight: Grilled Pork Chops Marinated in Mojo
Oregano was not on the list of ingredients. How many teaspoons/tablespoons and dried or fresh?
Dinner Tonight: Roasted Cauliflower with Capers
Next to roasted asparagus, roasted cauliflower is a favorite of mine. Dice up lots of garlic, add two to three tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper and roast for 30 minutes turning frequently at 400 degrees. This will turn a cauliflower hater into a cauliflower lover.
What am I going to do with these lemons?
How about some delicious lemon bars? Fattening but worth it.
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This has taken me awhile because writing is not my passion. In fact, I'm a terrible writer! My real passion is good food, cheese and wine. I love to cook and am always looking to expand my recipe collection. My real name is Catharine, but I'm known as Mselegant on this site. I arrived at this name several years ago when I started collecting Fostoria (Versailles) elegant glassware. I now have a huge collection in pink, green, blue and gold. I'm a native of Southern Californiatand live part time in South Lake Tahoe. SE is a fantastic site and the topics are always so interesting. Beware to any new visitors - this site is addicting!
Dried Herbs.
Whenever possible use fresh. They are so much flavorable and add more personality to a dish.
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Dinner Tonight: Cauliflower Purée
I bet the purple or orange color cauliflower would go over well with kids! Visualize this dish...
Dinner Tonight: Cauliflower Purée
I don't have a food processor or a blender right, now, so I've been making 'twice-baked cauliflower' instead (it's in the oven as I type!). lovelovelove cauliflower.
http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/09/twice-baked-cauliflower-recipe.html
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
How much is 365 canned tuna vs Sunkist/Chicken of the Sea? We'll probably be out and about shopping all day today, I may stop by Whole Foods. We need to restock our fridge anyway. >.>
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
I don't really like Charlie, or any of the big brands, but I've finally found a canned (reasonably priced) tuna that I love---Whole Foods 365 brand.
Dinner Tonight: Cauliflower Purée
I make a cauliflower mash with heavy cream, butter and caramelized onions. Steam the cauliflower until tender, dump it in a saucepan, add the other ingredients and buzz it with your immersion blender. You can really control the texture here and I've had it stand up to steaks and braises. Needs plenty of salt & pepper.
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
Everyone should always have canned tuna in their pantry. It's saved my hungry butt more than once. I still love fresh tuna, but it is not something you can always have on hand or have time to go get or can afford.
Dinner Tonight: Cauliflower Purée
Mashed cauliflower is a favorite around our house. I can't seem to make enough of it. The 50/50 mixture of cauliflower and potato sounds interesting. I may have to give that a try.
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
After 12 years of catholic schooling I cannot look tuna in the eye. I never never eat it. Not even grilled, sushi, no no no! When I was younger I liked tuono in oliva. I just cannot do it.
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
Writing about tuna does not cause mercury poisoning at least, so happily my blogging on tuna for Mother's Day post is done.
Thanks for the inspiration, all. :)
Tuna. In a Can. Love it or Hate it?
I love canned tuna with a little soy sauce and wasabi, usually over a green salad. Or a good old-fashioned tuna salad sandwich.
I'm a little nervous about mercury poisoning, processed foods, and over-fished tuna, so I'm cutting back. I used to have a can of tuna about once a week, but now I think I'm only going to use up the two cans left in the cupboard and not eat it anymore. Sigh. I'll miss it.
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