Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food
a small triangle of very,very thin pizza topped with a bit of good olive oil, a small piece of a mission fig, Parmesan cheese and flaky salt.
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What do you bring to lunch to eat at your desk?
I bring my lunch every day, so I'm always trying to come up with something that's healthy, filling and easy to make. I make a LOT of lentils because they fill the criteria above. I also make a lot of bean and grain salads. Both make huge quantities and keep well. Some examples:
Dijon Potato and Green Bean salad
Green Rice and Beans (Thai-flavored brown rice and limas)
Beer braised brats with apples and onions
Sausage and lentil soup with brown rice
double curry lentils
What's the difference in oils?
I recommend Spectrum brand Canola oil High-Heat cooking spray. It actually prevents sticking and doesn't burn off quickly like PAM.
Generally, I'll choose canola over vegetable (seems healthier) for high-hear stir-frys and olive oil for lower-heat sautees.
Toasted sesame oil, avocado oil and walnut oil are also "healthy" fats and are delicious in dressings.
need healthy high calorie recipes
A bean, grain and nut salad with cheese and an oil-based vinaigrette is healthy, high-calorie and will keep you full for hours, even in small quantities.
Also, deviled eggs w/avocado mixed into the yolk, dumplings (veggie, shrimp or pork) and peanut butter with apples (or apples with cheddar).
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
Too many! My mom makes the best Ropa Vieja (Cuban Beef Creole) I have ever tasted in my life. I love it warm on rice, on a fresh piece of bread, cold on a cracker, cold on a salad. Any which way - it's amazing!
Baby shower menu
For my bridal shower, my mom put wonton wrappers into mini-muffin pans and broiled them for a few minutes. They formed little cups, which she then filled with a kind of spinach artichoke dip. They were awesome.
She also put some cocktail sauce in matini glasses and hung 3 shrimp off the rim. Fancy!
And we had a big orzo salad, a charcuterie plate, chicken salad in endive and polenta rounds topped with breakfast sausage/apricot jam/parmesan (those were amazing!).
Cook the Book: Lidia's Italy
never the same one :)
lately, spring pea & ricotta ravioli in Parmesan broth (it's awesome)
Dinner Tonight: Ramps with Linguine
Damn you all with your greenmarkets! I want a ramp!
What's for dinner?
I love those weird alone dinners! My husband's going to a meeting tonight, so I'm in the same boat. I was thinking of:
Cheddar in a baguette with Sriracha
Thin spaghetti with olive oil, salt, pepper and parmesan
Lots of crackers with cheese and apricot jam
grilled cheese
thin noodles with mustard (i am fully aware that most people think this is gross)
soba with toasted sesame oil, sesame seeds, shoyu and scallions (with sriracha bottle on the side)
Corn Tortillas broiled with jalapeño salsa and cheddar (like a pizza)
Which should I choose?
Do you send local treats to homesick family and friends?
I used to bring Cuban pastelitos (guava pastries) from Miami to Boston when I was in school. My roommates looooved them. My husband's family has been known to ship these amazing cinnamon rolls from a small bakery near their cottage on Lake Michigan (they're amazing).
@BaHa - Can you send me some bialis too? I lived in NYC for a few years and haven't had one since I left :)
Responses to Comments by bitchincamero
Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food
I find champagne goes with anything. I usually drink it with BBQ ribs.
Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food
apricot preserve-stuffed dates wrapped in bacon, OF COURSE! and preferably a rose champagne
Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food
I haven't had champagne in ages but I'll have to go with chocolate (then again, I'd eat chocolate with most any drink).
Cook the Book: Wine Bar Food
I love champagne with Pringles! the salty crunchy chips go so well with the bubbles of a dry champagne! yum!
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Favorite foods: pizza (homemade), tacos, cheese, anything crisp, prosciutto, burgers, sweet/salty, soft/crunchy
Last bite on earth: Big, juicy medium rare cheese burger with crisp pepper bacon, greens, cheddar, hot sauce and a thin slice of tomato on a nice crusty roll with a side of really good crisp fries.