August 2010
25 posts
french toast.
what to do with stale bread and only one egg in the house? a rhetorical question, to be sure.
egg, soymilk, allspice, and cinnamon. bread gets a good soaking, and a quick fry in the pan.
topped with apricot preserves (though i usually prefer strawberry) and sour cream. divine.
soundtrack: destiny’s child. you read that right.
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poached salmon and heirlooms.
The heirloom grape and cherry tomatoes that my coworker gave me were too good to be true. I didn’t want to kill their flavor with anything over the top, so I poured a little olive oil and balsamic along with salt, pepper, and some chopped red onion. While that was marinating I poached a filet of salmon in champagne and lemon juice, broiled it and threw it all on a bed of spinach....
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cold coconut corn salad and breakfast.
Using leftover coconut milk and cilantro from yesterday’s curry, I made a cold corn salad for breakfast this morning. Last night I simmered the coconut milk and corn in a saucepan until the milk was mostly reduced and left in the fridge overnight. This morning I chopped up some cilantro, tossed it in, and enjoyed a cold creamed corn salad with a strawberry peach smoothie, green tea, and...
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green cashew curry.
I haven’t been terribly active in the kitchen lately. There have been a lot of things going on and hitting up Tito’s or Panera has been much easier. But yesterday I discovered some shrimp that needed thawing and a lot of cilantro that needed to be used. The boy was craving a curry, so I set out to see what could be done.
This is an adaptation of a green cashew curry that is...
apples and brie. →
i believe that next wednesday this will be my celebratory “going back to school” dinner.
“Where rosemary flourished, the woman ruled. -unknown”
Anonymous asked: Was that question about you doing lots of drugs a question?
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disquiet.
I picked up this book to read over the weekend. It was fairly short, about 120 pages, and able to be read in a couple of days, even with laundry and other chores demanding your attention. Easy doesn’t mean nice and short doesn’t mean sweet.
The story centers on Olivia, a woman returning to her mothers rural chateau in France after twelve years of no contact. She brings her two...
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rice breakfast.
I am one of those lucky people who can eat anything for breakfast, and also eat it immediately upon waking. This morning I am having my leftover pho from yesterday, extra sriracha. Spicy foods get my adrenaline running overtime, a plus at 7:30am when I have lots to do. By the way, yesterday while I was waiting for my take-out, the cook was watching my soup boil and thoughtfully plucking on his...
