I've just been neglecting this blog for massive stomach viruses, trips to the zoo, efforts to get to the gym, etc.

So here's  a good long update of recipes/dinners past:

In what is quickly becoming a house favorite we made Wolfie's beet salad again with the correct dressing (though far less effort on presentation). Still yummy. Had it with barbeque Veat shishkabobs and roasted green beans (trim ends, place on cookie sheet or dish thinly, use 2 tbsp olive oil and roll them until coated, roast at 350 for 15-30 minutes until nicely browned).

Mother's Day brunch the men in the house made me peach pancakes with ripe fresh Fredricksburg Peaches, hashbrowns, bacon, and Peach Bellinis.

Here's another favorite pizza, bleu cheese and red onion. It looks super greasy, but it's... ok, this time it turned out a little greasy. Something went wonky. It's usually not that shiny. Saute red onion and garlic in some olive oil, put on pizza crust and sprinkle with 4 oz of bleu cheese. We also had stuffed mushrooms (we've found excellent mushrooms at the farmers market down south... they actually have flavor and taste good, proving that I just hate store mushrooms not all mushrooms). These were bases brushed with olive oil, cream cheese mixed with herbs and the chopped up stems, and then some bread crumbs on top (Ollie likes to sprinkle the bread crumbs).

There's always room for Vegan Wiggly Dessert Food Product! Found this on the shelf at Whole Foods while looking for Sugar Free Pectin. Raspberry flavored. We added the homemade whipped cream. SO GOOD.

Another pizza. We love pizza. This one was a new way to use up Raddichio. We liked this better than the pasta, partially because Eric grilled the raddichio first and direct heat is supposed to be a way to sweeten bitter greens.

Treviso, Sundried Tomato & Goat Cheese Pizza

(From the Royal Rose Raddichio website, Treviso is a type of Raddichio)

Marinade:
1/3 cup olive oil
3 cloves crushed garlic
1/4 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes in oil plus 1 Tablespoon oil from tomatoes
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
pinch of red pepper flakes
salt and pepper to taste

Pizza:
1 - 12 inch pizza crust
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
1/4 cup yellow bell peppers, cut into strips
1/4 cup red bell peppers, cut into strips
2 tablespoons diced green peppers
6 to 8 Treviso leaves
10 cloves of garlic sautéed until golden
1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese

Preheat oven to 400° F. Whisk first six ingredients in a bowl. Brush crust generously with marinade, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and peppers. Bake until cheese bubbles, about 10 minutes. Remove pizza from oven. Brush leaves generously with remaining marinade. Fan treviso around pizza. (Jenny note: this looks good but is harder to eat than if you say, chopped the leaves up. Beauty or ease of stuffing in your mouth? You decide). Sprinkle with garlic, and goat cheese. Return pizza to oven and bake until treviso softens, about 10 minutes.

Another brunch. We do brunch on Sundays right around here. This time we had Spanish Tortilla, Apple Streusel muffins, and faux bacon.

Spanish Tortilla

3 tbsp olive oil

1 md potato

4 eggs (1 1/4 cup eggbeaters)

herbs

salt

pepper

whatever else you want to add

heat olive oil, add diced potatoes, salt and pepper and saute

remove potatoes, drain, stir into eggs. Saute anything else you're adding and add it to the eggs as well.

With your still well oiled pan, add everything to a hot pan and distribute evenly. Lower heat to medium and cook until the bottom of the tortilla is light gold.

Try to flip it without fucking it up. Fail. Do your best. Cook the other side.

Apple Nut Oatmeal Muffins (no nuts, nuts are bad for toddlers)

Streusel topping:

2 tbsp oats

2 tbsps flour

1 tbsp light brown sugar

1 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into bits

Muffins:

1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp flour

1/4 cup oats

3 tbsp light brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

1/4 cup applesauce

yolk of egg (I used some eggbeaters, 1/8 cup?)

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix streusel stuff with your fingers until it's all crumbly. They combine dry muffin ingredients in one bowl, then wet ingredients into another. Add wet to dry. Grease muffin cups, distribute muffin mix, put streusel stuff on top. Bake 18-20 minutes in oven pre-heated at 400.

Small Batch Brownie with Homemade Ice Cream

1 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter

3/4 chopped chocolate (calls for unsweetened, we just used chocolate chips)

1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar (want to cut this down if you've just used chocolate chips)

1 tbsp plus 2 1/4 egg substitute

1/2 tsp vanilla

3 tbsp plus 2 tsp flour

1/8 salt

Put butter and chocolate chips in a bowl and microwave until it's all melted. Add egg and vanilla and stir. Then the flour and salt and stir more. Put in mini dishes and cook for 28-30 min in preheated oven at 350.

penne with grilled eggplant and radicchio sauce

Bon Appétit |  August 2007

Jimmy Bradley

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