Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Avocado, Tomato, and Surimi Salad

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

This is a fast and refreshing summer salad. It works great with shrimp or crab too, but surimi (aka krab) is what I happened to have on hand. I just ate it on its own, but it would also be good on tortilla chips or bruschetta. Avocado, Tomato, and ...

More Stuffed Zucchini

Friday, August 20th, 2010

I made a big pan of stuffed romanesco summer squash tonight, following my previous post. Very good as usual and the leftovers will get me through the weekend :-)

CSA Box Week 10

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

This week's box: Free-Range Eggs Lettuce-Butterhead Tomatoes-Big Beef Tomatoes-Big Beef Squash-Gold Rush Squash-Romanesco Sweet Corn Cucumbers-Slicing Peaches-Red Haven Peaches-Red Haven Blueberries Apples-Shamrock

Crema Funghi – Creamy Mushroom Soup

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

This is an elegant and rich mushroom soup. The recipe is inspired by one from Carnival Creations, the cookbook based off of Carnival Cruise recipes. My folks picked up this book on our first cruise back in the day, and I made copies of a few of my ...

Simple Broiled Flanken Cut Short Ribs and Easy Brown Rice

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

I was going to do some galbi tonight, but the lack of motivation is still quite present, so I just sprinkled the meat with some kosher salt and black pepper and broiled them until nicely browned. With some grape tomatoes and a cup of brown Minute Rice, one of ...

Product Review: Buitoni Wild Mushroom Agnolotti

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Tonight, lacking in motivation to cook at all, I boiled some water and had some Buitoni Wild Mushroom Agnolotti, found near the lunch meats and refrigerated biscuits and the like in the grocery store. I was pleasantly surprised with how tasty these were. Not as good as handmade ...

Zucchini Potato Pancake

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

This was a great way to use up some of the abundance of summer squash and potatoes that I'm getting in my CSA boxes. I used Raven Zucchini (basically your typical zucchini) and yellow potatoes this time, but it would work great with other summer squash and/or russet potatoes ...

CSA Box Week 9

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

This week's box: Free-Range Eggs Arugula-Bunched Lettuce-Baby Heads Tomatoes-Farmer Tomatoes-Big Beef Squash-Romanesco Sweet Corn Potatoes-Banana Fingerling Pluots Peaches-Donut Blueberries Apples-Shamrock Emma makes a guest appearance too :-)

Happy National S’Mores Day!

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010



Tomato and Olive Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Another variation on stuffed pork, this version incorporates tomatoes. It came out quite well and was a satisfying dinner with some green salad and fresh corn on the cob. Even shipped all the way out here, Olathe corn is the best! Tomato and Olive Stuffed Pork Tenderloin Serves 4 2 pork ...