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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

B L T Pasta – I’ll Have the Bacon Lettuce and Tomato…Hold the Sandwich

I love Twitter for many reasons, but stumbling upon recipe ideas is probably my favorite. I recently saw a picture posted by my friend, Mardi from eat. live. travel. write, for something called, “BLT Pasta,” and I immediately had one of those, “why didn’t I think of that” moments. By the way, I have four or five of those moments a day.

Since I get so many food wishes for pasta recipes, I figured I would give it a go. Plus, as luck would have it, I had some arugula in the fridge just begging to be used. I knew that this combination would taste great, but I wasn’t prepared for just how great.

I decided to use crème fraiche as the main sauce ingredient, and it worked beautifully. It was just rich enough, and the fermented cream’s subtle nuttiness was an excellent foil for the smoky meat, sweet tomatoes, and bitter greens. As I mentioned in the video, crème fraiche is pretty easy to find, but of course we’ll encourage you to follow this link and make your own.

If you can’t find or make some, just use heavy cream along with a squeeze of lemon juice to mimic that essential tanginess. Thank you Mardi (and Twitter) for the inspiration, and if you’re looking for a quick, easy, and very summery pasta idea, I hope you give this a try soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 4 portions:

1 tbsp olive oil

8 oz bacon

2 garlic cloves minced

2 tsp lemon zest

2/3 cup crème fraiche

2 cups halved cheery tomatoes

3-4 cups roughly chopped arugula or other salad greens

2 cups macaroni, cooked, drained
grated Parmesan

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Tomato Pasta

Pasta is one of the easiest meals and among all the pasta recipes tomato pasta is one of the easiest dish which I make quiet regularly in my home.

Added fresh spring onions and cherry tomatoes. This recipe is a great summer meal.

Ingredients:

Pasta – 2 cups

Shallots – 3 no

Tomato Puree – ½ cup

Basil Powder – 1 tsp

Paprika – ½ tsp

Pepper – ½ tsp

Salt As Required

Olive Oil – ½ tsp

To Garnish

Fresh Spring Onions chopped

Fresh Cherry Tomatoes

Preparation

Cook Pasta in boiling water with some salt in it.
After pasta gets soft remove from heat and strain the water completely.
Now in cooking vessel heat olive oil in a vessel add chopped shallots and for 2 mins.
Add tomato puree and cook for 5mins

Now add basil powder, paprika, pepper, salt and mix well
Now add cooked pasta and mix well.
Garnish with fresh chopped spring onions and sliced cherry tomatoes.

Kheeray Ki Chutney

Kheeray Ki Chutney

Ingredients

Cucumber chopped 2
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Coriander seeds crushed 1 tsp
Dry red chilies 3 – 4
Fresh coconut ground 50 gm
Water 1 cup
Salt to taste
Lemon juice 1 ½ tbsp
Onion chopped 1 medium
Sugar 4 tbsp
Raisin 25 gm
Tamarind paste 2 tbsp
Oil 2 tbsp

Method

Peel each cucumber and cut into 4 pieces lengthwise. Then remove seeds and cut into tiny cubes.Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok, add 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp crushed coriander seeds and 3 – 4 red chilies. Cook for 2 minutes.Then add in chopped cucumber, 1 ½ tbsp lemon juice, 4 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp tamarind paste, 1 chopped onion and salt to taste. Fry well for 2 minutes.Add 1 cup water, mix well. Cover and cook for 6 – 8 minutes. Then remove lid and fry well on high flame till water dries. Dish it out and serve with paratha.

Greek Grape Leaf Wreath Festive and Filling!

I had a request recently from the Greek food guide on About.com, Nancy, for a video recipe for a dish called "Rolo me Abelophylla," which is a meat, rice and cheese loaf in grape leaves. I decided to do a vegetarian version using lentils since Ive always enjoyed cold rice and lentil salads, and thought this combo would be perfect with the grape leaves. It was.

When you add the tangy feta, and consider the very holiday-ish design, this would be a fantastic item to bring to that Holiday party. Imagine the look on everyones face when you walk in carrying this! Suddenly their cheese ball doesnt look so hot.

If you decide to attempt this fairly easy ring of rice, you can find jarred grape leaves in any Greek market, or high-end store. Nancy suggests using the dried leaves if you can find them - these are boiled to soften and are larger and easier to use. But, the brand you see in the video in the larger jars worked fine. Enjoy!

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Recipes you do know food about Polish food recipes

I want to write to another culinary article (Im really interested in this topic and I like about food, cooking and other aspects of this topic to write). I want to write that I come from Poland and I like our traditional food recipes. There are many opinions about it. In this article I want about food recipes to write reviews about it and maybe Ill give you some examples of traditional Polish meals. Read this article to the end and maybe find some interesting information in it.

In this part of the article, I want some information about food recipes. It is difficult to find "pure" Polish meals.Many countries and cultures influenced our food (such as countries like Germany France Italy, Oriental countries etc.).Typical Polish food associated with Slavic countries.

I want some information about history of the Polish food recipes provide. Our food is spicy, with lots of meat and grain sizes. A lot of war cry used meals during these times such as pepper, nutmeg and other types of war cry. There were very popular types of food and ingredients such as honey, turnip and peas many years ago. People drank beer, honey and wine imported from Silesia and Hungary.Queen bona Sforza had a large influence on Polish food brought Poland Rezepte.Sie Italian chefs. Polish food have changed much recipes.

I think that these are the most important facts about Polish food recipes and their history. I want some examples of traditional Polish meals. First, it is the Easter cake (Lady) who came from Belarus and Lithuania Poland.The next typical Polish court is red Borscht (came from Lithuania) and dont know Borschtsch.vergessen you about Gallimaufry. Many people think that it was invented by Poland but this dish came Poland from Lithuania. Typical dishes from Poland came kipjatitsja vegetables with butter, Polish Zander and boiled potatoes and front shaft.

Now we have the single can Polish cooking, talk, because different habits in different parts of Poland there (it is called regional cuisine).Regional Polish food recipes are becoming very popular in Europe.I hope, popular around the world soon will be.

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My Paleo Superbowl Party Menu

Any given Sunday you might find me doing the following:

-Painting my nails

-Washing my hair for the week (once, maybe twice, is sufficient)

-Live tweeting the red carpet arrivals for the Emmys/SAG awards/Oscars, etc.

-Re-watching episodes of My Drunk Kitchen on YouTube.

Oh, hey, you know what Im not doing any given Sunday (or day that ends in "y")? Watching football. Okay, lets not discriminate here--the truth is, Im not watching any sporting event. Ever. You know what I will watch? An old lady trying to recapture the talent and success of her youth, shimmying around in a crotchless pleather girdle for 10 minutes before descending the stage into the arms of her son. I mean, boyfriend. In other words, Madonna.

For me, the Superbowl is really just an excuse to watch what I can only hope is a trainwreck of a half-time show (in recent history, Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction or Fergies vocal malfunction have been particular favorites) and willingly watch advertisements for cars, potato chips, and silicon implants, all while stuffing my gourd with the nearest starch and cheese dip. But not this year!!

I mean, Ill still be stuffing my gourd, but as for the menu, Im going to keep it paleo. Heres what Im planning on serving at our pigskin bash:

Nibbles

1. Maple-glazed cinnamon almonds and Rosemary Cashews (recipe coming tomorrow)

2. Walnut red pepper dip with red pepper paleo crackers

MEAT

Buffalo wings

Instead of frying ours in vegetable or peanut oil, Im going to use coconut oil. It has a very high smoke point (key for frying) and adds a tremendous flavor to meat. Ill be making the sauce with ghee instead of plain butter.

3. Mini cauliflower crust pizzas

Beanless chili

Im strongly considering this recipe (minus the teaspoon of sugar, duh)

Sides

4. Sweet Potato chips

5. Faux-tato salad

Dessert

6. Vanilla pavlova topped with paleo chocolate pudding (it tastes like frosting!!) and whipped coconut cream

Drinks

Mint Iced Tea

Whatever booze Kyle picks up

Whats on YOUR Superbowl menu??

A Fishwifes Tale

Being so close to the sea had me craving a nice thick steak, but after checking Yelp for dining recommendations in Seaside, California, I decided to go for some fish instead.

I ended up at a cute little seafood place called either "The Fishwifes Turtle Bay Taqueria," or "Fishwife Seafood Café," depending on which sign you believe.

I started with a cup of Ciopino, which is usually a stew, but this was in soup form. It was pleasant, and filled with bay shrimp, clams, halibut, and faux crab.

It was hard not to get the New England clam chowder, which looked great at the next table, but geography won the day.

My main course was a small, but very fresh and nicely cooked piece of wild Pacific salmon. It was topped with a zesty habanero pepper butter sauce. The rice and black beans are always welcomed on my plate, but it was the cold broccoli salad that was the side dish star.

The perfectly cooked broccoli florets, dressing with a simple vinaigrette, topped with diced tomato and onion, have me planning a video recipe attempt very soon.

It was a very nice meal, and extremely reasonable for the location. Im headed to Spanish Bay in the morning, so stay tuned!