Black Bean Soup with Bonus Green Chile Cornbread
Posted: October 31, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Black Bean Soup, black beans, Chipotle, Creen Chile Cornbread, easy, Healthy, Low Fat, Onion, tomatoes, vegetarian Leave a comment »I think I am getting a cold. If I do I am screwed. The husband has a cold and I am trying to stave off mine since my event is on Wednesday and I don`t have time to be sick. I was able to at least finally get my table seating done for the event. It takes forever to seat 300 guests and block it out keeping mindful that one wrong table could cost me donations during the live pledge.
So yesterday I finally had to break down and go in to grab a dress. The six dresses that I had shipped from Shopbop.com just all were fails. Note to Diane Von Furstenberg, your quality is in the can for Fall 2011. So while getting my hair did, I trolled Barney`s Coop online, and while it was snow/slushing(?!?!), I figured, at least the soho store would be empty, so armed with the knowledge that there were 10 promising items on their website, I broke down and went in. Yes, it was empty, though would it kill them to stock a size 6 at the soho store? I`m 5`9, that is not a complete fatty, jeez. I walked out with one dress and waiting for another that was at the Chelsea location to be fedexed over to me. Why that can`t messenger it, I have no clue.
So I have a seating chart done, a dress, my nails are now did and I am trying not to get a cold. Time to make a black bean soup. This one`s kinda spicy cuz I like spicy and I`m hoping to kill the germs.
Garbazo and Cannelini Bean Vegetable Soup
Posted: October 28, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Chick peas, dairy-free, Garbanzos, gluten free, Healthy, Low Fat, Soup, Vegan, Vegetable Bean Soup, vegetarian 1 Comment »I’d be lying if I said I made this today. I ate the leftovers today, but made this on Sunday and never posted. It is really more of a stew than a soup.
It was perfect on a cold rainy night after a super long day of trying to wrap up all my seating for my gala and not getting it done then jumping over to the gym for a short session even though I worked until 8 tonight.
Speedy All In One Fresh Pasta
Posted: October 27, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: 15 min, all in one, fresh pasta, goat cheese, salad, Speedy, spinach pesto, tomatoes, vegetarian Leave a comment »Jeez I worked a long day. But I still managed to do it. The husband grabbed some fresh dumplings from North but I was so late I decided to hold them for lunch tomorrow and make this. it took all of 15 min and I have some pesto made for a crap-ton of meals later.
Fresh pasta from the CSA, cherry tomatoes, some remnants of cambezola and boucheron, made a spinach pesto and salad. All in one.
Wild Rice Fritatta
Posted: October 26, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: easy, Eggs, Frittata, gluten free, Healthy, Mushroom, oven, Speedy, Tortilla Espanola, wild rice 1 Comment »This is a fast post for a fast meal. I made some things that had leftovers that were perfect for a fritatta, though really this is more of a Spanish tortilla, for sake of ease, I`m calling it a fritatta. You can really use anything in a Fritatta. It’s just eggs baked with stuff. Super simple and speedy other than the 45 min or so in the oven. But this took all of 5 min to get prepped.
Since I had leftover wild rice mix from the other day, and the remainder of the creamy mushrooms, it seemed a perfect match. Try it with the wild rice. It is a super health bomb.
Healthy Tuna Casserole – No Cans
Posted: October 25, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: comfort food, easy, Healthy, hot dish, Low Fat, oven, Pasta, Scratch, Speedy, Tuna casserole Leave a comment »I happened upon this last winter. I’m not sure I was looking for it, but when I found it, it sounded pretty ace. I had forgotten about tuna casserole! I made some changes, and this has no cans of cream of crap soup.
It’s not gonna change your life, unless you have never had a Hot Dish, but this is good, easy, and comfort food. Try it.
Julia Child`s Gratin Savoyard My Way
Posted: October 23, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Cheese, easy, easy recipes, favorites, Gratin Savoyard, Leek, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Potato, potatoes gratin Leave a comment »This was seriously my favoritest of things to eat as a child. My mom often made the box gratin potatoes which she would kill me for actually saying. She fancies herself more Martha, but as a working mom, she sometimes strayed to the Sandra Lee territory while cooking during the week, at least when it came to the box potatoes gratin (I think she blocks ever making those out from her memory and I hardly blame her). But come holidays, and some Sundays, she would bust these out and ZOMFG, these were the best thing in the world.
So I asked her for the recipe some time back because, for some unknown reason I don`t own any of the books from the Mastering the Art of French Cooking series. I have bought these books as gifts for people, always bookmarking this recipe for the gift recipient, but have never purchased for myself. I even used to justify eating these as a teenager when I stopped eating the meat, despite the fact that they are to be made with beef stock. The are just that good. My recipe now, uses veg stock and they are still that good. So, yeah, I am straying from my menu planning, shocker! But this is worth the stray.
On Deck
Posted: October 21, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »This will be short. I am super busy for with work since my fall gala event that I am working on in in a week and a half. At least my end of November Barcelona tickets and apt are booked and ready.
I’m not sure really how much I’m going to get through after Sunday, but this is the plan at the moment:
Pad Thai
Vegetable Fritatta with Wild Rice
Tuna Casserole, sounds vile, but is actually really good and not from a can!
Mushroom Eggs Florentine
Posted: October 20, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: easy, Eggs, eggs florentine, fancy, manchego, milk, Mushrooms, oven, recreating restaurant food, spinach, travel, winner 2 Comments »ZOMG! Seriously. Make this. This has been on my deck for a while now. I had something similar in Buenos Aires in August that I wanted to recreate. I really really like trying to recreate food had while traveling. While I will never ever attempt or try or claim my Arzak items, I’ve been pretty ace with spanish tapas and Spanish Moroccan food, particularly stuff had in Madrid. I think that is why I like going there so much. It always leaves me with something or two to recreate at home.
Anyhoo, so I wanted to make this starter dish I had at Demuru. It really was all I could eat even though it was a starter and I left my main virtually untouched. It was all creamy mushroomy goodness with an egg baked and poached inside. I can make that!
But first I needed individual baking dishes. That was harder than it sounds. I just wanted nice ones that were not fugly. And then what size? 6 oz, 8 oz, gah. I no know! I settled on these from Crate and Barrel . They were well priced and at least white. Then I just put off making for fear I’d do wrong. Dumb.
So yeah, I finally made it and it was super. This would also be a great easy starter for a dinner party done in small ramekins with one egg. It looks fancy, but is way easy.
Roasted Butternut Squash with Lentils and Wild Rice
Posted: October 19, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: dairy-free, easy, gluten free, Healthy, lentils, low calorie, Low Fat, make ahead, pilaf, Roasted squash, Vegan, vegetarian, wild rice 2 Comments »After yesterday’s pasta feast, I’m back to another gluten-free, dairy-free delight. I admit, I totes made this on the fly based on several other things I make and threw in the lentils.
It’s great for make ahead. I prepped everything and stuck it in the oven and went to the gym. When I came back it was done. On the other hand, wild rice takes a while to cook-90 min to 2 hours, but this will hold up if you want to make it in advance.
It’s healthy, low-fat, and not very photogenic, but it tastes really good. try it.
Fall Mushroom and Spinach Pasta
Posted: October 18, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: fall, Healthy, hearty., Low Fat, Mushrooms, Pasta, seasonal, Speedy, spinach 2 Comments »Supposedly it was national pasta day, though I only know this from an email I got from somewhere. I didn’t pay attention where. I took it as a sign to make some pasta.
I had some mushrooms and found a recipe on serious eats for a wild mushroom pasta which I linked in the last post. I made some changes though, like adding spinach. It was super aces. Make this.
