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By mlb, on February 28th, 2006%
When I experimented with the Crab-Crusted Ling Cod last week, I had extra roasted red pepper sauce left over (bottom of that post). And really, extra roasted red pepper sauce literally screams, “pasta! Use me with pasta!” Really, it does — I heard it.
So, I answered the call. I used the leftover sauce to make yet another sauce with some canned plum tomatoes, an eggplant, a zucchini and some mushrooms.
Penne with Red Pepper, Eggplant & Zucchini
1/2 cup leftover roasted red pepper sauce (or 2 red peppers, roasted, peeled and pureed)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium eggplant, peeled and cubed
1 medium zucchini, diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
salt & pepper to taste
8-10 button mushrooms, sliced
1 28-oz can whole plum tomatoes
1/4 cup red wine
Garnishes:
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, sliced into thin strips (chiffonadded, if you will)
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
1/4 cup goat cheese
Liberally salt eggplant cubes in a colander and . . . → Read More: What to do with Leftover Red Pepper Sauce
By mlb, on February 26th, 2006%
The recipe I chose for this fabulous incarnation of IMBB is from the Rhone-Alps region of France (near Grenoble) and comes from the French Farmhouse Cookbook by Susan Hermann Loomis, which is a cookbook that I enthusiastically recommend. It was also very useful for this event as she says exactly where she got each recipe, so I knew the region of Poulet aux Noix without much sleuthing. Perhaps this is why I ended up making so much food.
Idle hands and all that, I guess…
Anyway, this area of France is walnut growing country, which is reflected in this meal. This leads me to the chicken. Oh my, the chicken. It was so amazingly good but really very simple to prepare. The walnuts soak up chicken juices and garlic and wine and lemon and almost caramelize with flavor. I suggest a baguette for sopping up all the garlicky-chickeny-lemony . . . → Read More: IMBB23: Viva la France: Poulet aux Noix
By mlb, on February 24th, 2006%
Art Bar
SW Broadway and Main
Portland, OR 97205
503-432-2905
Last weekend we went downtown to Portland Center Stage to see Drunk Puppet Night at the Winningstad Theatre. It was very entertaining and a nice evening out. There were big puppets, little puppets, a whole alien/ufo/puppet/mini-series and an odd yet very humorous performance art piece involving rubber chickens, a hula skirt, a George W. Bush mask, sex toys and a big inflatable globe (I bet you can guess kind of how that went…) Anyway, before all that wackiness ensued — there were the salad rolls.
First off, I love the image with the woman and the martini and the little animated bubbles here. So much fun. While at the Art Bar, I had a couple of cosmopolitans and although I had no little animated bubbles in mine, I enjoyed it.
The menu is small with just a few appetizers: Thai Salad Roll, Garlic . . . → Read More: Art Bar + Drunk Puppets = Fun Night Out
By mlb, on February 23rd, 2006%
So, this is the last birthday post I will be making (well, this year). Relief all around, I know. It’s a birthday post because it’s a recipe from a book that I received for my birthday, from jwa’s parents (thanks, Jim & Edie!). It’s Ocean Friendly Cuisine by James O. Fraioli and it’s a beautiful book. I almost hate to cook with it, as I inevitably will plaster crustacean pieces, fish juice and who knows what the hell else all over it. Oh well, I will just have to take that chance I guess.
The first recipe I tried out of it was for Crab Crusted White Sea Bass with Green Onion Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus and Sweet Red Pepper Sauce. There’s quite a nice picture in the book that won me over — well that and the cream cheese. It’s really like tasty crab dip slathered on top of . . . → Read More: The Last Birthday Post: Crab-Crusted Ling Cod
By mlb, on February 22nd, 2006%
In addition to the tasty dinner jwa made me last Friday, he also bought me a very nice present — an ice cream maker. It’s only been on my wish list for about three years, so I was quite ecstatic to finally get one. It’s a Cuisinart and it’s red and it’s oh so pretty!
In addition, I also received an ice cream recipe book from my witty wordsmith of a life partner. It was aptly titled, The Ultimate Ice Cream Book. I perused it over the weekend deciding what to try first — pine nut ice cream, lavender ice cream, coffee ice cream, corn ice cream… Okay, no, not the corn ice cream. That just seems kind of weird but the recipe is in the book, so I could make it if I wanted to. Finally I decided on . . . → Read More: Mangoey Maiden Voyage of the Birthday Ice Cream Maker
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About Me I like to cook. I like to eat. I like to take photos. I live in SE Portland with my husband jwa and a grumpy, old lady cat named Chelsea. That is all.
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