Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
Tastings are posts about the ideas or concepts of what we decided to cook, why, how we did it, and how it turned out.
Hummus – homemade Soaked 1.5 cups of dried chickpeas for about 30 minutes, then rinsed them well. Put into the pressure cooker with almost the maximum amount of water. On to power boil until the cooking was heard in the other room, and the blue and white rings on the
One potato, locally grown, is grated quickly on a box grater, long side. I’m making breakfast potatoes for the two of us, so only one mid-size Yukon gold is all we need. I melt a teaspoon of butter with the same of good olive oil and set the small sauté
Staying with Salads through the Autumn add Some fall-harvest fruits like pears and apples are firmer and drier than summer fruit and work well with dry cheeses and nuts on hearty leafy greens, and combine to make salads that can be light meals in the Indian Summer, when temperatures are
Winner in our judgement is the ExNovo, after that the far left beer, the Steel Bender. The Santa Fe Brewing’s offering was far too sweet. The ExNovo had a complex taste pallette that isn’t always depending on sweetness.
My old recipe for an olive oil (instead of butter) cake was a gluten free one, but was always a little flat, and gummy. I added more eggs – six – to try to increase the loft, and add a little spelt flour, but still didn’t love the texture.
1 jigger Akora Japanese Gin 8 drops of Peychaud’s Aromatic Cocktail Bitters – 1 can of Q Tonic slice of blood orange ice Pour all over a tall glass filled with ice.
June 1 – Lecture at the Lensic For Nan’s birthday month, we went to hear photographer,Chris Rainier (Cultures on the Edge), at the Lensic, after having drinks at Hervé Wine Bar – best white wine: 631 Malvasia-Riesling; red: D.H. Lescombes Limited Release Cabernet Franc. We sampled the tuna tartare –
Ginger Gin & Tonic: Ginger Eachinatia juice from La Montańita, pure juices – about an ounce, a jigger of Tumbleroot Gin, dash of Aperol, dash of sweet vermouth, half can of tonic and a slice of lime. All this is over a glass of ice, and I added a rosemary
Egg Rice – fast from what’s on hand An egg lightly fried in butter and soy sauce, made delicious with a pour over of sesame oil, is set on a bowl of steamed rice and garnished with a handful of dried seaweed pieces. And I couldn’t resist piling on the
a) Pasta, chili & cheddar and b)Asparagus, mozzarella, lemon Recipe for Mac & Cheese with Mushrooms & Green Chili Preheat oven to 350F Put on a large pot to boil When boiling add 1/2 lb of pasta Time for 10 minutes While waiting for pasta, sauté mushrooms, garlic (and any