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.
Nan’s cold soup is a perfect summer lunch. Made for a 4th of July Party, it stored well until the 7th, having been chilled since it’s simple creation. Very simple, said Nan. Sauté 3 medium zucchini in a little olive oil, add chopped onion, a T of curry powder and
Classic madeleine batter was quickly whisked together – without the lemon zest. Instead, dehydrated red raspberries were crushed and sieved to eliminate their seeds and added to the soon to be red batter. A blue phylophylic powder was added to the blue third. One third was left natural. After cooking
Today an Iranian staple – Gormeh Sabza – lamb stew with fresh garden herbs – in honor of the end of futile posturing between people. If a large piece of lamb is used, this dish can feed a crowd, but with just one uncooked lamb shoulder steak, left in the
What can be done with nut meal and other flours beside the standard white one in the realm of cakes that we do like to be light? And in this season, summery. What a better opportunity to explore and make a new cake than for a friend’s birthday. This cake
We bought a melon, and then a melon baller. And were asked to make an amuse bouche – a little starter for a garden party next door. So the melon was balled, dipped in home-made tajin and … then what? The melon: a very juicy, orange honeydew varietal that is
Springtime breakfast after the cold of winter calls for granola instead of hot oatmeal. We’ve been making it for decades, and over those years, I’ve decided I like the oats more toasted than earlier methods where we used no oil. Heat oven to 325oF. I think a hotter oven imparts
Home made bread, getting older, sliced thin and laid on the bottom of this (restaurant supply) pan. Covered this with 1/3 cup of ricotta cheese, then layered on: sautéd onion, cooked and squeezed-dry spinach and a poblano pepper. Then added another layer of 1/3 cup of ricotta and grated Swiss
Simple, easy to make almond cake poured into six small Nordic-ware cake pans, just the right size for individual cakes. Glaze is light and just enough.
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A chocolate chip cookie with a bite — about 40 grams of chili – thanks to good, dried red chili powder. A low-sugar cookie with semi-sweet dark chocolate chips and a bit of crushed dried raspberries. Procedure
Chill a coupe glass. (Make the syrup). Add all ingredients except the sparkling rose into a shaker without ice. Shake until it’s nice and frothy. Add ice and shake again Strain into your chilled couple Add sparkling rose, to fill the coupe glass Garnish with an orange twist and rub