In the kitchen all weekend long

I was in the kitchen all weekend long. It felt good to be productive, but boy did I make a mess! It was seriously insane. The dishwasher ran twice, the compost container was filled to the brim & every single surface in my kitchen was covered with stuff! Inspiration was sparked after I took Cooper to the library on Friday and picked up the Heart of the Artichoke by David Tanis. That book will be mine one day; I’m totally smitten.

This is what I made:

Coconut Butter
Breakfast Pizza
Sesame Peanut Candy*
Scalloped Corn*
Tomato Salad with a Cilantro Vinaigrette*
Peppered Chicken Wings*
Melon Salad w/ Mint and Lime*
Moscow Mules

Which one are you most interested in?

*= recipes from Heart of the Artichoke Cookbook

Lucia August 29, 2011

Breakfast pizza sounds great. A summer breakfast outside, stroked by summer rays, crunching pizza and giving kisses to people you like.

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Anne @ Baking Me August 29, 2011

Wow looks like a fantastic spread! Coconut butter sounds really interesting and tasty!

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Sydney B. August 29, 2011

Tomato salad and coconut butter! But not together of course.

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Robyn August 29, 2011

scalloped corn or tomato salad!!!

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jenny August 29, 2011

mmmm. scalloped corn! it looks delish!!

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Brennan August 29, 2011

Scalloped corn!

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vera August 29, 2011

scalloped corn & peppered chicken wings. please.

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Nikki August 29, 2011

Please share the peanut candies! It sounds like something I once had in Greece and would love to recreate.

Happy Monday!

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lynn @ the actor's diet August 29, 2011

it’s been forever since i’ve done that – cooked.

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Claudia from Idiot's Kitchen August 29, 2011

All of them! But if I can only pick one, Scalloped Corn gets my vote. Off to find that cookbook!

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Carissa August 29, 2011

Moscow Mules! I had one in a restaurant once and loved it!

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Amanda August 29, 2011

coconut butter!

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Lacey Chalenor August 29, 2011

Breakfast pizza AND tomato salad, please ang thank you 🙂

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AnnieD August 29, 2011

Coconut Butter! 🙂

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Leah August 29, 2011

All of them sound so good but coconut butter really sparked my interests!!

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Stephanie C. August 29, 2011

I’m really quite interested in the Tomato Salad with a Cilantro Vinaigrette recipe since I have been on a tomato kick. I can’t get enough of them. Also the Moscow Mules intrigue me…

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Erin August 29, 2011

Coconut butter! Never heard of such a thing but whoa, do I need this. Recipe please?

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Krissa August 29, 2011

Tomato Salad and the Moscow Mules of course!

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Kerri August 29, 2011

We have to pick?? Coconut butter, breakfast pizza and I have no clue what a Moscow Mule is so that, too!!!!!

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cindy August 29, 2011

I love it when the library has great cookbooks…it’s such an awesome way to preview!

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kickpleat August 29, 2011

That is hands down my most favorite cookbook! I’ve had the sesame peanut candy marked for ages as a definite “to make”. You have to try the mexican chocolate ice cream – so easy and delicious (and no cream or eggs!)

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- Tracy August 29, 2011
  
  You are gonna DIE when you try that candy. I think I ate half of the batch. I didn’t think I had it in me.
  
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Michelle August 29, 2011

Definitely interested in Breakfast Pizza since I love breakfast and pizza so well there’s the explanation!

Also, the Moscow Mules sound interesting and very Oprah of you! (yep I totally watched the Behind the Scenes episode for Yosemite)

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Katheryn August 29, 2011

Coconut Butter

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Michelle August 29, 2011

OMG! The Tomato Salad with a Cilantro Vinaigrette!!!! I’m in the midst of a tomato love affair! Need more recipes!!

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stacy August 29, 2011

scalloped corn and tomato salad if you please 😉

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Lisa D. August 29, 2011

mmm, breakfast pizza and tomato salad! 🙂

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joy August 29, 2011

moscow mules!! breakfast pizza!

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Ryann Rugg August 29, 2011

Breakfast pizza and Moscow Mules.

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Chanty @ Tiniest Kitchen August 29, 2011

I want to hear most about these Moscow Mules!

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Rona Y August 29, 2011

Sesame peanut candy! I love sesame and peanuts, so I’m guessing I would love this one. Was it chewy or crispy?

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- Tracy August 29, 2011
  
  Chewy AND crispy!!!! I just ate one and am regretting it because I WANT MORE. AHHHHHHHHH
  
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Scalloped Corn › shutterbean August 29, 2011

[…] crust but substitute the mac & cheese for CORN. Out of all of the things I made for dinner on Sunday night, this corn is still lingering in my head. I thought I had found the best corn dish this summer […]

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radhi August 30, 2011

sesame. peanut. AND candy?!!? yes please!! so kind of you to ask which one we’d all like! ps- keep up the lovely work on the podcasts! pps- your pictures & recipes are the best!

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Helen August 31, 2011

Solong summer :o(
Sesame peanut candy sounds gorgeous….

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Kasey August 31, 2011

I love that book and cook from it often. I haven’t made the wings yet. Bring em! xoxo

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Trish August 31, 2011

Tomato Salad with a Cilantro Vinaigrette*

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Trish August 31, 2011

Melon Salad w/ Mint and Lime*

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Nelle September 1, 2011

Hi Tracy! I’m listening to your and Joy’s podcast as. we. speak.
Also, I am dying to get my hands on Heart of the Artichoke, but there is a gigantic waiting list for it at my library.
Anyway, that melon mint lime salad sounds rad. Are you going to post it before summer slips away? Please do, if you can.
kthanksbye.

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- Tracy September 1, 2011
  
  YES!! Tomorrow! stay tuned!
  
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- Tracy September 2, 2011
  
  I posted it!!!
  
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Melon & Mint Salad › shutterbean September 2, 2011

[…] I'd like to say that my melon balling went swimmingly; it did not. I was under the impression that a melon baller will give you perfectly round spheres of fruit. I was mistaken. After I hacked up half of the cantaloupe, I walked up to my computer and immediately started watching melon balling videos on youtube (they totally exist!). What I gathered is that you can't make a perfect melon ball; one edge is almost always slightly messed up, flat or has shreds of melon meat hanging off of it. If you have enough melon balls to cover a dish and present the nice round sides up to the world, no one will be the wiser. Top the half perfect melon balls with with cut mint leaves and generously squeeze lime juice on top and you have a fancy salad. After you take your first bite of juicy sweet melon with the lime & mint, you'll forget about imperfections. You'll marvel at how perfectly balanced the salad is and you'll feel like you've satisfied your sweet tooth while cleansing your palette. This salad is the perfect end to a delicious meal. […]

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Rachel September 2, 2011

I love breakfast pizza so much – one of my favourite Sunday morning brunches!

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