January 23, 2010

Creamy Artichoke Dip

For those of you who are on the Mayo=Yuck team like me, this is a nice treat!

What we have here is a cream cheese based artichoke dip! A guaranteed hit at your next dinner party!

Or if you are a member of my household, you would just call it “last night’s dinner.”

We sat around the dinner table just dipping stuff into it. *yum*

Casey REALLY loved it and was upset there wasn’t more. A good sign indeed.

The recipe is very simple and open to interpretation. I have a hard time following recipes like this because it seems silly to measure parsley in a little tablespoon. I just added a small bunch in the processor. I think I got a greener than normal dip, but I loved the way it tasted so I am totally OK with that.

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January 20, 2010

Quinoa & Avocado Salad with Dried Fruits

Quinoa Quinoa Quinoa! Fun to say isn’t it? KEEN-WAHH!!!

I’ve had my eye on this salad for a week now. Doesn’t it look good? I saw it posted at the kitchn and immediately saved it under the MAKE SOON file in my brain.

I am sucker for all things lemony so this lemon-cumin vinaigrette was a nice treat! The fruit and the almonds kick some serious ass too!

And let’s direct our attention now to the star of this salad- the AVOCADO!

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January 20, 2010

Polenta with Sausage, Mushrooms & Spinach

Hey!

Remember that Breakfast Polenta I made the other morning? Well I decided to make some for dinner a few nights ago!

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January 17, 2010

Beet Greens, Pepper & Cucumber Juice

I’ve started to collect scraps of fruit & veggie leftovers throughout the week. I save the scraps in a bag in the fridge and pull stuff out to be juiced. It’s a great way to get something out of the waste that feeding a toddler can create. A few cucumber spears here…a few slices of yellow bell pepper…beet greens leftover from a salad….

Suddenly, you have a healthy, vibrant juice.

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January 15, 2010

Spiced Indian Chickpeas

So now that you made all this garlic naan, what are you gonna serve with it?

Spicy Indian Chickpeas!

Another winning recipe from Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys by Lucinda Scala Quinn.

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January 13, 2010

Garlic Naan

I had a horoscope the other day that said something like:

” It’s time to try new things. If you don’t do it now when will you ever?”

So that’s why I tried making garlic naan. I must get rid of this dough fear I have. I saw Hannah post her naan loot on flickr the other day and boy was I jeeeeeeeealous. I wanted a stack of naan in my kitchen!

I think one of the reasons why I am afraid of dough is the timing. I always have like 5 projects going on at once– in addition to taking care of Cooper and oh my gawd-I have to go back and punch down dough and get all dirty again? I guess I never time it right…and I don’t really know the right consistencies. Plus I doubt myself….Is that yeast bubbly enough??! Am I kneading this right? Oh dough, why aren’t you very forgiving?!