Friday, May 25, 2007

Week of May 19 - 25

Saturday:

Sunday: Round trip to Madison to pick up Emily
  • Slow-cooker chili
  • Buttermilk biscuits, Baking Illustrated, p. 55
    • Benjamin: The "best vegetarian chili in the world", as the recipe claims? Not quite, but still good -- and it was definitely nice to get home from a 10 hour road trip and have dinner ready!
    • Carrie: It sure was tasty! And I love this biscuit recipe - so easy! You can use a food processor to make the dough, pull out the dough and shape into a round (like a cake round) and cut into cake-like slices with a dough cutter. Put them on a baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes. Flaky and yummy!
Monday:
  • Spaghetti and Salsa Verde with Walnuts & Tarragon, Everyone, p. 55
  • Cauliflower with Bread Crumbs, Everyone, p. 354
    • Benjamin: The salsa verde is in the same family as the trapanese pesto we tried a week or two ago (olive oil, green herbs, nuts) but the flavors were different: all parsley rather than a basil/parsley mix, walnuts in place of almonds, the addition of capers. I especially liked the subtle anise flavor from the tarragon.
    • Carrie: Wow, this hit the spot! Nothing more to add but that the flavor had a nice fresh zing to it (not spicy).
Tuesday: Carrie in DC
Wednesday: Carrie in DC
  • Leftovers
Thursday: Carrie home late
  • Italian vegetable soup with gnocchi
    • Benjamin: The recipe I found online provided inspiration, but I didn't follow it to the letter. I'd just made a fresh batch of vegetable stock and we had a package of shelf-stable gnocchi in the cupboard, but for the rest I basically used this as an excuse to clear out various neglected vegetables from the drawers in our fridge. Turned out very nicely nevertheless....
    • Carrie: Another one of Benjamin's great concoctions. And great for lunches, too!
Friday:
  • Pizza from Pappa John's
    • Carrie: Hey, we had a coupon...

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