http://www.italianchef.com
Unimpressive to you? But the sheer minimalism excites me! The pumpkin gnocchi with sage butter sounds to die for. Or at least to drool over in anticipation for a while. What's more, he's linked a recipe for coffee flavored gelato.
Get out of my head, man! I don't eat NEARLY enough for lunch to keep my defenses up against this kind of thing.
In other news, I threw together a lovely lemon and butterscotch cheesecake last night for my sweetheart. I kind of lost a bet to him about bathing cats... I figured I had an easy one on my hands there - who the heck would VOLUNTARILY bathe indoor cats on a regular basis? Alas, one ego-inflated phone call to my vet left me sentenced to an evening of indentured cheesecake servitude. Not my favorite dessert item, but it was fun to put together. I was a little disappointed with the flavor - the cream cheese absolutely overwhelmed the amazing, home-spun lemon curd I folded in, but its hour will come...
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES were absolutely delicious! I mixed up two parts organic pancake batter with one part corn meal, beat in milk until it created dense batter, and dredged the little 1/2 thick beauties through it - two quick turns in a well oiled cast iron pan, a light dusting of salt and freshly ground peppercorns, a dollop of natural ranch dressing laced with salsa, and voila! Beautiful food. Delicious dinner. Minutes spent in the kitchen. Of course, the tomatoes also spattered like mad during the frying process, being an awfully watery vegetable, but burns aside, I was pleased with the outcome. This could easily be veganized by using oat milk, or just adding water with a bit of corn starch in it. I've certainly done it before.
Tonight, stuffed poblano peppers...
I think that's all the chattiness in me for now.
Cheers!
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