Friday, April 9, 2010

Procrastination stinks... Borscht doesn't. And malanga root is awesome.

Oh, I've gotten SO behind in my blogging! Beni has been making these 'to die for' meals, and I eat them and then fall into a pleasure-coma. Meanwhile the pictures and the flavors just build and build and the pressure behind the blog-damn is building and building! So today comes the FLOOD.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter, whether you celebrate it religiously, commercially, or just for the candy. We had a gorgeous day of sunshine here. We started the day with some fantastic french toast casserole, bacon, scrambled eggs, and fruit salad. I made my first attempt at homemade mascarpone  cheese, and it actually turned out pretty well. I mixed it with powdered sugar and lemon extract for a yummy fruit dip and french toast casserole topping. I think it would have come out better with actual tartaric acid, but I substituted lemon juice, and it worked pretty well.
Then we hunted eggs in the backyard. We couldn't hid the real eggs, because the dogs kept trying to eat them, but the plastic ones filled with candy were a hit with the kiddos anyway. The boys even banded together and each donated an egg to their sad 4-yr-old cousin who found the least. It made her day.
For dinner tonight, Beni "whipped up" some borscht using only what we had in the house. We were out of cabbage, so he used kale. And we had no beef, but he did use some beef bone to make the broth. Even without the meat, it came out very savory and delicious. The texture and bite of the kale was just perfect.

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And here's the highlights of additional meals that boarded the train at procrastination station the last couple of weeks...
Pork Stuffed Pork: Pork tenderloin stuffed with pork sausage, capers, feta, and other things...

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Corn cakes topped with steak, eggs, and hoi-sin barbeque...

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Smoked Steelhead Trout made 2 meals... The fillets themselves and then smoked fish salad...

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And finally (for now) Ahi tuna with sauteed squash and malanga root fritters...

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Still more to catch up on, but I don't want anyone out there having seizures from all the flavor stimuli.