Jan

We've been trying to stay warm in this weather, I haven't even really taken my camera out. There is so much ice I'm afraid I will fall with my camera and hurt it.

We have been cooking A LOT though, so here:

smoked herring kippers on homemade bread, roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce (from the pantry #2 and 3)

homemade butternut squash goatcheese ravioli with sundried tomato pesto (from the pantry #4)

chocolate souffle with nougat whip

spicy kettle corn

awesome sticky buns

pulled pork, bacon and egg sandwich

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From the Pantry #1

Israeli couscous. Cooked with it once, couldn't figure out how, left it forever. I have a whole bag of it. So I tired it again and it's great! Loved it, very filling though. Don't kid yourself into thinking it's healthy. I mean...well, it is as healthy as pasta is. Cook it in a pot of boiling water, 15 or so minutes. I cooked up some swiss chard, red peppers, shallots, garlic, topped it with goat cheese and chives. Drizzled with some great olive oil. Next time I need to add more balance, like my aged balsamic vinegar. Yum!

Really!

Jan 7th

We’ve been keeping things really low key here recently. Pajamas after work kinda low key. Mind you, I cook in my pajamas. We watched Aladdin one night, and ate bacon, onion, rosemary pizza with a little truffle oil. We had it with some raspberry lemonade from the pantry. And blueberry pavlovas, from the freezer.

We’ve reached 100 days until we leave for Europe. Holy! With that constantly in mind I came to the realization that we have a LOT of food that I don’t want to go stale/bad/freezer burned. So I will attempt, in the next 100 days, to use up all these items and new and delicious ways. They come from the cupboards, the pantry and the freezer. I’ll be posting on my other blog any worthy recipes, and the rest will get quick mention here. I’ll call it, From the Pantry.

An example of something from the pantry was this salmon fillet. I spiced it up and ate it with some (AWESOME) herbed rice and my pickled beans (so many in the pantry!)

Eating Well...

No doubt about that.

No excuse for my absence.

But today we made homemade pasta!