Dinner for Two: Pork Loin Chops with Israeli Cous Cous Salad
Chilled cooked Isreali cous cous with shredded raw cabbage, yellow and orange bell pepper, sweet Italian red onion, fresh chopped garlic, black pepper and kosher salt in balsamic vinaigrette, topped with pork loin chops pan-fried in olive oil and lightly seasoned.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: Stay Classy: Breakfast at 35,000 feet
American Airlines First Class flight from PDX to DFW: cream cheese omelette, herb-roasted fingerling potatoes, cut melon, biscuit with butter and jam, and orange juice.
If only they had a Mile High Club Sandwich for lunch.
THROWN TOGETHER: Cabbage Patch Pasta with Spicy Italian Chicken Sausage.
Add a small amount of olive oil to a sauteé pan and cook sausage over medium heat until almost done. In the same pan, sauteé onions until they begin to turn translucent. Add mushrooms, cover, and simmer until they exude their juices. Add garlic and toss pan to mix. Add cabbage and tomato, sprinkle with black pepper and crushed red pepper, toss again, and simmer (covered) until cabbage is tender but not soggy. Toss with 1-cup cooked fusilli pasta and grate parmesan cheese over the top. Served here with a salad of shaved raw beets and blue cheese crumbles on green leaf lettuce with balsamic vinaigrette. Also tastes excellent cold the next day.
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE: Whole Foods Flagship Store: Austin, TX
Kristie, Kitchen, Knife: Summer Slide 2008
Brunch Bunch: The Tradition Continues: Portland, OR
OREGON STATE FAIR 2008: The healthiest thing you can eat there is a giant ear of corn covered in butter.
SHAKE IT UP: Salt ‘n’ Peppa: Austin, TX
ZELL’S AGAIN: Poached Pear and Cream Belgian Waffle, drizzled with Pear Syrup
CLASSIC SNICKERS: Austin, TX
SLUMMIN’ IT: A Northwest spin on the traditional Vietnamese peasant dish, which is usually made with a small trout, bone-in. Here: baked lemongrass-, ginger- and garlic-encrusted salmon with jasmine rice and asparagus. In the traditional method, the rough texture of the lemongrass is intended to mask the crunching of the small bones of the fish.
PEAR TART #2
MELKESJOKOLADE: Norwegian Milk Chocolate
Homemade From Scratch: Thanksgiving Feast 2009
Antipasti: Soppressata, Pepperoni, Prosciutto, Provolone, Fresh Asiago, Sicilian Herb Marinated Olives, Hot Cherry Peppers, Artichoke Hearts; Fresh Cranberry Sauce; Arancini; Braised Collard Greens; Mashed Red Potatoes with Skins and Poblano Pepper; Baked Brussels Sprouts and Cauliflower; Turkey, Fresh Stuffing and Gravy (not shown).
