Recipes
Mutter Paneer
Mar 2nd
We love Indian food. One of Katrina’s favorite meals when we are getting delivery or going out to an Indian restaurant like Marigold is Mutter Paneer. She likes this dish because it is full of Indian flavor, but has a mild spiciness that is balanced out with a creamy tomato base. She made this at home after stocking up on some essential spices, and the resulting dish was far better than any Mutter Paneer we’ve ordered at restaurants. Try it out!
Tiramisu
Mar 1st
The Daring Bakers Challenge for the month of February, as hosted by The Daring Kitchen, was Tiramisu. It’s one of my favorite desserts to order after a hearty Italian meal. It comes in a close second to Chocolate Mousse Cake. This was a fairly complex recipe, so now I understand the big price tags that restaurants put on Tiramisu. It will take at least two days and your whole collection of mixing bowls to put this recipe together, but the mouthwatering end result is well worth the effort.
Lentil Soup with Sausage
Feb 27th
Last week was a busy week for us as we were picking up our new member of the family from Western Iowa. Her name is Kinley and she’s a beautiful three month old Silken Windhound. I wanted to make something that would be hearty with easy leftovers since puppies are so tiring, so this Lentil Soup with Sausage was the perfect option. You’ll need only one pot to make it, so clean-up is a breeze!
Faux Samoas
Feb 18th
Fact: Girl Scout Cookies are amazing. Everybody has their favorite flavor. Thin Mints are the overwhelming favorite across the globe, my personal favorite as well, and have withstood the test of time. Katrina’s favorite happens to be Samoas, also known as Caramel deLites. However, she recently purchased a box of Thin Mints from a coworker’s daughter, leaving her very sad and unsatisfied. It’s very difficult to find Girl Scouts in the wintertime in Chicago, and we don’t know many daughters, so it was only fair to make our own Faux Samoas at home!
Homemade Pasta with Red Wine Sauce
Feb 15th
Katrina follows tons of blogs on Google Reader (tons!), and came across a quick and easy pasta recipe from 30 Bucks a Week. We have never made pasta before, and don’t have any special pasta making equipment, so we thought this would be a fun dish to make. Tina and Phil put together a shallot, mushroom and red wine sauce, which inspired Katrina to create a mouthwatering sauce of beef, shiitake mushrooms, onions, and aged pinot noir. Boxed pasta will never taste the same again!
Homemade Pita with Hummus Dip
Feb 14th
A couple of weeks ago I signed up for the Daring Cooks and Daring Bakers challenges on thedaringkitchen.com. The first challenge I was able to complete was the Cooks challenge, and I must say, the Bakers challenge going up later this month is quite delicious. The challenge for February 2010 was Mezze, which is basically a Middle Eastern assortment of appetizers or small dishes that comprise a meal. I went with the bare minimum, pita and hummus, or else we would have had entirely too much food for two people. Read on to learn more about the challenge.
Eggs Benedict
Jan 17th
The other morning Katrina decided that she was going to make Eggs Benedict for breakfast. We had all of the ingredients except for the English muffins. Instead of walking the two blocks to pick up a package of English muffins, we decided to make our own. This turned our breakfast endeavor into a nearly two hour ordeal, but the final result was a very delicious Eggs Benedict, and enough extra homemade English muffins to serve as our breakfast for the rest of the week.
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