Week of 2-20-12 -- 2-26-12

Real Simple's Mushroom Potpie sounds like a winner. Packed with veggies and using ready-made puff pastry as a crust, this recipe ought to be delicious. Plus, it's vegetarian but is still hearty. I think I'll sub butter lettuce for romaine, since it's been looking better at the store than the romaine.

Ratatouille - Phat's Retrospective

So I had lots of images of my cooking but that would have just taken forever so I'll just go about the before and after.
So, there was a lot of prep work. Thank baby jebus I had a mandolin and did not maim myself. I think I should have used smaller slices of eggplant because it was hard to cook up that part. I think the layering and placing is what made me a bit tired doing this recipe. I also should have bought more cheese because I would have liked more.


This is the end product. I liked it but I should have cooked it for longer so the liquid would have cooked off but it was a good flavor. I didn't finish it because it was a lot and I can't eat all vegetables all the time. I think I would try cubing the egg plant as the original recipe asked for.

Week of 2-13-12 -- 2-19-12

I'm on a sauce kick so chicken with Balsamic Vinegar and Garlic. So let's try this out and throw caution to the wind! I think after you've cooked everything...just different flavor profiles would be great to do.

Week of 2-6-12 -- 2-12-12

For this week, we're going to make a nice soup. While it's been unseasonably warm in Southern California (and from what I've read, Texas), it's still winter, gosh darn it! And soups make total sense in winter. So we're making a soup, gosh darn it.

Real Simple's Turkey Vegetable Soup

With the vegetables, lean turkey, and barley, this soup ought to be very healthy and tasty. I'll probably eat it with a slice of nice crusty bread. Yum!

Of course, my decision on this recipe has nothing to do with the fact that I have a few pounds of ground turkey in my fridge needing to be cooked.