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12

April 2013

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Grilled Cheese with Gruyère Apple and Ham

Written by , Posted in Bread, Cheese, Dinner, Fruit, Kid-Friendly, Lunch, Main Dishes, Meat, Pork, Quick and Easy, Sandwiches, Sides, Snacks

GrilledCheese4Today is National Grilled Cheese Day. My brother, Josh, informed me of it this morning. It would have been just wrong not to have it for lunch.

I’m totally cool with a plain old grilled cheese. You know, bread, butter, cheese, done. But today I wanted a fancied up version. Hello gruyère, rosemary ham, fuji apple, olive oil, and a touch of salt, between two pieces of Ezekiel bread. Hello indeed.

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Now go eat some lunch. I know you’re hungry!

Happy Eating!

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Grilled Cheese with Gruyère Apple and Ham

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Yield: 1

Grilled Cheese with Gruyère Apple and Ham

Ingredients

  • 2 slices bread
  • 1 t olive oil
  • teensy pinch of salt
  • a few slices of thinly sliced ham (rosemary ham if you can find it)
  • Gruyère cheese, as much as you need, sliced
  • fuji (or your favorite) apple, thinly sliced

Instructions

  1. Drizzle oil on one side of each slice of bread. Sprinkle with salt and distribute evenly over the slice. Top with cheese, ham, and apple slices. Close.
  2. Place into a hot skillet over medium or medium-low heat. Cover (opt.) and cook for about 3ish minutes, or until the bread is crispy. Flip and cook uncovered until cheese is melted and second slice of bread is crispy.
http://www.de-ma-cuisine.com/celebrating-grilled-cheese/

 

Wednesday

10

April 2013

0

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Creamy Cauliflower Soup

Written by , Posted in Appetizers, Baking, Bread, Cheese, Dinner, Lunch, Main Dishes, Sides, Soups, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Creamy Cauliflower Soup
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time:
Cook time:
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Serves: 4
It’s like a creamy Cauliflower Soup crossed with French Onion Soup.
Ingredients
  • 1 T unsalted butter
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 2 small heads cauliflower (I had one purple and one white one, use what you have), chopped into small pieces
  • 1 spring onion, chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, diced
  • 4 C vegetable stock
  • 1 1/2 t salt
  • 1-2 T fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1/2 C milk
  • 1-2 T lemon juice
  • 3-4 slices toasted baguette (or GF Bagel Chips)/serving
  • 1/4 C gruyère cheese, grated/serving
Instructions
  1. Heat soup pot. Add butter and oil and let it brown, covered (to prevent splattering), over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Add cauliflower, onion, and a pinch of salt. Cook, covered, over medium heat, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
  2. Uncover, turn heat to medium-low and add garlic and cook 1-2 minutes, stirring often.
  3. Add lemon juice, remaining salt, parsley, and vegetable stock. Cover and bring to a boil. Uncover and reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes, or until veggies are tender.
  4. Using a hand blender (or regular blender with plug from lid removed and the opening covered with a clean towel), purée soup to desired consistency. Add milk, stir, taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
  5. Dish soup into oven-proof bowls or ramekins and top with toasts. Top toasts with a sprinkle of gruyère. Broil in the toaster for 5-10 minutes (in the oven broiler, broil with the door open, paying attention the whole time, it should be a much shorter amount of time).
Notes
The toasts will soak up some of the soup as they broil. If you’d rather, you could toast the bread with the cheese and place it on top of the soup right before serving. Leftover soup makes great pasta sauce.

 

Wednesday

3

April 2013

0

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Crispy Veggies with Fennel Pollen Dipping Sauce – Episode 61

Written by , Posted in A Cooking Show with Rachel O, Abundant Harvest Organics, Appetizers, Condiments, Dinner, Fennel Pollen, Fruit, Gluten Free, Kid-Friendly, Roasting, Sauces, Sides, Snacks, This Week's Feast, Vegetables, Vegetarian

VeggiesWithSauce2I think at this time of year, the word pollen might be a bad bad word. I, for example, have sneezed approximately seventeen hundred thousand times in the past two weeks. I wonder if I’m allergic to something?!

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Here’s a kind of pollen you can get into: Fennel Pollen. I told you about it in December when I’d just begun to try it out. I’m still experimenting, but so far, everything I’ve added it to I’ve liked (not to be confused with “add it to everything”).

I used it on two episodes of the show and made some bright green Savory French Toast that is holy moly good, and some oh boy this is good too, in a totally different way, Mahi Mahi, Fennel, and Potato Chowder.

And this week, I used it again. This time in a dip for some beets, fennel, potatoes, and carrots. Not just any beets, fennel, potatoes, and carrots though. They’re roasted. Which makes almost any vegetable about a thousand times better (and that’s saying a lot, because I like vegetables).

They’re meant to be served alongside Fennel Pollen Burgers. But, those weren’t for the show. They’re for Friday’s post, so you’ll just have to wait… If you can’t, just make the veggies twice!

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It’s time to get dippin’, friends.

Happy Eating!

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Crispy Veggies with Fennel Pollen Dipping Sauce

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 57 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 12 minutes

Yield: 4

Crispy Veggies with Fennel Pollen Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 potatoes, chopped
  • 1 fennel bulb, core removed, chopped
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 2 beets, peeled and chopped
  • 1 T olive oil, divided
  • pinch salt
  • pinch pepper
  • 1 lemon wedge/serving
  • sauce: 1/8 to 1/4 C buttermilk (1 T white vinegar and fill to 1/4 C with milk - stir and let sit for a few minutes)
  • 1/4 C Greek yogurt
  • 2 T mayonnaise
  • 1/2 stalk green garlic, diced
  • 2 pinches salt
  • pinch pepper
  • pinch fennel pollen
  • 1 t red wine vinegar
  • 1 t to 1 T olive oil

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350F.
  2. Cut veggies to be about the same size. Using a separate bowl for the fennel, and for the beets, toss with 1 T olive oil, salt, and pepper.
  3. Put beets on a baking sheet and bake for 2 min. Place the carrots and potatoes on another baking sheet. Add to oven. Bake for 15 minutes.
  4. Add fennel to beet sheet. Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until veggies are tender on the inside, crispy on the outside.
  5. While veggies roast, whisk together dressing ingredients, adding olive oil last, and whisking it in. Let it sit in the fridge until veggies are ready.
  6. Serve veggies with a squeeze of lemon and the sauce to dip them in.
http://www.de-ma-cuisine.com/boom-roasted-ep61/

This episode is sponsored by: Abundant Harvest Organics, Bari Olive Oil Company, Waterfall Creative, Molly Jenson.

Wednesday

27

March 2013

0

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Spring Frittata

Written by , Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Brunch, Cheese, Dinner, Eggs, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Sides, Vegetables, Vegetarian

 

Spring Frittata
Recipe Type: Main, Side, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Eggs, Stove Top, Baking, Vegetarian
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time:
Cook time:
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Serves: 4-6
Using some of the first spring vegetables of the year, this Frittata is perfect for an outdoor brunch.
Ingredients
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 2 medium potatoes, chopped
  • 1/2 lb. mushrooms, quartered
  • 1/2 large leek, chopped
  • 1 stalk green garlic, chopped
  • 1 bunch (about 20) asparagus, ends trimmed, chopped
  • 1-2 T fresh parsley, rough chopped
  • 1/2 to 1 t salt
  • 1/8 t pepper
  • 1/2 C milk
  • 8 eggs
  • 1/2 C parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375F.
  2. Heat ovenproof skillet. Add olive oil. Add potatoes and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook covered, over medium-low or low heat for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender.
  3. Add asparagus, leek, and mushrooms. Cook uncovered, over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until the veggies are tender.
  4. Add green garlic and cook 1 minute more.
  5. Whisk eggs with milk, salt, pepper, and parsley. Turn heat to medium-low and add eggs to pan. Stir once. Cook for 1 minute, stir again, then cook for 3-5 minutes, or until eggs are starting to set.
  6. Sprinkle with cheese and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the eggs are set.
  7. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

 

Wednesday

20

March 2013

0

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Caramelized Broccoli and Cauliflower Flatbreads

Written by , Posted in Baking, Bread, Cheese, Dinner, Lunch, Main Dishes, Pizza, Sandwiches, Sides, Vegetables, Vegetarian

 

Caramelized Broccoli and Cauliflower Flatbreads
Recipe Type: Main, Lunch, Dinner, Vegetable, Vegetarian
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time:
Cook time:
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Serves: 2-3
Broccoli and cauliflower are caramelized with shallots and green garlic, then used to top a flatbread.
Ingredients
  • 1 t butter
  • 1/2 head (2 C) cauliflower, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 bunch (2-3 C) broccoli diCicco (regular broccoli is fine too)
  • 1 stalk green garlic, chopped
  • 1 large shallot, chopped
  • pinch salt
  • 1 t sugar
  • 2 Lavash flatbreads (pitas, tortillas, or a small pizza crust would work too)
  • 1/2 C cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 C parmesan cheese
  • lemon wedges, for topping
  • sauce: 1/4 to 1/2 t salt
  • pepper (to taste)
  • 1/2 t dijon mustard
  • 2 t lemon juice
  • 1 t red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 t parsley, dried
  • 1/4 t thyme, dried
  • pinch cayenne
  • 1-2 T olive oil
Instructions
  1. Heat skillet. Add butter. Add veggies and a pinch of salt. Cook over low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sugar, stir, and continue to cook over low heat for 15-20 more minutes, or until veggies are caramelized.
  2. Whisk together sauce ingredients, streaming in olive oil last, as you whisk.
  3. Top flatbreads with the sauce, veggies, and cheese. Bake at 350F until the cheese is melted, about 5-10 minutes.
  4. Serve with a lemon wedge to squeeze over before enjoying.

 

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