Food!

Since I really don't don't have the time to do a substantive blog post, here's some recent food porn instead:

From spinach and basil:POOF! to pesto:

(Yes, it is more or less that easy. I basically chop up a few cloves of garlic and some pine nuts in the food processor, add a couple cups of spinach leaves and fresh basil, then blend with olive oil to a consistency I like.)



Sauteed tofu with fresh oregano and cilantro, and carmelizing onions, that POOF! turn into a sandwich:


Sauteed tofu, fresh tomatoes from my balcony gardening, fresh pesto (basil from the balcony garden), caramelized onions, sourdough bread.

Speaking of caramelized onions, here's a really really disgusting looking recipe from wikihow. Newsflash: caramelizing the onions bring out PLENTY of sweetness, you don't need to add sugar. A tablespoon of sugar per onion"?!?! YUCK. (Okay, okay: as many of you know, I don't like most sweet foods. But seriously? That's gross.) Every onion I've ever caramelized has been plenty sweet when I'm done.


This is a teaser from the dinner party we threw last night, with a longer post to follow. I started cooking at 4pm for a 6:30pm dinner party, with six courses, for seven people. (Handy Tip: this is inadvisable.) Fortunately, the only thing I really messed up was burning the shit out of some garlic in a skillet, minutes before the first guests started arriving.