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More Cooking: Fennel Salad

jon — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:15:05 +0000

While I have been cooking, I've unfortunately had all my photo equipment on tour and so photos are not an option. Regardless, I'm still happy to post recipes from friends.

Irise Archambault sent me this recipe:

Fennel Salad

Comme promis voici la recette de salade de fenouil:
1 fenel root
1 mango not too ripe
1/4 onion red or white

Cut the fenel root in two and cut again in fine slices
cut the mango in small chunks
cut onion in thin slices

Dressing: you can use your favorite dressing or use mine:

Juice of 1 lemon or lime
1/4 cup olive oil
salt to taste
1 tea spoon of brown sugar or honey or maple syrup
1 tea spoon of your choice of vinegar

Mix everything and sprinkle dry fenel on top

Delicieux !

I Lied, No Rice

jon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:46:18 +0000

I had a vegetarian friend over this last week and so I needed to find a way to fill both of our stomachs without the consumption of one of Nature's precious pets.

Many thanks to Jamie, who was my cooking assistant:

The lawash pizza (avocado, spinach, mushroom stems, baladi cheese and a bit of olive oil on lawash bread):

The final meal (olives and pomegranate juice on the sides):

Red Lentil Week Ends, Basmati Rice Week Begins

jon — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:18:15 +0000

Last week's dishes employed red lentils as a nice shift from other carbohydrate meal portions that I've been making as of late.

Lentils, Grilled Chicken seasoned with mint and lemon. Grilled zucchini, mushrooms and onions added to the overall texture of the meal:

The butter shrimp worked well, however the garnish lacked consistency. I'm still trying to sort out how I can use Avocado as a garnish since I seem to mess up the cuts every time.

This evening I managed to fire up my cast-iron skillet to start-off my rice week with a fillet of salmon seasoned with tarragon, butter and lemon. I've also been collecting recipes as of late. If you have any suggestions, please point me in the right direction!

Raspberry Steak

jon — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:31:18 +0000

I don't want to turn this into a cooking blog, however lately my life has allowed me to experiment with my cooking.

Tonight: raspberry steak. It begins with two cups of raspberries, two table spoons of sugar and a bit of raspberry vinaigrette:

After a bit of marinading, we end up with this. Notice the raspberry seeds have remained part of the searing:

Steak without mashed potatos is a bit of a faux pas:

While the inside lended towards rare, this worked well with the colours. I made a sauce from tomato paste, worchester sauce and the remaining raspberries which complemented the steak while giving it a bit of a kick. The onions were lightly seasoned with dijon mustard and pesto: