Deconstructed Stuffed Cabbage

N.'s Russian heritage inspired us to make this lazy man's version of a famous dish.

The recipe comes from page 109 of this cookbook: https://8b862ca0073972f0472b704e2c0c21d0480f50d3.googledrive.com/host/0Bxd6wdCBD_2tdUdtM0d4WTJmclU/good-and-cheap.pdf

The result is not very pretty, but fed us for nearly a week:

We used 1lb of ground beef & 1/2 a package of bacon as the protein component, skipping the lentils.

Overnight oats with chia seeds

Today I took my chia seed pudding to the next level, by working oatmeal into it.  the key to this dish is the right portions of the three key ingredients and their flavorings.  Here's what I put in:

Key Ingredients
- 1.3 cups TJ unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 2 under filled tablespoons chia seeds

Flavoring
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- pinch of salt

Toppings
- sliced apples, b/c it's fall

The dish was inspired by this article: http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/common-mistakes/article/how-to-make-overnight-oats.

Remade on:

Oct 9, 2015

Dec 4, 2015 topped w/persimmons and blood orange slices

TJ Sunday Supper

Appetizers:

Salad of arugula, tomatoes, avocado
- dressed w/flavored EVOO & lemon juice & salt
Goat milk brie
Roasted garlic loaf

Main Course:

TJ pre marinated Maui Shortribs, made on a grill
corn on the cobb
grilled bell peppers

Dessert:

Watermelon

Drinks:

N&J wedding red

Company:

Yan & his gf, who didn't show up

Chia Pudding Parfait

Today, for breakfast, we had a coconut almond milk chia pudding stone fruit parfait.  We mixed  it the night before.  It was inspired by this recipe:

http://kaleandchocolate.com/recipe/mango-chia-pudding-parfait/

Here's our, less glamorous, pic:

It was quite delicious, and we should totally make this again.

Remade on:

2016-Apr-02 w/matcha

Casual Weeknight Salmon

-8 oz of salmon in the middle

-TJ's roasted red peppers on the bottom

-Bacon on top

Arrange the above in a bread pan, add salt & pepper and a bit of lemon juice. Roast at 400 degrees for ~20 minutes. Bacon was a bit undercooked at this point so we took the salmon and peppers out and continued cooking the bacon for ~5 minutes longer.

Serve alongside buttered ears of corn (or some other vegetable).

Remade on:
Sep 30, 2015 - with frozen mango chunks, apple slices, and roasted peppers (started on stovetop in cast iron pan, finished in oven)

Tumeric Almond Latte

This was loosely based on this recipe: http://kaleandchocolate.com/recipe/creamy-turmeric-latte/, and this interpretation: https://instagram.com/p/3aUsnjCMEh/

I just used dry spices - turmeric, cardamom, cinnamon, cayenne.  And melted butter instead of ghee.

Beef Chuck Roll Roast

J. made a classic beef roast today from The Science of Good Cooking book.  For the veggies we used purple carrots and orange beets from the farmers' market.  The cut of beef was called chuck roll and was $11/lb at the fancy Bernal Heights butcher shop.  The result was amazing.  Not sure if that was due to the good science, good beef, or the good cook.