Veggie Bacon Frittata

Random weekend morning inspiration.  Loosely based on this:

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/artichoke-leek-fontina-frittata-10000001622435/

Our substitutions:
- slightly antique chard leaves instead of leeks
- red pepper instead of artichokes
- no fontina

It spent about 8 min in the oven & turned out quite tasty!

Remade on:
2015-03-30 for a backyard group brunch

Steamed Artichokes a la Darya

We were driving back from Monterey after J. got his scuba certification there.  It's almost a tradition to stop by the produce stands on the way back.  We loaded up on hyper-local Castroville artichokes, and Darya was kind enough to tell us what to do with them:

http://summertomato.com/how-to-make-and-eat-a-perfect-steamed-artichoke/

Remade on:
2014-05-03 with a different artichoke varietal (from N.'s coworker's garden), served with garlic aioli:

Tuscan Pork Belly

From the pork belly obtained in J.'s pig butchery class:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/24814/tuscan+roast+pork+belly

We shortened some of the steps, like the marinade time.  It came out a bit tough for pork belly, but still tasty.

Hearty Chicken Curry Soup

N. randomly found curry power in the office's kitchen:

We had a bag of Bob's Red Mill Grains & Beans soup mix lying around.  Recommended on its back was chicken curry soup:

 Naturally, we added chard and used celery as an onion substitute.

Recipe:
http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes_detail.php?rid=1686

Cooked Salad Improv

This meal was inspired by the purchase of 'Stir Fry Greens' at the farmers' market:

 

Salad Components:

- bag of stir fry greens (kale, chard, related creatures..), de-stemmed
- chicken sausage
- red bell pepper
- hard boiled egg

Dressing Ingredients:

- EVOO
- wine mustard
- lime juice

Fry all the salad ingredients that need frying, preferably in bacon fat.  Swirl dressing together; top salad.

Popcorn

Made this a couple times topped w/butter, salt, & flavorful powders (smoked paprika, cumin):

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/perfect_popcorn/

Kanom Krok sadness

This attempt to use our Ebelskiver pan for "anything else" did not go well:

http://importfood.com/recipes/kanom_krok.html

The filling never solidified despite cooking for well longer than the recommended time. We noticed after the fact that other recipes called for something to thicken the filling, while this one did not. The addition of corn starch didn't help much, however. Also, J thought they were too salty. But J wasn't very excited about making them in the first place.