Simply Green pg. 155
Basic Italian Dressing pg. 225
Lentil & Chard Ragout pg. 183
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| Lentil & Chard Ragout |
We had a very exciting weekend. My son went to his first formal with his girlfriend. We had to get him a suit and all the accessories and he looked totally dapper. I was beaming with pride. I am sharing this with you because that is my excuse why I didn't blog this weekend. See for yourself how cute he and his girl looked.
Today I got back to grocery shopping and cooking. Actually, my totally amazing hubby did the shopping for me. That is always a treat. I really get sick of going to the store. It's funny, when I was in my early twenties and first moved out of my parents house I thought grocery shopping was the most fun. Fast forward an undisclosed amount of years later, and let me just say it's not so much fun anymore!
I have to give my bro a big shout out because he lent me some photography lighting! I am so excited about this! It has been raining here in LA, so taking pictures outside has been out of the picture so to speak. So today I started to experiment with indoor photography. As I began to set up my shot for the Basic Italian Dressing, my puppy decided she really wanted a lick. The next thing I knew I heard a crash! She had knocked the whole jar onto the ground. We had salad dressing everywhere! It was even on the ceiling, and we have pretty high ceilings. So after a big cleanup, and making a second round of dressing I got to have some fun taking pictures. First I had to take care of my little trouble maker...
I was excited to make a homemade Italian dressing. As I have said before store bought dressings pretty much suck! This was fantastic. The fresh herbs in it tasted terrific.
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| Basic Italian Dressing |
I used the dressing for the Simply Green Salad. The salad called for the Lemon Oil, but since I had already made that dressing I figured why not try the Basic Italian. It is great when something so easy tastes so wonderful.
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| Simply Green |
This salad really complimented my dinner, Lentil & Chard Ragout. This was a delicious dish that the whole family ate. Anytime I get thumbs up from my kids the recipe gets a standing ovation from me. It is so hard to introduce the kids to new foods and get an all around positive outcome. I purchased these black lentils months before I knew I would make this recipe. I bought them because they looked pretty! See what I mean.
I love lentils and these were full of flavor and perfect texture. I would use them again when a recipe calls for lentils. They took a bit longer than the 20 minutes the recipe suggested to cook. Not a big deal, just an FYI. Here is what this recipe needs to come alive.
I served the dinner with some muesli bread which was perfect.
This is a one pot meal which I love. Throw all your ingredients in, and wait for the magic to happen. I might have included this recipe in my top 5 if this was last week!
Today I got back to grocery shopping and cooking. Actually, my totally amazing hubby did the shopping for me. That is always a treat. I really get sick of going to the store. It's funny, when I was in my early twenties and first moved out of my parents house I thought grocery shopping was the most fun. Fast forward an undisclosed amount of years later, and let me just say it's not so much fun anymore!
I was excited to make a homemade Italian dressing. As I have said before store bought dressings pretty much suck! This was fantastic. The fresh herbs in it tasted terrific.
I love lentils and these were full of flavor and perfect texture. I would use them again when a recipe calls for lentils. They took a bit longer than the 20 minutes the recipe suggested to cook. Not a big deal, just an FYI. Here is what this recipe needs to come alive.
I served the dinner with some muesli bread which was perfect.
This is a one pot meal which I love. Throw all your ingredients in, and wait for the magic to happen. I might have included this recipe in my top 5 if this was last week!
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