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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Arugula Bacon Quiche

Pie. Bacon. Yum!

Using a very small square pan, I made a crust and baked for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, I mixed two eggs, maybe a third cup of ricotta, enough milk to thin it out a bit, a couple of spoons of pesto, and a bit of salt. I also fried some chopped bacon, then added some chopped arugula after I killed the heat, just to wilt them slightly in the hot bacon drippings. Into the shell this went, then I poured in the egg mixture on top. This would do well topped with some parmasan.



God Wants Us to be Foodies

Brian Steinburg posted this on Chowhound and his blog, http://lastoneeating.wordpress.com/ and I thought it was a wonderful piece about why we should love our food.

"If god indeed made humans in her own image, then it stands to reason that she wanted us to be foodies. After all, humans are super-omnivores. Unlike other mammals who eat a narrow rage of foods, meat or vegetables, humans can eat almost anything.

If the wheat crop craps out this year, we can eat potatoes, or corn, millet, rice, barley, oats etc. We can eat meat, seafood, vegetable, fruit, nuts, seeds, grains, fungi, flowers, and even bark in the form cinnamon. We also have the capacity to combine our foods for infinite flavor variation for our foodie pleasure. The better a food tastes, the more we want to eat. The more variety we eat the better chance we have to receive adequate, balanced nutrition. In other words, the more we are foodies, the better chances we will be healthy enough to stay alive, and find a mate and make foodie babies, who will make more babies in God’s image.

God has a plan and that plan is for us to eat from a bountiful garden. Of course this does not really explain God’s “Just say no to apple’s” policy. I figure, as the omnivores they were Adam and Eve should have left the apple alone and BBQ’d the snake in a marinade of berries and fresh herbs, and paired it with a nice chardonnay."

Friday, September 18, 2009

Pics From the Shop

Just as the title so subtly implys, here is an example of what I get to work with almost daily. I love decorating the tanks :)















Monday, September 7, 2009

I Almost Felt Like I was Cheating

Stuff like this is too simple, for how good it is. Just a couple of pieces of chicken, several large pinches of basil, a bit of a dried pepper, and a can of Italian stewed tomatoes. Place in a crock and cook till done. Serve over pasta or rice.

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Maple Apple Pie

Delicious and sweet, this simple pie is nice if you are looking for a variation on your regular apple pie.

All you must do is combine a teaspoon of cinnamon with 1 cup flour, and toss with a few sliced apples. Place in a prepared pie crust, and drizzle (maybe a quarter cup each) with maple syrup and raw sugar.

Because I am apparently mildly inept at properly rolling and transporting a pie crust, I crumbled some of the dough over the top of the pie, and pressed in. This actually made a nice upper crust. Sprinkled with a bit more sugar and bake at 350 degrees until done.

This pie lasted all of two days for two people.

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