Mmmmm, Dinner

CJ isn't around tonight, so dinner for myself. I had a can of real Thai green curry in "the pantry," so I went for it.

Damn, it was spicy. Like, really spicy. I had never had the green curry before, and actually thought I had red curry in "the pantry." I had planned on using one can of lite coconut milk, but it was so spicy I had to throw another can it to cut the spice, and I like spicy food.

I started with spring onions from the farmer's market and some garlic, sauteed. I added the curry and the coconut milk and brought it to a simmer. Once simmering, I added the mushrooms, (frozen) shrimp, and (frozen) squid. One or two minutes later, I added the bay scallops and peas from the farmer's market.

Totally tasty, but it was hot. Hot. Hot.

Labels: curry, farmer's market, peas, seafood

I guess this was last week. I'm a little slow getting the pics up.

As you can see, we have a four item dinner here. The steak, was half of a New York Strip. It was a new brand that our all natural and local meat market was selling. It was very plain. I don't think I would get it again.

CJ loved the Risotto. It was adapted from Barbara Kafka's Vegetable Love cookbook, an awesome cookbook. It was very basic, just the rice, tomatoes, stock, salt, and some basil, topped with some grated Parmesan cheese. It tasted a little plain to me, but CJ thought it tasted like lasagna. I will try to improve on this recipe for sure.

The bread was from the farmer's market. It was a hazelnut rye bread, and I thought it was wonderful.

The peas, in my opinion, were the star of the night. Also from Kafka's book, basic frozen peas, butter, mint, and lettuce sauteed together, basically. They were fresh and light and wonderfully minty. I think this is going to be a go to recipe around here.

Labels: bread, farmer's market, peas, risotto, steak