Mmmmm, Dinner

CJ and I were super busy this weekend cleaning the house, painting, and other stuff I don't remember. I did make something tasty for us:
Steak Tartare. It was delicious. The recipe came from The Gourmet Cookbook, which is my favorite.

I also made some tomato soup, did I mention I like tomatoes?

Labels: steak, tomatoes

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