Small Kitchen Big Ideas

variation on quick dinner

smallkitchenbigideas — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:07:40 +0000

One of my favorite quick dinners is to make pasta with beans and vegetables.

I will steam broccoli or peas or some other vegetable, and boil 4 oz of pasta. I will mix the vegetables with beans and a little olive oil and toss them cooked pasta with them. Tonight I did a little variation throwing goat cheese in at the last minute. Very tasty.

goat cheese variation

new pirogi recipe

smallkitchenbigideas — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:04:04 +0000

One of my Christmas gifts is Micheal Symon’s Michael Symon’s Live to Cook (which I do) and he includes his grandfather’s pirogi recipe.I took the leftover short ribs from Christmas Eve and used them as filling for the pirogi.

The pirogi dough is similar to my grandmother’s recipe except that it also include butter. I thought the butter made it a little harder to work with but it was delicious. I think I might need to do a side by side comparison of the doughs to see which one I like better.

pirogi

I like to pan fry them with a little butter. I served them with a little horseradish cream (horseradish and creme fraiche).

I really enjoyed this and am looking forward to making other recipes from the book.

food rules

smallkitchenbigideas — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:20:14 +0000

Michael Pollan talks about food rules from his new book in the NY Times. I’ve enjoyed his other books especially The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.