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Showing posts with label Almonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Almonds. Show all posts
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Lemon–Almond Tart
Friday, April 10, 2009
Asparagus and Monkfish
Dinner on Friday started with roasted asparagus wrapped in proscuitto and tapenade. The main course was monkfish with almond sauce and rapini. We've made this twice in the past month — it's fantastic.
However, this dish raises an important question. Do you avoid eating things based on how cute they are? Like rabbits and Golden Retrievers for example. If so, how do you feel about eating monkfish, which looks incredibly frightening? I don't exclude cute or frightening food from my diet, but I do feel bad eating monkfish since I learned it's been overfished. Yeesh, is there anything we can enjoy without guilt?
Here's a guide to selecting sustainable seafood.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunflower Sprout Salad
Day 3 of the detox – s'alright.
So far the hardest part has been planning snacks and meals in advance. No more eating what you feel like, it's gotta be on the "list". A trip to the market on the weekend with a long list from the "list" has made a big difference.
Tonight I made a salad with baby arugula, sunflower sprouts, a granny smith apple, celery, smoked trout and slivered almonds. It's dressed with an olive oil, lemon, apple cider vinegar and mustard dressing.
Today's detox induced craving: Chocolate, with chocolate on top.
Food Smoothing
So far, the best thing about the detox is discovering new foods. Have you ever tried almond milk? I hadn't, and frankly I was confused. Now that I know how it's made, I'm thinking 'almond juice' is a more appropriate description.
This smoothie has one cup of almond milk, two dates, a scoop of almond butter and a frozen banana. I can honestly say it's better than any milkshake I've ever had. If only I could add a shot of espresso, it would be the best breakfast ever*.
*Clarification: The best breakfast ever would obviously include bacon... on the side.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Almond Joy
Its 11pm and the only snack I have in the house are some stale almonds from Sobeys that I've been munching on for days while cursing Sobeys for selling me stale almonds. I can almost understand how in the olden days people would make the trip back to grocery store to return their food. Instead, I was inspired by wanting-a-snack-at-11PM-and-having-nothing in-the-house-but-stale-almonds-creative and remembered my recent time in Spain and how good the almonds were, and searched how to do it in one of my Tapas books. I didn't even think about cooking the almonds, but you can and they're good and perfect for an 11pm snack. Next time I will just stock up on blanched almonds instead of doing the 'blanching' myself, but I suggest doing the whole thing yourself for the first time, its pretty satisfying and in comparison to cracking sunlower seeds, its way more satisfying for what you get. Spanish salted almonds -- take almonds and boil them for 4 minutes, drop in cold water for 1 min. Then take each one between your fingers and pinch the skin off, those little fuckers slide right out. Drop on a baking sheet and coat with olive oil and bake on 350 for 20 minutes. After, cover with paprika and sea salt for a tasty snack. The next time you do it, just get blanched almonds and throw them right into the oven instead of boiling. They're good with the late night Stiegel.
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