for now, the amazing dinner i shared with friends the other night. Pretty much all of it was my friend Julianna's inspiration, and Sarah and I helped.
(i am not in this picture, obviously)
-cheese odds and ends from Zabar's and Ak-Mak crackers (leftover from my mom's recent visit)
-two bottles of two buck chuck
-kale chips
-"brewer's yeast" tofu fillets
-roasted tomatoes with pesto and fresh mozzarella served over quinoa
-oranges and strawberries with melted dark chocolate
The kale chips were very easy to make and so delicious. I had never had kale before and it was a great introduction. There is a recipe here that is similar to what we did- though we just winged it. We used cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper instead of seasoning salt.
The tofu fillets are Julianna's mom's recipe. They are basically thinly sliced tofu breaded in "brewer's yeast" (what Julianna calls it, but really nutritional yeast) and fried in olive oil. She added tamari sauce to them when they were almost done. I remade these a few nights later and added cayenne to the nutritional yeast breading, which was delicious. I ate the leftovers with quinoa.
The roasted tomato dish was also amazing, and also something we made up as we went along. We roasted halved tomatoes in the oven for what seemed like forever (we were hungry) and when they were almost done we put pesto on top and let them bake a bit longer. We layered them on quinoa and added sliced fresh mozzarella to the top. They tasted like lasagna, or maybe artisan pizza. it was a great meal to break in my new kitchen!
