All posts tagged: sea asparagus
oyster and portobello mushrooms with sea asparagus and teeny taters
saturday farmer’s market! i love it! sunny saturday! DOGS EVERYWHERE. SO MANY CUTE DOGS. and pals. and best of all, the mushroom stand had the elusive 2 dollar bag of “soup mushrooms”. i’ve only managed to nab it a couple of times. it’s a HUGE brown bag full of fancy mushrooms that are theoretically not good but always look great to me. needless to say i snatched them up along with some sea asparagus. it […]
secret dinner photo times
BACKYARD DINNER SET-UP it went well! it’s done! it tasted good! THE FOOD THE MENU -arugula salad with carrot ribbons and toasted almonds -butternut squash risotto -asparagus, green bean sautee with basil and radish -roasted cherry tomatoes -chocolate ice cream with strawberries and cointreau -boozy iced coffees EVERYONE LOOKIN REAL SERIOUS THOR he did nothing to help all night, and didn’t even dry dishes. dishing up the dessert recipes to come! next up is a crazy brunch […]
garlicky sea asparagus with soba and lemon
so i tried to cook sea asparagus! it is very salty so i soaked in it 2 changes of ice water for a while. this is to get some of the saltiness out and to rinse out all the sand. then it’s time to trim the ends and any icky bits, trim off anything yellowy green (older), keep the jadey green parts. it gets a bit woody as it gets old. then i blanched it. that […]
island time
as soon the wedding madness wrapped up, i ran away to an island 3 ferries away from here, for 4 days. most of my cooking involved making sandwiches with a plastic knife and using my legs as a plate before swimming, or eating chips in a tent. i did weasel my way into the kitchen one morning and made a brunch, i can’t go that long without cooking or i start to feel crazy. it […]