Kale Avocado Smoothie

Submitted by ididemmons
on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 04:00

Not in the mood to cook?  Whip up a kale avocado smoothie for lunch, or maybe even dinner because sometimes the idea of cooking is just not in the cards.  I sometimes drink two of these at a sitting.  This smoothie first came into my mind when I catered a good friend's "shrinkage" party and wanted to take part in the party's festive theme.  The party celebrated my friend's shrinking tumor (after a good dose of chemotherapy) but was also a way to thank all her friends who had been cooking and delivering meals to her family.

Fennel Sugar - Preserving Bronze Fennel Seeds

Submitted by ididemmons
on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 20:10

I thawed a bag of herbs that was floating around in my freezer.  It was double wrapped so I couldn't tell what herb was in there.  Once thawed it was apparent -  4 million bronze fennel seeds!  Well, there are few things I adore more than bronze fennel seeds.  We aren't talking regular fennel seeds.  These were picked fresh and plump, a few months back, from Eva's garden - and we are talking Bronze Fennel - much sweeter than the conventional fennel - with its auburn fronds as sweet as candy (well, maybe a medieval candy).  Come summertime we add the fronds to any kind of salad (even fruit

Marc's Chocolate Combustion Lite

Submitted by ididemmons
on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 19:53

So Marc's Chocolate Combustion was such a cool recipe that I had to play with it.  I turned Marc's recipe into a kind of chocolate mousse (see entry below for original recipe) but instead of butter, I used whipped cream.  Well I just lied, I did use some butter - I melted about 4 tablespoons butter and added this to the cocoa and sugar to moisten it then added the eggs.  But that is much less than the 2 sticks Marc used.  Then I folded 1 cup cream that I had whipped.  And instead of biscuits I had a Eureka!

Marc's Chocolate Combustion

Submitted by ididemmons
on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 21:51

Jan 2, 2012 -  I saw my friends Ann and Marc last night.  Ann has designed this site of mine, and as you can see she is a graphics genius. Her husband, Marc Verhagan really let his prowess for food loose in creating his Chocolate Combustion. He came up with the recipe as a young adult living in the Netherlands.  His sister Hedwig says he was always bringing home "strange" recipes, and this one he rehabilitated.  Now, 3 decades later, living in MA, 8 of us agreed last night that it was the talk of the party.

One of my Better Meals

Submitted by ididemmons
on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 21:16

December 30, 2011.  Some meals are better than others at Eva's.  I mean, none are terrible, to make bad food at Eva's would be a huge challenge since her raw ingredients are stunning.  The Chez Panisse approach to cooking at Eva's is always the best.  Source your ingredients then get out of the way and let them work their magic. But I did better than average the other night.  The entree was a soup - and I did nothing special but it was above the cut.   I started with onions and not much garlic and evoo.

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