Food Interlude revisited: Thinking out loud

[pantryslut]

I think it's the preponderance of sweet vegetables that's confounding my meal-planning efforts. Tomatoes. Red bell peppers. Squash. With only the arugula as a foil.

I need to offset all that sweet stuff with something. Like bacon, say.

Like tomato soup with bacon, and arugula salad? And apple crisp for dessert.

I think I will need more greens to plate beside the big Delicata squash, which I more or less intend to bake and eat. I'm sure I'll add a seasoning of some sort, but I'm not sure what.

That's two meals. A good start.

We ate up all the pistachios last night, watching Rabbit-Proof Fence.

Comments

[anarqueso.livejournal.com]

Toasted hazelnuts? Homemade cheese crackers? Pecorino sardo fiore?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Homemade cheese crackers sound delicious and appropriate, though I've never made them. It might be time to try. I'm also not sure I've ever had fiore sardo -- my cheese explorations were put on hold while I was broke -- but it sounds like something I'd like. Thank you!

cheese crackers

[anarqueso.livejournal.com]

8 oz. crumbled or grated cheddar
2 oz. other cheese
4 oz. butter
1 c. flour
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt

make like pie crust, only without water. roll em out, cut em up, sprinkle on herbs if you want, bake at 300 until done, maybe 10 minutes

[threepennies.livejournal.com]

Rabbit Proof Fence: worthy rental?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a good movie. A little heavy, as you're probably aware. But worth seeing, and not just in the vitamin-pill sense.