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Farm to Fork

August 28, 2013

Breakfast Tostada

Step 1: Chop Swiss Chard – saute stalk separately from the greens with garlic, salt and olive oil

Assemble 1st layer: Swiss Chard

Assemble 2nd layer: Lentils (rinse canned lentils and warm on the stove or microwave) – you also could use black beans

Step 3: Chop sweet potatoes and saute with chopped onion, garlic and olive oil (add herbs if you wish!)

Sweet Potatoes Assemble 3rd layer: Sweet Potato Mixture

Sweet PotatoAssemble 4th layer: Eggplant (saute chopped eggplant or any other squash you like)

EggplantStep 5: Fry eggs

Assemble 5th layer: Top eggs with chopped heirloom tomatoes and basil

TomatoStep 6: Enjoy!

089The joy of this meal is you can use whatever you have in your fridge/garden/kitchen – an “everything but the kitchen sink” type of meal if you will… get creative!  This is also a great meal to top with your favorite hot sauces… mine being the green Tabasco 🙂

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Pepper Peach Martini

August 2, 2013

Peach Martini

  • 3-4 Parts Grey Goose (how crazy are you feeling!?)
  • 1 Part Peach Balsamic Vinegar
  • 3 Basil Leaves
  • Fresh Cracked Pepper

Combine vodka, vinegar and ripped basil leaves into a shaker with ice.

Serve up in a martini glass and finish with freshly cracked pepper. Divine…seriously.

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Weekly Menu #14

July 15, 2013

Pasta Alla Carbonara – This was a super easy and yummy dish!  I love taking a very standard dish of basically bacon/eggs/cheese and using pancetta/eggs/pecorino romano makes it seem so much more chic.  Paired with a light salad this is the perfect meal. 178 180 192

Sunday Dinner: Rib Eye, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sauteed Zucchini and a Butter Lettuce Salad

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Skillet Glazed Pork Chops with Caprese Couscous – Trader Joe’s boneless pork chops are a great option for a cheap and easy dinner.  It’s $5 for 5 cutlets and they cook in under 5 minutes.  Doesn’t get much better than that! Except for when you top them with a maple/dijon glaze 🙂

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Glazed Pork Chops