two pies: smores pie (graham cracker crust, brownies with nutella, chocolate chips, and marshmallows on top) and Oregon Royal Anne Cherry Pie (with oatmeal topping)
N packs bentos, one: leftover stir-fry Thai peanut-pineapple-pork with rice, and sliced carrots and pears with cinnamon
(the secret of successful bento is leftovers)
in honor of having the illustrious Faine Greenwood for brunch, we made Indian food. (We would have made Cambodian breakfast, but had no pork.)
broccoli potato curry
dal cooking
plated with rice. The fruit was watermelon and orange slices with chai marsala spice on them.
Oatmeal Scones from Cook’s Illustrated
oranges and strawberries
our special brunch guest with bacon, eggs, homefries (N ate hers before she photographed it). We served the homefries with the very last of B’s homemade cranberry BBQ sauce. If only cranberries were in season, it would happen again.
salt-baked fish, rice pilaf, and sliced zucchini for dinner
grilled cheese on homemade bread, with melted cheddar cheese and dijon mustard, with pear slices. part one!
part two: our friend shows up unexpectedly with half a bakery’s contents in her bike basket:
a cake. two fruit bowls. two loaves of bread (rosemary sourdough and seedilicious), carrot muffin, banana muffin, bran muffin, cookies, tiny chocolate cherry confections, jam roll, macaroons. Tea and jam.
friends who work at a bakery around closing time are the best friends.
Homemade pasta with olive oil, garlic, and anchovy sauce from Cook’s Illustrated. With sauteed balsamic pears!
Hawaiian Fry lunch: pineapples and portabellas sauteed in B’s teriyaki sauce, on rice, with cilantro and a lime on top. ~15 mins, even with making the teriyaki sauce
What’s In Your Kitchen? with B!
episode one: frozen tilapia, forgotten vegetables, instant rice, wine, a lemon
Sweet Potato-Onion-Fennel-Paprika Quiche
1 medium sweet potato, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 onion
1 bunch fresh fennel
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 prebaked pie crust
3 eggs
1cup milk (or almondmilk)
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp paprika
salt & pepper
About nicole bakes for braden cooks for nicole
