Sunday, April 23, 2006
Dinner at Home
Cream of Spinach and Turnip Soup
This was salted perfectly...unfortunately we left it out all night and had to toss it the next day.
-2 lbs spinach, washed
-2 small turnips, roughly chopped
-6 cans broth
-1 can water
-1 onion, roughly chopped
-10 cloves garlic, peels
-1 cup cream
Sautee onions, garlic and turnip in a bit of olive oil until beginning to carmelized. Add stock and water and bring to a boil. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Add spinach and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Puree and stir in cream. Serve.
Serves 10.
-2 small turnips, roughly chopped
-6 cans broth
-1 can water
-1 onion, roughly chopped
-10 cloves garlic, peels
-1 cup cream
Sautee onions, garlic and turnip in a bit of olive oil until beginning to carmelized. Add stock and water and bring to a boil. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Add spinach and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Puree and stir in cream. Serve.
Serves 10.
Green Salad with Balsamic Vinagrette
Meatballs--in their pre-baked state.
1 lb gound beef
1 lb ground pork
1/2 cup flax seed, ground
1 cup parmasean cheese
2 eggs
2 handfuls of parsley, finely chopped
1 tb black pepper
2 tb garlic powder
1 ts salt
Mix ingredients thoroughly and form into 1 inch balls. Fry over medium heat in a bit of olive oil until browned on all sides and set aside.
1 lb ground pork
1/2 cup flax seed, ground
1 cup parmasean cheese
2 eggs
2 handfuls of parsley, finely chopped
1 tb black pepper
2 tb garlic powder
1 ts salt
Mix ingredients thoroughly and form into 1 inch balls. Fry over medium heat in a bit of olive oil until browned on all sides and set aside.
Meatballs in Vodka Cream Sauce
Sautee the meatballs in a few tb of olive oil until browned and cooked through. Set aside.
Sauce
-4 cans chopped tomatos (with juice)
-10 cloves garlic, peeled
-1 cup vodka
-1 cup plain Greek yogurt
-1 large handfuls basil, roughly chopped
-1 onion, roughly chopped
-salt and pepper to taste
-1 ts marjoram
-1 tb oregano
In a sauce pot sautee the onions and garlic in a bit of olive oil. Add the tomatos, oregano, basil, salt, pepper and marjoram. Simmer for 45 minutes. Puree. Add the vodka and reduce by 1/4. Thoroughly mix in the yogurt. Combine the meatballs and sauce in the large pan in which you cooked the meatballs. Heat through. Serve and sprinkle with a bit of remaining chopped basil.
-4 cans chopped tomatos (with juice)
-10 cloves garlic, peeled
-1 cup vodka
-1 cup plain Greek yogurt
-1 large handfuls basil, roughly chopped
-1 onion, roughly chopped
-salt and pepper to taste
-1 ts marjoram
-1 tb oregano
In a sauce pot sautee the onions and garlic in a bit of olive oil. Add the tomatos, oregano, basil, salt, pepper and marjoram. Simmer for 45 minutes. Puree. Add the vodka and reduce by 1/4. Thoroughly mix in the yogurt. Combine the meatballs and sauce in the large pan in which you cooked the meatballs. Heat through. Serve and sprinkle with a bit of remaining chopped basil.
# posted by Giao and Alexis @ 8:37 PM 
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