Egg Vegetable Casserole

Made this again.  http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/recipe-for-egg-vegetable-casserole

More or less did it the same way as last time, but we made a whole stinkin lot this time.  Doubled I think?

Peanut-Sesame Slaw with Soba Noodles

Made this again.  We did it basically like last time, but doubled it all around and used a bit head of red cabbage.  Yum.

Gazpacho

Let the tomatoes keep on coming!  We did the same gazpacho recipe, but this time we did use bread crumbs.  We didn't like the texture.  Maybe we used too many, maybe it was the breadcrumbs.  Dunno.  Better the first time.

Pork Tacos

Yum

Gazpacho

What to do with loads of tomatoes?  Gazpacho of course.  1080 recipes, pg 168.  We did not do the goat cheese balls and use some handfulls of bread instead of bread crumbs.  Turned out quite well.

Asian Chicken and Cabbage Salad

Bon Appetit, May 2013, pg 31.  Also on epicurious:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Asian-Chicken-and-Cabbage-Salad-51160620

We did it substantially similar to last time I think.  We intended to use half of a large head of cabbage, but that one was bad so we did a whole small one we had.  Again, make more next time.  We had enough chicken, just needed more cabbage/etc.

Pesto Pasta

Fairly standard pesto pasta.  Green beans, squash, bell peppers.  We had some pesto from Spinelli's so we supplemented with our standard pesto, except we didn't use any garlic in what we made.

Fajitas

Standard grill book fajitas, except we got some pre-marinated carne asada.  Bell peppers, onions, hatch chilies that we had pre-roasted.  Turned out pretty well.

Pesto + Fresh Tomato Pizza

Two pizzas here - don't get confused by the title.  Did the same whole wheat dough.

Pizza 1: Pepperoni, roasted red pepper, fresh mozzarella, mushroom, fresh tomatoes
Pizza 2: Pesto, fresh mozzarella, mushroom

They turned out pretty well.  Perhaps the tomatoes had too much liquid though.  And the pizza paddle totally rocks.

Zucchini Frittata

Deborah, pg 575.  Used the basil variation.  Fairly good sized zucchini.  Only 6 eggs.  Pretty tasty.

Peanut-Sesame Slaw with Soba Noodles

I think this is the one we made:  http://cookieandkate.com/2014/peanut-sesame-slaw-with-soba-noodles/

This turned out quite good.  Used 6 oz soba noodles, extra carrots instead of the Brussels sprouts.  Used a fairly decently-sized cabbage.  Maybe medium sized?

Turkey-Spinach not-Sliders

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Turkey-Spinach-Sliders-51175440

More or less followed the recipe again, except used chard instead of spinach.  Did a quick sauté of the chard this time instead of putting it in raw.  I think we used about 1.25 lb turkey, and made 5 burgers out of it.  Well, 6 burgers but 2 were kid-size.

And what's up with the corn not being good this year?  Too old and chewy.

Fasty Tacos

You know, good old stand-by.

Sambal Chicken Skewers

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sambal-Chicken-Skewers-51175290

We did them as skewers this time, and used sambal oelek.  We didn't quite put in all the spicy goodness.  Cooked them on the grill this time, along with some grilled veg (zucchini, green beans).  The sauce was super-spicy, but it mellowed to a reasonable spiciness after cooking.

Yum.

Beet Risotto

Deborah, pg 553.  Yum.  Used chard this time as the beet greens were sad.  This is a pretty delicious thing right here.

Carne Asada Tacos

Wait, taco.... Saturday?  No way Jose!  Carniceria meat, guacamole.  Yum.

Zucchini Tomato Pizza

Pizza... Friday?!?  Is this the new normal???

Used the whole wheat dough from Animal Vegetable Miracle (pg 146), duplicated below:

2-3 tsp yeast  (recipe calls for 3, I used around 2.25)
1.5 c warm water
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
2.5 c white flour
2 c whole wheat flour

Dissolve yeast into warm water and add oil and salt to that mixture.  Mix the flours together and then knead them into liquid ingredients.  Let rise 30-40 minutes.

The crust turned out really well.  It was nice and light.  I wasn't sure how much to knead, but after mixing together I kneaded for a couple minutes, then let rise.

This made two pizzas.  Grill-pan cooked some zucchini.  Sliced some cherry tomatoes into halves or so.  Fried a bit of minced garlic in oil.  Assembled.  Got some pre-made sauce from whole foods that was pretty good.  Used a bit of mozzarella on one, and some goat cheese on the other.

Pretty tasty.  And not real hard.  And I need a pizza paddle.

Pizza was sort of based on the pizza book, recipes 2 (pg 16) and 17 (pg 40).