Some weekends it seems to blustery to go outside, and you just want to cuddle, watch movies, listen to NPR and have breakfast in. This is one of my “special” breakfasts. It doesn’t take long, but long enough that I want to save it for a weekend occasion. No real recipe – just sauteed leeks [...]
Posts Tagged ‘arugula’
10 Mar
A Quiet Night at Mr. Martino’s
Senor Lanky had been out of town in frigid Chicago, and when I went to pick him up at the airport, I want to go to a nice, quiet, romantic little BYOB. I read review after review, and settled on Mr. Martino’s, a little couple-owned restaurant, only open a few days a week, in South [...]
27 Feb
Roasted Pear Salad with mixed greens, arugula, goat cheese, and tarragon
I have to keep shaking the salads up for the lunch programs I make at work, otherwise our guests (and our staff, and me!) will get bored. This salad was made with baby greens, some arugula, pears roasted in the oven for 10 minutes with fresh tarragon and just a sprinkle of sugar, toasted walnuts [...]
12 Feb
Wasabi Deviled Eggs
I was so inspired by a some wasabi deviled eggs I recently ate at a Tank Bar (at Friday, Saturday, Sunday) happy hour, that I decided to make 3 dozen deviled eggs for a reception at work. Pictured above are wasabi deviled eggs (marked with a green wasabi dot), and curry deviled eggs. While I [...]
