last week i made a meal that lasted pretty much the whole week without getting boring (always a possibility when you make too much of one thing). a friend gave me heidi swensons 'super natural cooking' cookbook and i've been enjoying exploring her recipes. i was even happier when i found her blog where you can get lots more recipes. mmmm. i bought asparagus the other day because they are so tender and crisp right now, and found this recipe for a big bowl of quinoa with steamed asparagus, onions, potatoes and nuts (i used pinenuts) with a lemon and good olive oil drizzled over it. i made half the amount in the recipe and still had enough left overs for two more meals. so this is night one with just the big bowl:
then the next night i started with a bed of greens with herbs, put on some of the big bowl left overs cold, and topped it with a poached egg, and some bouef secca (illegal meat brought back from france). YUM.
then the third night i had enough to do two bowls (had a friend over) with another poached egg, and more steamed asparagus that i tossed in a little cream cheese and lemon juice, more boeuf secca, et voila! three yummy yummy meals.a word on egg poaching. this winter i bought these adorable little egg poachers (fusionbrand poach pods)
that i found on the A+R design website and then bought for much cheaper off amazon. they are the BEST poachers! i already had the williams and senoma poaching pan, but its such a pain to clean and it for 8 eggs (when do i ever poach 8 eggs). these little dandys make PERFECT poached eggs, always soft, never hard in the middle, so nice. my other one would always dry the eggs out too much. so, these are totally worth the 8 bucks.
Dude I seriously saw those egg poaching cups at the store and I thought they were a little ridic but what a glowing review! And let's be honest, I have never been able to successfully poach an egg. I will save my pennies up.
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