tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63145956477557784762024-03-05T05:34:40.959-08:00Echoplex of FoodLissa Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15985063325574352997noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314595647755778476.post-81984337263462900552010-04-10T15:26:00.000-07:002010-04-10T15:42:08.977-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mzwhWyKf4qFYU_kGjxDOyvzvKNZHMoZb1dAloWNNM-XDWXAlwI81DWnXOq-0jzWo2a8CWMDDNNwqoyXK532bac1XjkI3RSIGlqpbro3sw7rS9oTiEBGky-QW-Knq2jiJl9hyphenhyphenxhKu1zXE/s1600/springrolls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mzwhWyKf4qFYU_kGjxDOyvzvKNZHMoZb1dAloWNNM-XDWXAlwI81DWnXOq-0jzWo2a8CWMDDNNwqoyXK532bac1XjkI3RSIGlqpbro3sw7rS9oTiEBGky-QW-Knq2jiJl9hyphenhyphenxhKu1zXE/s400/springrolls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458638955307132050" /></a><br /><br />Spring Rolls:<br /><br />Rice paper (soaked briefly in warm water before each roll)<br />Slice em' thinner than thin:<br /><br />Carrots<br />Red, yellow onions<br />Green and red peppers<br />Green onions<br />Leeks<br /><br />Cilantro sprigs<br />Avocado strips<br />Soba noodles, rice or quinoa (if desired)<br /><br />Ginger<br />Garlic<br /><br />Cut and mix in bowl.<br /><br />Roll these babies. Use wood cutting board or ceramic plate to roll them onto. Soak rice paper in warm water for roughly 15 seconds (until it does, like I said, turn eerily similar to the texture of skin). Place roughly 1/4 cup contents towards the lower edge (where the mouth would be on a face) of the soaked rice paper (i.e. your grandmother's skin).<br /><br />Roll, fold sides and continue to roll. Cut in half. <br /><br />____________________<br /><br />Dipping sauces:<br /><br />Tahini with a dash of cinnamon, anise and Agave <br /><br />______________<br /><br />Soy Sauce<br />1/4 lemon<br />1/4 orange<br />Garlic<br />Ginger<br /><br />Sauce roughly from Ellen's personal chef. Thank you kindly. http://ellen.warnerbros.com/thoughts/<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTuPQGk0Ocs8zPU6qcsP4b4JUTWZOFO4C4GZBXINK2cr_qqqhpCcmCC5zIKS6_hpNk_kkhEud98fq03OnHE93Pvp4tADUr8wu072b5Zkj_r_e9N7hyphenhyphenKA4sZTghcDkdu4EBY49_P1oCphl/s1600/springrolls2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTuPQGk0Ocs8zPU6qcsP4b4JUTWZOFO4C4GZBXINK2cr_qqqhpCcmCC5zIKS6_hpNk_kkhEud98fq03OnHE93Pvp4tADUr8wu072b5Zkj_r_e9N7hyphenhyphenKA4sZTghcDkdu4EBY49_P1oCphl/s400/springrolls2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458642103969370194" /></a>Lissa Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15985063325574352997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314595647755778476.post-19286391932750447212010-04-05T08:14:00.001-07:002010-04-05T08:58:14.479-07:00Roasted Artichoke<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhyphenhypheno1ZtfZ14oZ0YvCfqgboa9F-5wKpgu1AX0Y2ftYqlDPqeiL8Lp2UOLpi_tvGZ5qsgMzVIJYLJoxnSSSgByqXCTM8LyI7v7VWA_vvr9anluqh-px6jAIfivGcZoNI1_aZlTMqNOZ8uqP/s1600/artichoke.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhyphenhypheno1ZtfZ14oZ0YvCfqgboa9F-5wKpgu1AX0Y2ftYqlDPqeiL8Lp2UOLpi_tvGZ5qsgMzVIJYLJoxnSSSgByqXCTM8LyI7v7VWA_vvr9anluqh-px6jAIfivGcZoNI1_aZlTMqNOZ8uqP/s400/artichoke.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456682694037637122" /></a><br /><br />For all those readers (my bf and brother), I'm sure you've been antsy in your pants for another post. <br /><br /><br />We'll start here: I may have fallen in love with a vegetable. She is beautiful. It's been said before, but I'll leave the telling to you all. <br /><br /><br />Two Artichokes<br />Two cups vegetable broth<br />1/2 cup white wine<br />4 dashes of olive oil<br />Sea salt, pepper and garlic (sumac and other spices if desired)<br /><br />Trim tips of artichokes, about an inch from top. Wash. Cut in half. Scoop out the hairy mid-section. <br /><br />Place in glass cooking dish (deep enough for a small pool of liquid) facing upwards. Pour broth, wine and oil over each artichoke. Salt, pepper and garlic (if that can also become a verb). Add dashes of sumac if desired. <br /><br />Cover with foil. <br /><br />Bake at 350. 40-50 minutes. <br /><br />Roughly based on http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2010/01/baked-artichokes-with-lemon-and-wine-recipe.html<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQE4DkRN-H50TqPXDnP_M8kJEhccl1PrqiWz-zApwylJAgMjnLngtAm399Gq0Wr81GMSkyltjhyphenhyphenP-53oREMa22aFr9DKoVad5UnTRjKmJEDQZB7RHv36sOojWf0PXmqhejJve-S1DD6ZB-/s1600/artichoke2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQE4DkRN-H50TqPXDnP_M8kJEhccl1PrqiWz-zApwylJAgMjnLngtAm399Gq0Wr81GMSkyltjhyphenhyphenP-53oREMa22aFr9DKoVad5UnTRjKmJEDQZB7RHv36sOojWf0PXmqhejJve-S1DD6ZB-/s400/artichoke2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456682387938757362" /></a>Lissa Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15985063325574352997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314595647755778476.post-78327188746695477402010-03-29T15:20:00.000-07:002010-03-29T19:07:17.391-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTYL9uMwZ34KdskTyc1c2NnfVQzQoHA0Co5w0-KDrmh65DXIvXfKaMWYFLPz9K7BiPSGvwT5LFfBSziiUSSO3d8wbsxLZZXWcSUdP0OFqm-N75z5pBC_QmmAIiSQFw4ayrwURo4wD42U2/s1600/IMG_0110.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTYL9uMwZ34KdskTyc1c2NnfVQzQoHA0Co5w0-KDrmh65DXIvXfKaMWYFLPz9K7BiPSGvwT5LFfBSziiUSSO3d8wbsxLZZXWcSUdP0OFqm-N75z5pBC_QmmAIiSQFw4ayrwURo4wD42U2/s320/IMG_0110.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454184662899655426" /></a><br /><br /><br />sweet sweet potato muffins (in other words, friends came to visit)<br /><br />I'm way into sweet potatoes.<br /><br />Maybe because I can, in fact eat them.<br /><br />And then some friends came to visit, late at night, past dinnertime. And I had all these potatoes.<br /><br />And so we landed here:<br /><br />2 smallish sweet potatoes (peeled, boiled and pureed)<br />1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour<br />1/4 cup ground flax seed<br />2 tsp. baking powder<br />1/2 tsp. baking soda<br />1/2 tsp. salt<br />2 tsp. cinnamon<br />1/3 c. olive oil<br />1/2 c. coconut milk (or yogurt)<br />1 egg<br />1 tsp. vanilla<br />1 1/3 c. brown sugar (if using chocolate, cut sugar to 1 c.)<br />3/4 c. Chocolate Chips or crumbled brown sugar for an alternative topping<br /><br />Mix dry ingredients. Mix wet separately (oil, coconut milk, vanilla, egg, brown sugar, potato puree).<br /><br />Combine.<br /><br />Add chocolate chips (if ya wanna).<br /><br />Divide between 14-16 greased muffin wells.<br /><br />350. 24 minutes.<br /><br />p.s. adapted from http://othersideof50.blogspot.com/2009/07/whole-wheat-sweet-potato-muffins.html<br /><br />Thank you kindly.Lissa Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15985063325574352997noreply@blogger.com0