Tuesday Lunch - Braised Sweet Potato and Cauliflower (June 1)

Braising the vegetables in tomato puree and orange marmalade certainly gave this dish its flavor profile. Adding the black-eyed peas was a good touch because it balanced out the sweetness of the marmalade with some earthiness of the peas. Overall it was pretty good; very easy to make, too - the whole thing took about 20 minutes. I served it with a hearty whole grain slice of bread.

Maybe not a make-again-please-mommy-dish, but definitely worth making it at least once.

3 out of 5 stars

Braised Sweet Potato and Cauliflower Recipe

Monday Dinner - Cream of Cauliflower Soup (May 24)

Mikel approved of the Cauliflower Soup being on the menu - to the chagrin of his eldest sister, who does not care for anything in the brassica family.

The recipe is from Nava Atlas' Vegetarian Soups. 

The soup was surprisingly easy to make and was done in a flash. Instead of the food processor, though, I used my blender to make it even smoother and creamier. It was excellent; I even put some of the mixed  greens I made this afternoon on it as a garnish. Really tasty and creamy. The recipe calls for some Silk creamer, but I dare say - skip it! The soup is wonderful without that addition.

4 out of 5 stars