Panko-Baked White Eggplant with Tomato & Goat Cheese Salsa

09/21/2011

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Wow, sorry guys.  11 days since my last post?? Oops!  Sorry about that!  Between working as a clerk and starting my new part-time job at Williams-Sonoma (yay!) I've been struggling to be creative with my meals lately... not because I don't want to be creative, but really because I don't have time (and because I have to make all of Matt's meals a day ahead of time due to his busy schedule as well!)  Now I know your world doesn't stop spinning just because I don't update my blog, but it is kind of rude to leave you guys hanging so I'll give you a new recipe to try out.  

Now as I have previously mentioned, I get my produce delivered from a company called Go Local Produce that brings me local, fresh produce from the Farmer's Market.  They constantly give me eggplant, which I will admit I am terrible at eating and it usually goes bad.  So I asked my friend Arpita, who also gets these deliveries what she suggested.  She directed me to her Pinterest account (which if you haven't discovered already, go find it so you can start getting addicted now).  On one of her boards she had a recipe for eggplant, baked with panko and served with tomato sauce and goat cheese.  My recipe isn't terribly different, but I made a few tweaks here and there and I turned out with a recipe that I really enjoyed and definitely plan on making again.

Panko-Baked White Eggplant with Tomato & Goat Cheese Salsa (Adapted from Eat Drink Better)
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Goat Cheese, Fig Jam, and Caramelized Onion Pizza

09/10/2011

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I made this pizza like 3 months ago and have just now posted about it.  Jeez what is wrong with me?  I should have told you all about this earlier.  When I made this, I had just returned from my grandmother's funeral and I was in the midst of studying for the Bar Exam so I didn't post it as soon as I should have and then all these other exciting recipes distracted me.  Truth be told, I thought the pizza was a bit rich and I wasn't sure if I would love it enough to share.  I think (as you will see from the verdict) that this would be better served as an appetizer for a group of people and not as a main course for one person.  It was delicious and flavorful.  I knew I wanted to combine goat cheese and figs and added the onions as a little bit of an extra oomph.  I went off of the recipe from Smitten Kitchen for Ricotta and Onion Pizza to make the recipe and then added my own flare.  It doesn't look all that pretty but don't judge a book by it's cover (or in this case, a pizza by it's dark caramelized onions!)... I hope you like it!
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Kir Royale Cupcakes

09/03/2011

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Well, as promised, I made Champagne Cupcakes!  I had promised to make this in the exciting event that I passed the North Carolina Bar Exam, and lucky for you (AND ME!) I passed and made treats for you all to celebrate with me!  One of my favorite cocktails in the world is a Kir Royale.  I discovered this delicious cocktail at Christmas last year and thought that transforming them into a dessert would be an absolute delight! 

I adapted a recipe for Champagne Cupcakes from my friend Yuri of Chef Pandita.  She made lovely champagne cupcakes with lycee for her birthday and I've been dying to make my Kir Royale version, but I was waiting for that letter!  Well I finally got it and it was good news!  I already had a backup plan in case it wasn't (another cocktail) but I'm happy I can share these with you instead!  Now that it's the weekend and I had time to go buy ingredients, I got everything I needed, including champagne and Chambord.
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Vegetable and Bacon Frittata

09/02/2011

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Well, it's almost the weekend!  Now that I have been working for a whole week, I feel like I kind of understand the whole TGIF thing.  I am definitely not a morning person and so this week, my breakfast has basically revolved around cereal and oatmeal.  So this weekend, I am looking forward to breaking out the eggs and having a real breakfast.  I made this frittata a couple of weeks ago but due to various things keeping me very busy, I have been terribly negligent about posting.  I won't take up too much of your time but I will tell you that this was definitely a fantastic breakfast and would make a great breakfast over the long weekend!
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