Monday, August 18, 2008

sunday supper - hot august nights

Yesterday was perfect hot August weather. So in celebration of the rare phenomenon I decided to make a meal reminiscent of the kind my grandparents used to serve (with vegetables straight out of their garden.) I unfortunately do not have the space or the consistent warm weather to grow a huge garden so I made due with organic vegetables from the market. Here are the results:


Heirloom Tomatoes with basil, salt and a balsamic vinaigrette.


Corn on the cob cooked in it's husk on the grill with spicy chili butter.
The key to the corn is to soak it in the husk for 20 minutes, remove the silks, slather butter on the kernels and re wrap with the husk. - 16 min on the grill and you have sweet and spicy corn.

Ta da, here is the heirloom tomato salad, the corn w/ extra spicy butter and a lovely steak that was also marinated in balsamic vinaigrette.



Butter Recipe - (mix the spices to your taste level)

  • 1 cube of butter
  • Cayenne Pepper
  • Ancho Chili Powder
  • Cumin
  • Paprika
  • Salt
  • Garlic
  • Worcester Sauce

Monday, August 11, 2008

Salt N Peppers ...

I just finished a terribly yummy brownie. Not newsworthy you say. Think again. This brownie, from Simply Divine, featured one of my two favorite spice accompaniments to Chocolate - Rock Salt.

Say what you will but in my mind all chocolate should either be accompanied by salt or peppers (Cayenne, Chile, Ancho - you name it they are all good.)

And, no I do not limit my love for these spices to just chocolate. In my book everything is better with Salt N Peppers. So, here we go, my adventure into food blogging with a Salt N Peppers flare.

I can't promise everything I share will be good, but everything will have spice.

Enjoy