Showing posts with label savory dish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label savory dish. Show all posts

Saturday, January 3, 2015

NEW YEAR'S WISHES & FETTUCCINE WITH JAPANESE MUSHROOMS

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Wishing you all a bright & beautiful 2015, filled with love, peace, happiness and dreams!



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I feel it is best to leave things from the past year in the past year, but I couldn't resist bringing a recipe for fettuccine with Japanese mushrooms into the new one. Some of the mushrooms may be difficult to find, but there is no need to follow the recipe precisely — I highly recommend playing around a bit with the ingredients. Best served with a chilled glass of wine, or sparkling water if you are looking forward to taking a break from all the holiday drinking like me.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

la luncheonette | green salad with bacon & camembert cheese

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At home, at kitchen table. Came across this salad in the latest issue of elle à table, and tried it out on the very same day. Results: a salad that is not plain nor lacks texture. To be very honest, have never been a fan of making salad (rinsing several different kinds of lettuce leaves is not an enjoyable task), but this one was well worth it with the crisp bacon bits, toasted bread, and melted camembert cheese. Only one kind of lettuce is required, and the apple slices add a lovely flavor, some color, and additional texture. Would work well as a lunch for two, or perhaps as a starter for four.


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Think this was a much needed healthy break considering all the ice cream (more about that in another post) have been consuming lately. Will always prefer making desserts, but who ever knows? Salads may well become a passion around here . . . Happy salad chomping and also, happy happy November *




* { green salad with bacon & camembert cheese adapted barely from : elle à table, issue no.70 november 2013 — とろとろカマンベールサラダ by hiroto maruyama (丸山宏人) }
— ベーコンとカマンベールチーズのグリーンサラダのレシピは以下 :

Friday, September 20, 2013

la luncheonette | sandwiches à la ladurée

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At home, at kitchen table. Aargh. Have done it again. Made these sandwiches so long ago, have forgotten the recipe. Well, not really forgotten but is so much more difficult to write recipe after a certain amount of time has passed. From now on must write recipe right after cooking. On the very same day. Perhaps shall write that down for next year's resolutions?



Anyway, found these sandwiches on elle à table. Love that magazine. So many beautiful pictures and lovely recipes, and also completely arrangeable. Problem is, after reading an issue, it makes one want to go on the internet and start buying unnecessary culinary props (e.g. expensive white porcelain, vintage casserole dishes, etc.), and end up wasting enormous amount of time staring at computer screen, plus get stiff shoulders.




Back to sandwiches. Have loved clubhouse sandwiches ever since little girl. May sound slightly strange, but have always rather enjoyed crunchy part of a meal, i.e. bread crust, ice cream cone, tart crust, pie crust, pizza crust, etc. (although not sure if ice cream can be considered a meal nor if pizza crust is crunchy), and love that clubhouse sandwich bread is toasted and crunchy (crispy?) rather than soft and soggy. Plus recipe was from ladurée, making it utter perfection.

Was tempted to add bacon and chips but became terrified of calories about to be consumed (after all, usually eat what has been cooked myself), and decided on healthy vegetables instead. Feel v. proud of self.

Later. Still haven't written recipe and dreading process terribly not being able to concentrate at all.

Two days later. Finally!!! Hope everyone enjoys recipe. Was v. long process.





* { sandwiches à la ladurée adapted from : elle à table, issue no.67 may 2013 — クラブ‧プレ‧ラデュレ / クラブ‧サーモン by ladurée }
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

la luncheonette | penne pasta with green asparagus & prosciutto

- why don't we . . . have pasta for lunch? {アスパラガスと生ハムのペンネ} -



. . . la luncheonette; a new series dedicated to savory dishes perfect for lunch *

いつかいつか、家でのランチを夕飯の残り物で済ませようとしない、素敵な女性になりたい — そんな願いを込めて始める la luncheonette . . .


* { penne pasta with green asparagus & prosciutto adapted from : elle à table, issue no.68 july 2013 — アスパラガスと生ハムのペンネ 焦がしバターソース recipe by yukiko hirano (平野由希子) }
— アスパラガスと生ハムのペンネのレシピは以下 :