Month: April 2015

one of my favorite movie scenes ever is this one from the movie ‘chocolat’. apart from the brilliant music and my general love for the movie, vianne getting ready to open her ‘chocolaterie mayan’ gets to me every time. that and the party preparation scene…oh the things one can do with chocolate! it was a bit overwhelming, i thought, there being lots of chocolate related things i want to try someday. nevertheless, i ended up making a decision (kind of inevitable in this project of ours), choosing a recipe for “curry and peanut leaves”. sounded weird enough to me and thus spiked my interest.

in addition to the curry and peanut combination, i also made a version with candied rose leaves and cocoa nibs and another with pistachios and dried cranberries. i quite like how they turned out, they make for a pretty bunch of leaves, no?

You’ve got to admit I did a pretty good job on my promise to stop posting so many cauliflower recipes. It’s been more than 2 months since I brought up Brassica oleracea to your screen. I cannot hold myself back anymore, not when I made these A-M-A-Z-I-N-G “caulitillas” that even the husband professed to be delicious. That is saying a lot, as he is adamant about corn tortillas, preferably the yellow kind. But, ever since Iron Man Mike blogged on these babies I’ve been meaning to try them.  They are everything he told them to be.  Make these.  It is a little involved, but in a fun way. And the pay off is huge.

CAULIFLOWER CRUST TORTILLAS
(from The Iron You)

olive oil for greasing baking sheets
1 head of cauliflower, riced and packed (3 cups needed)
3 eggs
½ teaspoon fine grain sea salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Heat…