ICFD: Raw Foods Battle!
Jun. 21st, 2004 12:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pixiecrinkleLast night was the Raw Foods themed Iron Chef Family Dinner, at my house. I have been campaigning for this theme for a year now, and it finally got picked (we choose randomly out of a hat each time). It worked out quite well. I made three things from Raw: The UnCookBook by Juliano: Strawberries Romanoff (strawberries, raspberries, and whipped "cream" made from pureed almonds), Cream of Spinach Soup (spinach, escarole, cilantro, mint, lime, olive oil, etc.) and Flax Seed Crackers (flax seeds, peppers, tomatoes, dehydrated for nearly 9 hours!). The crackers were an unexpected hit. Everyone was divided on the soup. I wasn't a huge fan of it. Other dishes were no bake banana cheesecake, guacamole, lemon yogurt ice cream, apples with honey & nuts, smoothies, rum punch, a couple of tomato mozzerella dishes, and pears. All very yummy. Afterwards, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
automat76, B and I went bar hopping and counteracted the raw foods with beer and french fries. Mmmmmm....
Next time: chili pepper. I am a huge fan of spicy, or of peppers, so I'm going to have to do something creative. Maybe a curry. I still have a recipekrasota posted a while ago tacked up in my kitchen, not having been tried yet. That might be the winner.
I am happy that my house is so clean still. Nothing like paper plates for quick cleanup after an event. I feel guilty, but I did use real bowls. That's worth something.
I actually got some knitting done yesterday too, since I got up so early for cooking. Another iteration of the pattern on my poncho, a few rows of seed stitch for the afghan (I love the way seed stitch looks, especially with big thick yarn, but it takes me forever) and two iterations of the pattern on the lacy afghan square. I think I'm faster at knitting patterns you have to count, rather than straight knitting or non-counted things like seed stitch. Or maybe it just feels that way since my brain is engaged. I don't know. I'm just happy the lace isn't as intimidating as I thought it would be.
automat76, B and I went bar hopping and counteracted the raw foods with beer and french fries. Mmmmmm....Next time: chili pepper. I am a huge fan of spicy, or of peppers, so I'm going to have to do something creative. Maybe a curry. I still have a recipe
krasota posted a while ago tacked up in my kitchen, not having been tried yet. That might be the winner.I am happy that my house is so clean still. Nothing like paper plates for quick cleanup after an event. I feel guilty, but I did use real bowls. That's worth something.
I actually got some knitting done yesterday too, since I got up so early for cooking. Another iteration of the pattern on my poncho, a few rows of seed stitch for the afghan (I love the way seed stitch looks, especially with big thick yarn, but it takes me forever) and two iterations of the pattern on the lacy afghan square. I think I'm faster at knitting patterns you have to count, rather than straight knitting or non-counted things like seed stitch. Or maybe it just feels that way since my brain is engaged. I don't know. I'm just happy the lace isn't as intimidating as I thought it would be.
