Baked Salmon with swiss chard soubise and ratatouille

Salmon
olive oil
s/p
lemon
tomato



swiss chard soubise sauce

swiss chard
onion garlic
s/p, nutmeg, oregano
flour
milk
butter
olive oil, water

Start with a roux, add milk and stir.  Form bechamel, add s/p and nutmeg.  Separately, caramelize onions with garlic, s/p, oregano.  Blanch shredded swiss chard.  Put onions and swiss chard in a blender, add a dab of olive oil/water to get it going.  Add this mixture to the bechamel.  Although the chard I used was all different colors, it still turned green.

ratatouille

onion
red bell pepper
summer squash
zucchini
eggplant
tomato paste
olive oil, s/p, garlic, herbes de provence

Tomato Vinaigrette

Olive oil
s/p
4-5 vine tomatoes (red and yellow)
dijon mustard
frozen pesto sauce
white vinegar and balsamic vinegar


Start blending tomatoes with mustard, vinegar, pesto, and s/p.  Slowly mix in olive oil.

Custard Pie with granola crust and raspberry/blueberry jam

 raspberry/blueberry jam

raspberries and blueberries
water, cognac, lemon zest, sugar

Let simmer until it reaches desired thickness.









Custard Pie with granola crust

Granola crust:
granola, honey

Pour the custard over.  I then dribbled in some raspberry/blueberry jam.

In retrospect, The granola may have been better on top.  It lost some of it's crispiness under the custard.  The honey was also overpowering the fruity taste I was looking for.

 

 I then added an extra dab of jam to enhance the flavor some more.

Gratin Dauphinois

Sliced potatoes
milk, butter, s/p
topped with parmesan

Start with the sliced potatoes, milk, and butter in a deep sautee pan.  Milk should be covering the potatoes.  Add butter (approx. 2tbsp~), s/p, and move around every once in awhile.  They are ready to move to a baking dish (like what is pictured to the left) when the milk has thickened, and has begun to catch to the potatoes.  I only had grated parmesan in the fridge (typically I like to use swiss), so I sprinkled some on top.

Stews and Red Wine Reduction

 Southwestern Beef Stew

cumin, paprika, s/p, cayenne, oregano, diced garlic
onion, red pepper, tomato, serrano pepper
beef chuck
olive oil
tomato paste, water

 Boeuf Bourguignon

beef chuck
onion, pepper, tomato
water, tomato paste, flour, red wine
olive oil, garlic, herbes de provence, s/p

Red Wine Reduction

A great site I used for reference is here.

Garden 9/15

taken last week (these two are the two pink ones down below)

Parsley and fall lettuce

Pink Brandywine

Chicken Kebabs w tzatziki

2 kinds of chicken kebabs

marinades:

soy sauce
honey
ginger
minced garlic
pepper


greek yogurt
curry powder
pepper
ginger
cumin
spicy chili hot sauce



tzatziki:

dill and cucumber from garden
greek yogurt
s/p
minced garlic