how I love Cuban. Growing up I was more of a Chinese and New Mexican/Mexican enthusiast and lived in places rich in those cuisines. Living in central Florida presents lots of options previously more or less unknown to me…Puerto Rican, Dominican, Jamaican…Cuban. I love Cuban food. It is simple and largely made of ingredients that are readily available. I’ve eaten in both dives and more disneyfied versions and I love the lime soaked beef with parsley and raw onions alongside cuban and medianoche sandwiches and maduros. Tonight we attempted it at home to a crazy smoky house and amazing results.
Bistec de Palomilla & Maduros
Category: home cooking
falafel fail
have you ever noticed that everyone writes about their successes. I am here to tell you I made (ok, tried) to make falafel tonight and wow, I bombed! Total dinner fail. I made sauce from scratch and had na’an and feta ready to go alongside my favorite spicy hummus. We’ll be looking for a good middle eastern restaurant in Orlando if you know of one.
ramen
calzone
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I can say with fair assurance that we make spectacular calzones. Publix is our local everyday food shopping market and in the bakery/deli they have lumps of pizza dough most every day. Roll out a circle or oval and fill half with your favorite pizza toppings – in this case, sauteed onions, hot italian sausage, pepperoni, ricotta and mozzarella. If you use other veg I would lightly cook them first unless you like them on the raw side. Fold it over and pinch and roll the edge. Smooth some olive oil and garlic salt on top and bake at 425 for 20 or so minutes.
Dinner is served.
fantastick fåfänga
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clearly swedish for vanity. I have been putting in a few extra hours and time outside of the office keeping up with work (new job = new challenge!) Z has been sick for a couple of days and was feeling up to dinner out so we went to harmoni for supper where I had a sirloin panini with a glass of gougenheim malbec and z had truffled mac and cheese with cream soda. Almost like eating at home but someone else washing the dishes.
Then we stopped at Ikea within ten minutes of closing, which I don’t recommend as the entire store unloads their entire carts of purchases at the register. If you are familiar with Ikea they send you through the store on a specific track to get your eye on maximum product but I wanted to pick up some new napkins. Ridiculous, I know. I am not a fan of cloth because of the ironing factor. If you read this blog much you see lots of white plates and paper napkin pops of color. Basically, to get my cute on, I go with Ikea paper. We hit every shortcut and down the stairs into the marketplace where we stocked up on new spring napkins. A small bit of everyday vanity to help in making home the best place to be.
My Urban Pantry 