September 19th: brunch & supper

Brunch

Verdict:
Try Again: Tomato Soldiers, Boiled Eggs, Potato Cake

I made such a spread today for Sunday Brunch that I figured it was worth a post. No reason brunch food couldn't be made for supper. From September 2010's Chatelaine: Perfect Soft-Boiled Eggs with Tomato Soldiers and Upside-Down Potato Cake. This was all delicious. We had the meal accompanied by smoked salmon and sour cream and I loved every bit of it. The eggs & toast probably don't require a recipe, but whatevs. I cooked my eggs to medium. The potato cake was delicious but took an hour to cook, so beware. Also, I thought my Paderno frying pan with a plastic handle was oven-safe, and maybe it is, just at lower temperatures. The handle blew up in the oven, but luckily I only ended up with one piece of burnt plastic in my mouth when I ate the food. Oops.

For Patricia:

Supper


Verdict:
Try Again: Roasted Vegetables
Toss: Mac & Cheese

Two recipes for supper: from September 2010's Chatelaine: Almost Instant Mac & Cheese. It was silly of me to make this, since we already have a fabulous mac & cheese recipe, but I'm a sucker for trying something new. This is an easy recipe, and was good, but not as good as our keeper recipe, so I'm tossing it.

To accompany it, from Cooking with Canada's Best, via the GoodLife Fitness website: Seasonal Vegetable Salad. I'm not sure why it's called "salad," as this was a roasted vegetable mélange, but it was delicious and I will definitely be trying it again - although next time, without the celeriac! Of the four herbs listed in the recipe, I used two: chives and parsley. We all agreed this was great, and, although the cooking time is lengthy (longer than the 30 minutes called for!), it was relatively easy. For some reason, the link is not working for me; if this continues to be a problem, I will type the recipe out, because it is worth trying.