Random Winter Dinners

Lentils have become one of my favorite things to cook recently. They have a wonderful buttery flavor and you could put whatever you want in them. This is my take on a wonderful Indian dish called dal makhani. Believe me it tastes more exciting than it looks.

Here is a nice skillet supper with pasta, sweet potato, sausage and sun dried tomato.

Summer Cake

A nice light cake for summer: raspberry-peach filled lemon layer cake with raspberry buttercream frosting. Too bad I forgot to take a picture until it was almost gone!

Wisconsin Gruyere

A new good cheese I had tonight, a domestic Gruyere from Roth Käse in Monroe, WI

Carrot Soup, Fresh Beets, Flank Steak

Just a random dinner really. The carrot soup, "Potage Crecy," is one of my favorites.

Starting the carrot soup and braised beets

Smooth and creamy after blending

Searing the flank

Mushrooms drowning in red wine, a beautiful sight

A very red meal with flank steak, mushrooms in red wine sauce and braised beets

Enjoyed with a nice glass of Cabin from Hookstone winery in Wisconsin, order yours today! Hookstone Winery

Stuffed Jalapeño Peppers

Also on vacation: jalapeño peppers, stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, cheddar, bacon and cilantro, cooked on the grill in this cute little holder until roasty. Mmmmmmm, watch out they've got a kick.

I Caught You a Delicious Bass

On vacation in Wisconsin this summer I enjoyed some wonderful cuisine provided by the Chippewa Flowage. Delicious bass, fresh caught by Uncle Gary and Aunt Cindy, stuffed with lemon and garlic and cooked on the grill. What could be more delicious?

On the grill

On the plate

Strawberry Season

Early summer is strawberry season, and these parfaits were the logical conclusion when Nourse Farm had their fresh strawberries ready to go! They were some of the sweetest, reddest strawberries I have had in a long time.