CHEZ CHLOE

Cooking Solo- Grilled steak sandwich

Hey it's Tuesday et je suis toute seule. Except for my photographer who dropped in.
Steak sandwich with balsamic peppercorn glaze and garlic mayo .

Rhubarb anyone? Scones & Crepes

Just a quickie on how lovely rhubarb can be. I find it's feast or famine for me with this fruit, much as it is with
summer squash. I've had far more than I can handle in past years but now seem to have none. I did find a survivor in my orchard that I transplanted and hope to bring back to production with a little TLC.
Here's what I did with it..... rhubarb ginger scones and crepes......

Cooking solo- Salmon dinner

Seared Salmon with cider bbq glaze, aspargus and shitakes, cucumbers....

Eating by yourself is a task in it self at times. Unless it's chewing while you work, clean, read or space out with some anonymous item being transferred orally from mouth to hand. Cooking for yourself is the hurdle to jump. I definitely have to be in the mood. Friday nights I'm often found deciding on real ice cream or something with a little less fat for dinner- like Stoneyfield's lowfat frozen yogurt, Dulce de Leche. This is often followed by pop corn with butter and maybe a little flax oil cut in to make me feel healthy- and a little nutritional yeast. But yesterday morning before leaving the house for the day, I pulled from the freezer a filet of wild salmon. Two days ago, I had company and grilled chicken in a cider bbq marinade, grilled asparagus and threw together strawberry rhubarb crisps . Having company now and then can be helpful in cooking for yourself as entertaining often yields leftovers and provides a good base from which to start. Driving home from work I decided to cook as it's only Tuesday and two nights of ice cream and popcorn is a bit much (for me). Here's what I did in about 20 minutes.....and I'm worth it! Oh how cliché......

And lest we forget my guest....

Happy Birthday Kathleen

The class this week was given to Kathleen as a birthday present from her husband. Kathleen brought her sister-in-law, Diane to partake in the celebration. Kathleen is an avid cook which brought on a little pressure to impart some new information and advice. We packed in a LOT! We forwent our sit down meal at the end in exchange for more time at the stove.
This day we managed to prepare: Buttermilk scones with candied ginger. A rosemary lemon fougasse. Bourride with monkfish*. Cherry balsamic glazed pork tenderloin. And we revisited the fresh ginger chocolate torte.
*One note before going ahead - Here's a link to Seafood Watch. Monkfish is on the avoid list and therefore I rarely eat it despite liking it.
I've posted the Scones, Fougasse and Bourride recipes.....