A Week’s Worth of Romesco
$2 for a batch of sauce that makes a week's worth of savory dishes, well, a lot more savory. 16 cents per tablespoon. That's enough to elevate a sandwich to greatness. Make the whole batch in less than 15 minutes.
Fall Fruit Ceviche. Tuna optional.
Less than $1 per huge serving of the Fall harvest quickly transformed to a sweet and spicy salad. An intensely flavorful Way to lighten up a rich meal. Or to build a light, refreshing one.
The best sandwich of the month
A spinach-feta omelet on challah toast dressed with romesco sauce is completely delicious. A meal-in-a-sandwich for ten minutes in the kitchen and less than two dollars.
Any time. Any day. Stuffed French Toast.
Breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner. This is totally delicious. $1.50 for one. And one's a complete meal. The toast is soft and fluffy. The cheese is rich and slightly salty. The pears are caramelized and sweet. Try to eat Slowly.
Garden Watch: Roasted Salsa
You can grow tomatoes, peppers, cilantro and parsley in a single pot. Sure, it's a little crowded - but the stuff actually grows well with six hours a day of summer sun. When summer's gone, time to harvest and roast.
Garden Watch: Pesto Time
The summer garden's disappearing fast, so it's time for the next-best thing. Fresh frozen pesto. Brightens up the winter. Let's you re-live the summer, a meal at a time. Great return on investment: grow it for five months, eat it for twelve. For $5. Freeze now, smile later.
Skirt Steak Tacos
Big flavor bang for the buck. Twice the steak and half the price of a Taco Bell. Perfect example of Better is Cheaper. Deeply flavorful steak. Rich but light sauce. Light, bright lime-sauteed onions. For one dollar.
Challah. Bread with a hairdo.
A huge, beautiful braided loaf of bread that's light but rich. Moist and slightly chewy. Golden and glossy. At least 30 big, thick slices. For $2.50.
Romesco on everything
In Spain, it goes on vegetables, meat, chicken and fish. It's a full-bandwidth sauce. A huge range of flavors spreading across your tongue. Deep flavors that make you pay attention and eat Slower. Mild or spicy. Your choice.
Fall Colors Risotto. In a Summer Pepper.
The world's best rice. With very fresh red and yellow late Summer sweet peppers. Stuffing for an orange pepper. You can make a great risotto in 30 minutes. Required kitchen skill: stirring. And not that much.