Spicy Mexican Squash Stew - Moosewood recipe

I found a recipe on the Moosewood Restaurant site and tried it the other night. Everyone ate it up! I served it with plain yogurt. I also added a can of Romano Beans to add a bit of protein.

I am puzzled by "spicy" in the title as it was quite mild. I might add another jalapeno pepper next time. Enjoy.

http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/recipes_archive.html#60

This recipe is from their book: Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Moosewood-Restaurant-Daily-Special-More-Moosewood-Collective/9780609802427-item.html?ikwid=moosewood+restaurant+daily+special&ikwsec=Home

Moosewood Pumpkin Cheesecake

My favourite cookbook for desserts is: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Moosewood-Restaurant-Book-of-Desserts-Moosewood-Collective/9780517884935-item.html

Every item I have made in this book turns out incredibly perfect. And, I always make them gluten-free - their recipes with my substitutions.

Tonight I am making the pumpkin cheesecake on page 158. I used the Mi-Del brand ginger snaps (about 20 of them) for the crust.
http://www.midelcookies.com/gluten_free/ginger_snaps.shtml
Be careful if you buy these - they make non gluten-free stuff too and I once got the packages mixed up.

Check out the Moosewood website - they have quite a few recipes posted here: http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/

I can smell the cheesecake cooking - wow.

Sept 18, 2010

Pasta with lobster and asparagus

This dish is based on my friend's Anastasia's dish. She made it for us one night - delicious! She told me to buy frozen lobster in a can - and there it was at Superstore. It is a bit pricey at about $18 for a can but this fed 6 of us.

Saute until cooked, in a medium pan, with a tablespoon of olive oil:
1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced into half rings

Add:
1 pound of asparagus cut into about 3 pieces per stalk
3 cloves garlic (put through a garlic press)

Once the asparagus has been in the pan for 3-4 minutes, add the thawed lobster. I cut up some of the pieces of lobster to bite size.

Add:
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (or use dried if you don't have fresh)
grated rind of one lemon
juice of one or two lemons
2 medium sized tomatoes cut into bite sized pieces
tablespoon of butter (optional)

Cook until everything is warm.
Toss the sauce with the spaghetti or fresh angel hair pasta and serve.

I put parmesan cheese out and it actually tasted good with the cheese (which I did not think it would given that this is seafood). Fresh ground pepper was also very good.

I served this with a soup to start - the potato/squash soup from a few days ago. I added some cream, cinnamon, cloves and allspice to the soup then served it with a yogurt sauce (yogurt, basil and red onion chopped up fine).

Dessert was "Anna's Country Spice Cake" from Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts by the Moosewood Collective (page 142). http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Moosewood-Restaurant-Book-of-Desserts-Moosewood-Collective/9780517884935-item.html
I made a rum flavored whipped cream - a cap full of rum and a teaspoon of sugar to go with it. Yum!