Roasted chicken, sautéed snap peas, strawberries. First meal in Albert’s new apartment.
I’ve been eating couscous all week. My roommate @tweetmyk generously made a delicious + giant leg of lamb for a dinner last Friday, and I was in charge of the couscous. I made too much. Oops.
In this bowl: couscous cooked in chicken broth, cumin, paprika, nutmeg, raisins, chopped cucumbers, arugula, balsamic vinegar, a fried egg
Easter bread for Easter! A braided challah with colorful dyed eggs embedded and baked in the folds. The idea for this started when Rachel gchatted me about it almost a month ago - and it turned out to be the perfect Sunday afternoon activity as I busied myself with errands while waiting for the dough to rise. Easter is a day of renewal, and Spring a season of new beginnings - it seemed fitting to make this bread the day before I start a new job. Nervous but excited about what’s ahead.
My favorite lazy weekend ritual: homemade coffee (pour-over, freshly ground beans) and a warm bagel from Ess-a-Bagel. Today, instead of the usual schmear of cream cheese, I made an open face sandwich with herb turkey breast from Applegate Farms, sliced cherry tomatoes, and a glorious sunny side up egg. Ahh, weekends.
Basically this sandwich but even better - green garlic pesto, smoked turkey, cherry tomatoes, fried egg, swiss cheese and avocado on sour dough, warmed in a panini press ‘til crisp and melty.
It’s springtime in New York City! I stopped by the Union Square Greenmarket on Saturday and picked up a tub of green garlic pesto from Salento Farm and a small loaf of San Francisco sourdough from Our Daily Bread. Dinner two nights in a row - turkey breast, sliced Roma tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, pesto, toasted sourdough.
If you’ve never tried green garlic, start looking in your local farmer’s markets now before the season ends. It has a milder, sweeter flavor than mature garlic, and tastes firmly of early spring.
