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FNP: Bacon, Egg, and Spinach Pesto

Can you tell I decided to have a little fun with our latest Friday night pizza? I was dying to see the look on B’s face when I set it down in front of us. Lucky for me, he’s always up for my pizza experiments.

In the pizza section of Jamie Oliver’s cookbook Jamie’s Italy, there’s one that jumped out at me and inspired me to try this version: Jamie’s is a pancetta, egg and tomato pizza. I suppose it appealed to my endless love for a softly cooked, oozy egg…mmm. The egg is cracked right on top of the pizza, and bakes in the oven — which is also so hot that it crisps up the bacon nicely; no need to cook it beforehand.

For my version, I made a basic modified pesto using spinach to spread on the crust, and diced up some bacon to scatter over the top of the fresh mozzarella. Because I knew the eggs would look like two eyes, I just couldn’t resist adding a strip of bacon curving up in a smile…I kind of felt bad hacking the pizza in two! But our bellies thanked us for it — this was one of my favorite pizzas of late! It might even get a repeat performance in our kitchen, which you know is saying something.

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11 comments May 9, 2008

April Fools! “Eggs and Toast”…

…that are really meyer lemon pudding, meyer lemon curd and toasted cinnamon cake slices!

I saw this recipe from Gourmet on Epicurious a little while ago and have had it on my “to cook” list…what better occasion to make it than on April Fool’s day? I am most definitely not someone who lives for April Fool’s Day and all the pranks to be played — but I’m a sucker for foods that are created to look like something other than they are. The clever factor gets me every time! (more…)

22 comments April 1, 2008

A Thing of Beauty: Roasted Carrots with Thyme

I LOVE purple carrots!

When I saw them in the grocery store last week, I almost yelped out loud with glee — they’re one of my very favorite vegetables. They don’t taste particularly different from the regular orange carrots, but they are a creation of pure and utter beauty in my mind:

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12 comments March 27, 2008

Use Green Onions a Lot?

Do you, like me, use green onions often? If you do, check out this excellent tip I saw last week over at Cookthink — you can save your green onion bulbs and keep them growing in a glass of water!

I took a picture yesterday of how much they had grown in just a week’s time — about 3.5 inches. Amazing, right? (On a side note, this is another example of why I love gardening and growing things so much. The jumbo amaryllis we have bloomed this past weekend, and the fig tree we keep in a pot has now begun to sprout new, perfectly-shaped little fig leaves, too. I never get over my sense of wonder at seeing things grow.)

Anyway, if you do decide to try this, just place the bulbs (with about 1-2 inches of stem above the white parts attached) in a glass of water on a sunny windowsill. I bound mine together with a twist-tie for more stability. Just change the water every other day or so (it’ll get stinky otherwise), and keep snipping the green parts. Come spring, you can plant them in a pot or in the ground. Thanks to Claire at Cookthink for a great tip!

Add comment February 18, 2008

Making an omelet gets interesting when your eggs have faces.

I was going to make an omelet for lunch today. Imagine my surprise when I opened my carton of eggs and found they had all developed personalities:

What a jokester I have for a husband. I think he was inspired by this post I had shown to him a few weeks ago on Serious Eats. They all look so happy…I (almost) felt bad cracking them to make my omelet.