I'm going to do it.. I'm going to finally start to make all those recipes I've been meaning to try. The hundreds of pages torn from magazines can no longer sit in piles in the spare room (now the kid's room), plus with a new baby in the house our dining out adventures are going to slow down for a while. The new goal is to try at least 1 new recipe a week. Will they make the cut to the "make again" book or will they finally be set free to the recycling bin?
Test Recipe #1
Roasted Cauliflower, Chicpeas and Olives (Cooking Light 3/2010)
Simple side dish recipe. I love roasted cauliflower and make it a lot, so I figured this could a good recipe to add a little variety to our usual side. I had everything on hand as well as a nice, huge cauliflower from the farm box. Basically you toss everything together with olive oil, garlic, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper, then roast it at 450 for 22 mins. Since I am nursing I went easy on the garlic and red pepper. (it called for 8 cloves, I used 5 small but super fresh cloves).
The Verdict
Recycle bin. It was fine, quick and is a nice way to make a bigger side out of cauliflower...but nothing special. Maybe more garlic and red pepper would help... but I don't think it would add much. It does give me ideas of adding garlic to roasted chicpeas. I like the cauliflower roasted a bit longer but the chicpeas and olives would be burnt or totally dried-out if it went longer.
On to other recipes....
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