Quick Breakfast

Mushroom, Carmelized Onion, & White Cheddar Omelette
topped with Johnson Berry Farm© Xtra Hot Blackberry Habañero Jam

Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting© Santa Cruz Dark Blend

Pizza Party: Part 5 - Festività Italiana

Mushroom, Red Pepper, & Basil Pizza
made on a Beckmann's© Asiago Focaccia

Pasta Mike's© Mediterranean Roasted Vegetable Ravioli
served with Homemade Primavera Pasta Sauce

Caesar Salad

Moroccan?

Cumin & Coriander Spice-Rubbed Pork Chops
made with Beeler's© Boneless Pork Chops

Sautéed Green Beans and Peas
with Smoked Paprika & Toasted Almonds

Trumer Pils© German Pilsner Style Beer

Chicken & Rice

Arroz con Pollo
made with Smart Chicken© Leg Quarters and Organic Vegetables

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing© Organic Dread Brown Ale

Pizza Party: Part 4

Pesto, Sausage, Arugula & Fresh Herb Pizza
Homemade Rustic Pesto, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Niman Ranch© Uncured Spicy Italian Sausage, Arugula, Chives, Thyme, Parsley, and lots of Cracked Black Pepper on a Beckmann's© Asiago Focaccia.

Sarsi© Sarsaparilla
Root Beer from the Philippines

Culture: Part 3 ::: Condiments: Part 3 - After School Snack

My friend Chet is REALLY into fermented and cultured food. I've never met anyone as into Sauerkraut & Kombucha as he is. He gave me a jar of homemade lacto-fermented ketchup made with Two Dog Farm's Dry Farmed Tomatoes. I've never been really big into ketchup, not even as a child. In fact, I think the only food I've ever consistently eaten with the condiment is grilled cheese sandwiches. I absolutely LOVE grilled cheese with ketchup. Is that weird?


Grilled Cheese Sandwich
made with Ford Farm Coastal Cheddar© on Sumano's© Sourdough Bread

Fried Organic Sage Leaves

Chet's Homemade Lacto-Fermented Ketchup

Boozy Fish

I promise I'll quit it with the Wild Rice Pilaf.

Pan-Seared Sea Scallops
in a Gin Cream Sauce

Roasted Baby Broccoli
with Lemon & Parmesan Reggiano

Wild Rice Pilaf

Virgin Tom Collins
Club Soda with a Lemon Wedge

Forel En Aal

This is sort of a copy of a meal I made a couple days before. It was my first time cooking for my Mother.


Sautéed Ruby Red Trout Fillet

Wild Rice Pilaf

Duvel Strong Golden Ale

Autumn Feast

Spice Rubbed Pork Tenderloin
made with a Beeler's© Pork Tenderloin

Roasted Baby Carrots

Spinach, Red Beet, Walnut & Goat Cheese Salad

Pasta Mike's© Sweet Potato Pie Ravioli
with Toasted Walnuts in Brown Butter Sauce

North Coast Brewing Scrimshaw Pilsner Style Beer

Pizza Party: Part 3

I had some leftovers from Monte Cristo night.


1/2 Two Pepper Pizza
Red Bell and Poblano Peppers, Green Onion, Mozzarella, Sharp Cheddar, and Tomato Sauce
on 1/2 of a Beckmann's© Asiago Focaccia

1/2 Monte Cristo Pizza
Diestel© Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, Applegate Farms© Black Forest Ham, Swiss, Sharp Cheddar, Mozzarella, and Johnson Berry Farm© XXXtra Hot Blackberry Habañero Jam
on the other 1/2 of a Beckmann's© Asiago Focaccia

Squeezing Every Last Ounce Out Of Summer

Technically summer's been over for a while now but with the last of this season's local basil from Route 1 Farms finding it's way into my hands, I had the sudden urge to prepare a warm weather meal as an offering to the departing gods of summer. Wait, What am I even talking about? I mean I made pesto... It was good... I realized when I got home that I don't have a food processor. Oops.


Ravioli & Sautéed Vegetables with Homemade 'Rustic' Pesto
made with Pasta Mike's© Mediterranean Roasted Vegetable Ravioli,
Cauliflower, Yellow Zucchini, Red Bell Pepper, & Green Onion.

Broiled Eggplant with Parmesan Reggiano

Trumer Pils© German Style Pilsner

The Count of Killer Sandwiches

Monte Cristo Sandwich
Diestel© Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, Applegate Farms© Black Forest Ham, Cheddar, & Swiss
on Beckmann's© Classic French White Bread.
Fried in butter and sprinkled with Powdered Sugar.
served with
Johnson Berry Farm© XXXtra Hot Blackberry Habañero Jam

Roasted Organic Baby Carrots

Lagunitas© Lucky 13 Red Ale