Recipes

Yeah… I know. You cheffy-types are rolling your eyes right now. But let me tell you something: I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is good. And it is covered with a thick, rich hollandaise sauce that has been created in the microwave in two minutes flat. Behold: microwave liquid gold.

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I am a SUCKER for a good tortilla soup with all the fixin’s. It is right up there with a homemade chicken soup in my book. The creaminess of the avocado combined with the acid of the tomatoes and richness of the beans. If you want to put this over the top, grill your corn Mexican-street-corn style and cut it off the cob for the soup. Also, add chipotles or jalapenos depending on your preference and tolerance for heat. I just throw cilantro in there by the fistful because my husband and I are kind of cilantro freaks. My three-year-old just tried it for the first time and he declared it was “yummy” as he snarfed down the peppers, onions and other amazingly healthy fare. I just chuckled to myself, and rubbed my hands together as he played right into my hands.

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By now, you all know about my unhealthy obsession with kale. Or should we say… my “healthy” obsession. And this recipe combines roasted kale, runny egg yolks and pork products. I will eat them on a boat and with a goat. I will eat them with a small country who will brunch at my table because I can make a ton of this at one time. However, I would take this recipe one step further: I would toast some English muffins, make a microwave hollandaise sauce and just complete the kale benedict right then and there. Oh, and instead of ham, I would substitute pancetta. The amazing pancetta funk just sends this thing right over the edge. I probably just added about a million calories but… some things must be sacrificed on the altar of taste my friends. Say… I like Kale Eggs and Ham. I like them… I like them Sam I am.

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OK, so if you’re in the group who thinks “Ah, scones. Those dry stuffy British teatime staples:” I need you to try these. The pumpkin in it (I used some frozen roasted pumpkin I had in the freezer) keeps it from being dry. It’s like I had never tasted a scone until I had these. Oh wait. I have had these before. At Starbucks. For like $4.00 a piece. And I just made them in my kitchen and gobbled them down my greedy little throat. So take that Starbucks. I got your number AND I got your recipe. As a special note, I added currants to mine. Please do so. You won’t regret it.
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So I haven’t actually tried this yet. Stay tuned. It *looks* like it’s already a Lin family favorite.
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