Looking through my photos today, I realized what a slacker I’ve been! I still have all of these beautiful food photos from cooking for my family the other weekend that I have been meaning to share. And I’m sorry for holding out on you, but things have just been extremely busy - with work, bootcamp and life in general - excuses, excuses, I know.
As many of you know, I was home two weekends ago to be with my family while my dad was undergoing a pretty serious heart surgery. Since my mom obviously had a lot on her plate - visits to the hospital, my almost 3 year old niece who has just learned how fun it is to put stickers all over everything, and keeping the family, friends, co-workers and the rest of the world up to date on his progress - I was in charge of the cooking all weekend. I obviously didn’t mind that job — I love cooking — I just knew it was going to be a little bit challenging to cook for a bunch of Meat-A-Saurus’s. My goal was to make vegetarian food that could please everyone - from the veggie lover to those on a meat and cheese only diet.
Dinner #1 was flatbread pizza night. These were a crowd pleaser. And, oh so easy!
Its simply flat bread topped with a mixture of hummus and ricotta and sauteed veggies (we did broccoli, bean sprouts, garlic, shallots, and onion) and then baked for 30 and topped with fresh parmesan. Delicious.
Dinner #2 was a little more involved. I was feeling ambitious. The first course was a simple miso soup with tofu and Wakame followed by a Hijiki/Edamame salad and then veggie sushi bowls with an orange viniagrette dressing. So good!
Isn’t it beautiful?
Now time for the close-ups:
Love this salad! It was a crowd pleaser - my niece kept asking for more!
And the veggie sushi bowl - a little brown rice, green onions, avocados, lightly toasted tofu, and some orange soy sauce vinaigrette mix and voila, you have sushi fit for the stars.
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Yum, all of that food is beautiful!
Those flatbread pizzas sound fantastic! I love the idea of mixing hummus and ricotta, yum :)
I hope your dad is better! Those dinners look amazing - especially the flatbread pizzas!
yumm your family is very lucky to have such an amazing chef cooking for them–all of those meals look great :) my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family, and hope your dad is recovering well!
You are quite the clever and very thoughtful chef. Your family is very lucky to have you! Love the photos - thanks for posting them!
Oh dear…I’m so sorry abt your dad…I hope he recovers soon!
Meanwhile, your eats are GREAT! Esp the flatbread pizzas! Yum!