I made it up!

I used to be more of a throw-it-all-in-the-pan kind of girl. If I liked the food/flavors, what could go wrong?? But ever since Sarah introduced me to seriouseats.com, I've been a bit of a slave to recipes because there are just so many good ones out there!

But last week, we ate in a bit more and ended up just doing from-our-head recipes. James made us these great salads last week that had pretty much everything I like in them:

Corn? good. Shrimp? good.  Balsamic? goooood. Gobbled it right up! 

Then on the weekend, I made this:

Quail egg, chorizo, gherkin croissant!

Instructions:
1. Go on an 11.1 mile hike and pick up 1 dozen quail eggs from an honor system farm's roadside box:

2. Get a couple of links of chorizo, a few gherkins and croissants.

3. Crack the dozen eggs into a frying pan, but be reeeeally careful if you want the yolks to stay whole! My success rate was only at 33%. Because they are so small, when you put your thumb in to further the crack, you kind of almost always break the yolk, so be careful!

4. Make the chorizo as the package says to. Mine said to bake it? I was surprised, but it was delish.

5. Toast your croissants in the oven for a couple of minutes.

6. Put a few sliced gherkies on there, add the chorizo (easier if it's split in half, lengthwise), and then add half of your giant amalgamation of 1 dozen quail eggs and enjoy. 

The buttery croissant makes it moist enough that you don't really need sauce, but mustard was kind of nice with it on a few bites too :)

Lovechild of a Halloumi salad, a Shrimp Po'boy and a good ole Salami sandwich

I call this...a saloumi sandwich

The pic isn't the greatest, but it was so good, I promise. A simple baguette with French's mustard and salami...but with the halloumi part of this salad and the remoulade from this shrimp po' boy. D-licious! (Plus some salt and vinegar chips. Obv.)

I made the salad last night before our picnic in Potter's Field Park to enjoy the sun.

Leaves and floured, fried cheese. Healthy.

Feasting in the sun, in the [figurative] shade of Tower Bridge

It was good, I really liked the dressing (lemon juice, garlic, honey, some red pepper flakes, salt and oil), but I think I prefer salads with romaine lettuce or spinach bases. But the best part was definitely the halloumi. Since 8 slices was a bit too much for 2 people's dinner though, I made sandwiches for lunch with the rest, and added some of the leftover remoulade from when we made shrimp po'boys a week or two ago. Super yummy.

And those shrimp po'boys were really good too! We made them with this amazing eggplant the first time by accident (as in, I had some eggplant and wanted to make it before it went bad) and then decided to do it again, just because it's so good, and although you wouldn't think to put the two together, the flavors don't clash.

Step 1: Butter. Lots and lots of butter

Step...later: Shrimp with lots and lots of butter and cajun spices, etc

Vietnamese eggplant

The Remoulade, before being spread on the baguette

 

Ta da! Goes well with S&V chips. Has anyone guessed my favorite kind of chips yet?