RecipeMuncher

It was a lazy Sunday today and did absolutely nothing worth talking about! But I managed to cook up something really yummy for tomorrow’s lunch. I will blog about it soon!!

Have a great Monday ahead folks.

Cheers,
Siri

I really enjoy the occasional meme. Especially on a lazy weekend. They give us a chance to to get to know everyone a little bit better and it lets our personalities shine through a little more. I picked this one up from the Diva over at Beach Eats.

Sweet or salty?
Both…together please. Sea salt caramels would be lovely.

Which ingredient(s) do you use most?
fresh lemons, the best olive oil that I can afford, garlic and Cavenders Greek seasoning

What’s the cooking sound you most love?
The sound of a percolator making coffee. I haven’t used one in over 10 years, but I still love that sound. It’s a sound from my childhood that makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over.

What’s your favorite cooking smell?
fresh citrus

What are the qualities you most admire in a dish?
bright flavors and fresh ingredients

What is your most treasured possession in the kitchen?
My Kitchen Aid mixer. I had just gotten out of a really rotten relationship and my Mum gave it to me to cheer me up. It worked!

What is a dirty word in your kitchen?
“we are out of coffee!”

What are afraid to do in the kitchen?
To this day I am still afraid of pastry. I don’t even attempt it.

What won’t you eat?
nothing…I’m game for anything

Have you ever lost your appetite for a food you once loved?
Peaches. I used to adore them. Now…not so much.

Have you ever had a change of heart involving a food you once disliked?
Brussel sprouts. I hated them as a child, love them now.

If you could choose one historical or living cook to make you a meal right now, who and what would it be?
I would want Alton Brown to make me fried chicken, grits and greens.

Who are your favorite cookbook authors/food writers?
Hands down it would be Shirley Corriher!

What is your favorite food-related word?
Sizzle. I remember all the way back to fourth grade. We had to draw a picture of a sound. I picked sizzle and drew a steak hitting the grill.

What is your favorite food-related scene from literature or the movies?
The armadillo groom’s cake in Steel Magnolias

What’s your favorite food-shopping errand or journey?
Going to the Hong Kong Supermarket and then to Trader Joes

To which country would you move for the food?
I’d move back to England in a split second for the food.

What’s your poison?
meaning drink? That would be a vodka and tonic with olives
meaning food? Peanut butter and jam sandwiches on soft white bread

What’s your standard outfit in the kitchen?
bare feet, jeans and a hoodie

You wish to die with what in your stomach?
a sausage roll and a scotch egg and a lemonade to was it all down

If heaven exists, what do you hope they have on the menu?
coffee with extra cream and hot buttered biscuits with jam

If you came back as a fruit or a vegetable, which one would it be?
a lime because I’d be bitter and tart

What are you craving right now?
I’ve been craving a chophouse salad all week!

There was no tag involved in this meme…but I’m adding one to it. I’d love to hear the answers from …

Jessica from Apples and Butter

Dave from Dave’s Cupboard

Teresa from Mexican-American Border Cooking

And if anyone else wants to snag it…feel free.

When was the last time you walked into a restaurant for brunch, starving from the long night of drunkorexia, and pined over a list of tasty looking appetizers? Probably never, well, because breakfast is primarily just a single course meal. Sure you may get toast with your eggs, or order a side of bacon with your flapjacks, but breakfast appetizers are about as popular as an egg and bacon soufflé at a taco truck at 2am.

Jar has popovers, Grub has a bowl of dry cereal that’s plopped down at your table before you order, some places offer breakfast scones, but that’s about it. I love breakfast, so why not enjoy a few small bites of bacon, potato and sausage goodies before the main course? So this past weekend, I set out to make a few of my own.

The first appetizer I took a stab at was just an idea I had floating around in my head. Mini crepes with crab and herb scrambled eggs, finished with a spear of asparagus (recipe at bottom). I found some Russian Blini at Surfas…