Lunch to Belmont

Check it. Ça c'est un pan bagna, et ça c'est délicieux! I won't link to a particular recipe for this Provençal creation because there are too many variations, but look it up, and make it, and be happy. We shoved this down our throats on the train to Belmont Stakes with a bit of homebrew, and it was all happiness.

Creamed Spinach Heart Attack

The other night I bought spinach for Josiah's morning smoothies, not realizing that he had also bought a boatload of the greens earlier in the day. What to do with an excess of about-to-wilt greens?

Make creamed spinach! Whew, was this a delicious heart attack about to happen. First I made a roux with butter and flour, then I sort of randomly threw in a bunch of chopped ramps and a few splashes of heavy cream that I had on hand to make ricotta... after it bubbled around for a few minutes, in went handful after handful of spinach.

To really get my cholesterol going, I supplemented my meal with french fries. And steak.

This meal was delicious. It really was. I just couldn't eat more than eight bites of it before feeling like my breath and heartbeats were restricted. So I had some Ramazzotti and digestivo'ed my way to the couch.