Tag: basil
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Caprese Salad
I love ordering caprese salad when I’m eating at Italian restaurants… but I always felt a tinge of guilt that I was overpaying what I was actually getting. So of course my next mission was to recreate the caprese salad. This didn’t take much since there are only 4 ingredients! When you have so few […]
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Barbecued Chicken Salad Sandwiches
I’m a fan of salad sandwiches- egg salad, potato salad, tuna salad, and now chicken salad. I came across this article in the SF Chronicle one weekend and have made it several times since then. It’s great for hiking trips, camping trips, or just plain lunch. I like to use leftover rotisserie chicken meat- especially […]
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Thai Pumpkin Curry
If any of you have been to Osha Thai restaurant in SF, one of the best dishes there (in my opinion at least) is the Pumpkin curry. Every time I have had the dish, I keep telling myself that I could totally make this… and that’s exactly what I did. It’s taken a few tries […]
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Mushroom Ravioli
Mushroom Ravioli Tao and I have been wanting to make our own ravioli’s for some time now. He loves getting the ravioli dish at Tullio’s in Walnut Creek (http://www.tullios-restaurant.com/) and we both love buying the pumpkin ravioli from Genova Deli (http://www.genovadeli.net/). After doing some research at Sur La Tab, we decided to make the wrappers […]