More springtime snackins....

This weekend was a little warm, so in light of that, I thought a little sweet, salty combo was in order. The sweet cantalope with the salty, thinly sliced prosciutto worked perfectly well with the coming of the sweltering summer heat!

And, just for good measure, the glorious food porn shot!

If you REALLY want to gild the lily, a drizzle of good Olive oil will do wonders.

Cheers all!

Springtime snackins...

It's been a pretty fruitful springtime so far here in the SoCal. A few days ago in the farmers market I spied these little green garlic gems, and the first of many heirloom tomatoes of the season. I got the steak from Whofoo and decided to pan roast with the green garlic cut into rounds. The result? Yeah...

After I let the steak rest, I deglazed the pan with some Madiera, reduced it and mounted it with some butter. Add some fresh arugula... man, you got yourself a tasty meal right there! The tomato? I just simply sliced it and drizzled it with some good olive oil, salt, and a toss of more arugula... again, a fresh, peppery snack!

Cheers all!

weekend eats, so to speak!

For those of you paying attention... that's a porcini mushroom the size that's bigger than my fist. Yeah... I love summertime! Or.. well, Late springtime if you get technical. And A wonderful new salami and Olive producer, the verdict is out on this one... I actually liked the jalapeno stuffed olive. It still gave me the olive *shiver*, but the flavor was spot on... I keep trying! More later!

The We Olive bounty...

You really gotta love a store that serves up the goodness that is olives and olive goodness. Yes, these are my friends, so naturally I'm a little biased, but make no mistake, they carry quality California olive oils people. I'm not even kidding around with this. As you can see in the picture, that's not ALL they carry. The two in the middle are an African Heat pepper mix, and a coffee rub that kick serious glutimous maximus. I used the African heat mix on some lamb loin chops, unfortunately, my picture doesn't do it justice...

So you will just have to take my word for it, or better yet Go buy some for yourself!! It's a shameless plug for a product that I truly endorse. I haven't used the coffee rub yet, but I did taste it, and... well, yeah, there's a post coming soon for that one! Cheers all, and go get to it!

Ok... just one more on that subject please...

Thick cut smoked bacon, poached eggs, arugula. Yeah... It was that good. : )

A simple breakfast...

Scrambled eggs, sausage, sriracha sauce. That is all...

A quick salad... well, sort of.

With all of the goodies I got from the farmers market... I had some left over goodies, and decided to be lazy and make a salad. Turns out, sometimes lazy is delicious! Roasted golden beets, fresh red bell, spring mix, goat cheese, cilantro, and We olive first press Olive oil, and golden balsamic. Yeah... I'll be making this again!