The Epicurean Esquire

A colorful summer dinner

Last night's dinner was delicious, healthy and colorful, to boot.  I made Steamed Halibut With Kale and Walnut (recipe) & a Balsamic Tomato Salad (recipe).

I pretty much followed both recipes to a "t" and the end result was gorgeous and yummy:

Simple, but oh-so-good

Last night's dinner: beef tenderloin, broccoli and wild rice.

The tenderloin recipe was from a recipe booklet handed out my sister's cooking-themed bridal shower. Everyone submitted recipes to me ahead of time and I created a book of recipes for the guests to take home:

Here's the beef tenderloin recipe--it's really simple to make and is so delicious:

And here's the final result:

And, here the final result:

4th of July eggplant parm

On the 4th of July I was inexplicably in the mood for comfort food--in the form of eggplant parmesan.

I found a great recipe, and followed it for the most part, although I used my own sauce recipe, nixed the basil leaves and used regular mozzarella cheese instead of fresh.

Here was the end result:

Mish Mosh Sauce

Last night's dinner was vegetable ravioli with a sauce of my own creation--using ingredients that needed to be used up.

Basically I chopped up 5 tomatoes, 3 leeks (the white parts), and cut the asparagus into 1.5 inch pieces.  I sauteed the leeks in a combination of olive oil and butter, then added the tomatoes and then the asparagus.  After cooking for a few minutes and boiling off some of the liquid from the tomatoes, I added some chicken stock.  I cooked the sauce for about 10 minutes and added salt and pepper to taste.

Here's the sauce as it was cooking:

It was quite a yummy dinner-especially since it originated from an impromptu sauce.