what we made for lunch 12.16.11

     

 avocado on a nice toasted sourdough with kumato  - simple and so good

what we made for lunch 12.15.11

quite a salad - tuna on butter lettuce, celery and celerac, with artichoke heart, cornichons, black olives

what we made for lunch 12.10.11

a first today - a BLAT! bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato - some english mustard on the bottom, mayo on the top and a sprinkle of chili flakes.

what we made for lunch 12.09.11

it's cold out there, so it's a tomato soup and a toasted ham and cheddar sandwich

what we made for lunch 12.08.11

smoked sockeye salmon and sliced boiled egg with a little red onion and cornichon on toasted 7 grain - so good

what we made for lunch 12.07.11

tiger shrimp and avocado on an arugula salad with toasted 7grain mini from Pain d'Avignon - delicious

what we made for lunch 12.06.11

finishing up the roast pork with avocado, the ever tasty kumato and arugula and cucumber salad

what we made for lunch 12.03.11

Alaskan smoked sockeye salmon, goats cheese and cornichons on toasted country bread along with the orzo salad from yesterday

what we made for lunch 12.02.11

we have a guest today - producer Anne Chaisson. We have the herbed roast pork with cornichons and a mesclun salad and with our orzo salad with black olives, basil, toasted pine nuts and artichoke hearts

what we made for lunch 12.01.11

some nice fra mani rosemary ham with english mustard, cheddar with Branston's pickle, kumato, a spinach and persian cucumber salad - along with the 7 grain mini from Pain d'Avignon - a ploughman's deluxe

what we made for lunch 11.29.11

as far as sandwiches go, this one is a winner - swiss chard, some chili oil with fresh mozzarella and prosciutto on ciabatina

what we made for lunch 11.26.11

fresh mozzarella and san daniele prosciutto on pizza bianca from di Palo's with mixed olives and a couple of slices of salami  

           

what we made for lunch 11.25.11

mackerel & cucumber on 7 grain toast

what we made for lunch 11.24.11

 

ham, egg and  kumato on toasted baguette with some habanero mayo  - tasty crostini

what we made for lunch 11.23.11

a deluxe ploughman's lunch of prosciutto cotto, cheddar, the amazing kumato, Branston's pickle and crisps

what we made for lunch 11.22.11

feeding the troops - herbed roast chicken (Wholefoods) with a nice mustard vinaigrette along with some endive, mesclun salad and baguette

what we made for lunch 11.21.11

a sweet basil sausage, potato and chard frittata with an arugula salad and 7 grain bread - went down a treat

what we made for lunch 11.17.11

some leftovers! Heather's baby croque madame with quail eggs and chives, domestic prosciutto with olive tapenade and arugula 

what we made for lunch 11.16.11

herbed roast pork (again!) along with orzo with black olives and a spinach and grape tomato salad

what we made for lunch 11.14.11

a simple pasta - fusilli with olive pesto, red pepper, mozzarella, parsley and artichoke heart

what we made for lunch 11.12.11

crusty baguette sandwich of fresh mozzarella, artichoke heart and sun-dried tomato

what we made for lunch 11.10.11

hard boiled egg with a little mayo and chili pepper, fra mani ham and spinach on a baguette

what we made for lunch 11.09.11

spinach, feta, sun-dried tomato, black olives, artichoke heart and yukon gold potato - tasty

what we made for lunch 11.08.11

straightforward avocado on toasted 7 grain with some tortilla chips and black olives

what we made for lunch 11.06.11

soup and a sandwich - tomato soup and finishing up the basil sausage frittata on a ciabattina 

what we made for lunch 11.04.11

black pepper crusted roasted pork from Wholefood with mustard dressing, a really good salad - arugula, butter beans, red onion and endive along with 7grain bread from Pain d'Avingnon

what we made for lunch 11.02.11

sweet basil sausage (from Trader's) and red pepper frittata and an arugula salad

what we made for lunch 11.01.11

tomato soup along with a plate of good flavors - bresaola, brinata, pear, beetroot and an arugula and endive salad with mustard dressing

what we made for lunch 10.28.11

looks like a deli - prosciutto cotto and provola from di Palo's, Persian cucumber, sun-dried tomato, Colman's English and watercress

what we made for lunch 10.27.11

simple, but always good - fresh mozzarella and broccoli rabe panino (with a wipe of anchovy paste and some hot chili oil) along with a tomato soup

what we made for lunch 10.26.11

a tasty variation on yesterdays - tuna and cucumber on watercress with some habanero mayo and cornichons

what we made for lunch 10.25.11

roast lamb (always better the day after), some of the peperoncino salsa on watercress with a homemade tzatziki using persian cucumbers and plain yoghurt which came out really well

what we made for lunch 10.22.11

avocado on 7 grain with big shrimp, some black pepper, olive oil, chunky sea salt and balsamic vinegar - alright!

what we made for lunch 10.21.11

smoked salmon on mesclun salad with asparagus, celeriac, sunflower seeds and tartar sauce - baguette is from Balthazar

what we made for lunch 10.20.11

a sliced hard boiled egg done just right on a mesclun salad with roast herbed pork and a baguette from Balthazar

what we made for lunch 10.19.11

roast herbed chicken from wholefoods with our orzo salad, thin slices of red pepper, jalepeño and watercress

what we made for lunch 10.18.11

caught short on stuff today, but still managed to rustle up a celeriac, parsley, fennel and pecorino salad with some toasted 7grain - turned out well

what we made for lunch 10.14.11

a really nice mix of cannellini, arugula, fennel along with herbed roast pork and  the new peperoncino salsa - it's so good

what we made for lunch 10.13.11

using up some andouille sausage and swiss chard, we have a tasty frittata with an arugula and braeburn apple salad

what we made for lunch 10.08.11

let's see - looks pretty good to me! Fresh lemon ricotta crostini, arugula with fresh figs and culatello

what we made for lunch 10.07.11

excellent pot-luck 'leftovers' - Sandy's home made crab cakes with tartar sauce  and lemon on arugula and radicchio salad along with some tabouli on the side. Very nice - shame I forgot the cucumber

what we made for lunch 10.05.11

straight back from di Palo's and it's hard not to have a warm pizza bianca, mozzarella, culatello and watercress sandwich - so good

what we made for lunch 10.04.11

a nice ham and cheese sandwich - fra mani rosemary ham, cheddar, colman's mustard and californian fresh watercress on pane francese

what we made for lunch 09.24.11

a mix of grilled veg - red & yellow peppers, onion with chavrie goat cheese, baby spinach salad - which all ended up on the toast - very good

what we made for lunch 09.23.11

fresh mozzarella, fra mani ham, grilled eggplant and arugula with toasted francese  

what we made for lunch 09.20.11

some herbed roast chicken from wholefoods and orzo / lentil salad, baby spinach and onion nan

what we made for lunch 09.25.11

roast yellow peppers and zucchini with our new very hot peperoncino salsa and  pecorino romano; spinach and endive salad

what we made for lunch 09.22.11

fresh mozzarella with roasted red and yellow peppers on arugula

what we made for lunch 09.21.11

sliced hard boiled egg with fra mani ham on 7grain toast, arugula salad; a little mayo, anchovy paste and black pepper makes it happen

what we made for lunch 09.16.11

a special (for us anyway) - the mackerel from Italy with persian cucumber, cornichons, lentil salad, parsley, a little mayo and a sprinkle of chili powder - so good