This past week, I tried out Blue Apron for the first time..
First: Fresh Gnocchi and Maitake Mushrooms.
This was by far the easiest of the three recipes - and it was delicious. I've never cut corn off the ear before so that was kind of fun. I love, love, love gnocchi so it was inevitable that I loved the dish. However, the gnocchi never really turned that yellow color...ended up being grey even after cooking it. I'm thinking I waited too long on making the recipe. But hey, I didn't get sick! This is one I could definitely replicate on my own.
The alien gnocchi. Still tasted good.
Second: Summer Pepper Shakshuka.
Definitely my favorite, probably because I have never made anything like this before and it involved eggs and pita bread, as well as using ingredients I have never used before (sweet pepper, fingerling potatoes). So this is a North African dish with poached eggs in tomato, and pepper sauce. Basically I used it as a dip with the pita bread and it was fantastic. I want more ASAP.
Heaven.
Third: Cajun Tofu and Dirty Rice.
As I'm back to vegetarian, this was my first tofu dish in almost two years. This kindly reminded me how much I hate tofu. Tofu's texture is funky, and you can easily screw up the cooking of it. I was probably swayed by the terrible tofu, but this dish was definitely lacking something. When I had the leftovers of it last night, I put some cheddar jack cheese on top and that made it bearable. Usually I'm a big fan of rice...but not this time.
Also, made okra for the first time here. I think I needed to let it cook longer..
Now, off on a road run. Couldn't get too many miles in yesterday thanks to lifting and hiking on Friday, so today should be better.
The hike was pretty gorgeous.
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