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thenewgreen  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grubski Challenge #2: The New Green

Alright, here is what I made:

I skinned a cucumber, cut it in half and took out the seeds/inside with a spoon. Then I cut the cucumber in strips, squeezed out the water and then put it in a bowl along with 1 quart of plain yogurt. In a small pan I took a chopped shallot and browned it in some butter. I added the shallots to the bowl with the yogurt and cucumber. I added some white wine vinegar, some olive oil and some fresh kale. I used my new hand blender and made what would be the sauce for my meal. -ghostoffuffle, you'll note that it is an extremely familiar recipe.

I then made boiled some wasabi, mung bean pasta till it was about 1/2 done. In a large frying pan, I heated some butter, white wine, fresh ginger and lemon juice I tossed in my noodles and the sauce that I had made. I added some goat cheese to it.

I grilled my ribeye steak. By the way, I made sure it was "grass fed" beef for the "green" challenge. Just salt and pepper, nothing fancy, but good beef needs no help.

While this was grilling I took my avocado's and put them in a bowl with some lemon juice, jalapeƱo and salt/pepper. I used my new hand blender toy and within minutes had some amazingly fluffy and creamy guacamole. It was damn good. So good that it didn't last long enough to get a good picture:

I plated the entree and garnished with capers, goat cheese and cilantro. Here its the finished product again:





user-inactivated  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

God, man, you can cook. I'm off to the kitchen.

thenewgreen  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Smoke and mirrors :)

Thanks though, it's a lot of fun.

user-inactivated  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was humbly inspired. Those crackers are whole wheat!

thenewgreen  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

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user-inactivated  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well shit. It's my beautiful guac. Gone already, but the crackers were whole wheat...