Eggplant Parmesan

(Friday Night) Made a Fantastic Eggplant Parmesan - fantastic, really!!!! It had a slightly spicy tomato base sauce. I used some dry farmed tomatoes I had frozen from last winter - very very flavorable . Then we moved to a grilled Niman Ranch Chili Marinated Beef Bavette, which I found when I picked up the lamb sausage. This cut was incredibly tender & juicy with excellend flavor - one of our new summer time favorite cuts for the grill! Really tasty! We had a salad course next. Baby butter lettuce with some chopped up baby red onions and fennel. I made a balsamic goat cheese dressing & sprinkled the crazy black salt flakes, I found last week, over the top - yum! For dessert I whipped up some Vanilla Bean ice cream!

May 5th, 2007

We started the evening with Blood Orange Margaritas, Organic Corn Tortillas w/an Eggplant Salsa - we are crazy for Eggplant right now! Next we moved to a Vegetarian Enchilada with a roasted tomatillo chiptole sauce. I have to say, the veggies were cooked just enough with alittle crunch & the sauce had a nice bite of spice with an under tone of smokiness. Went nicely with the Margaritas! Dessert ~ Zest of Blood Orange madelines dipped in a semi-sweet Scharfenberg Chocolate. Time to hit the couch with a bit of Port and a good movie ... Now, what restaurant offers that type of service!