Today I had to privilege and honor to shadow one of my most favorite food bloggists, and the former executive chef of Angelica's Kitchen, Amy Chaplin. Her celebrity clients including Natalie Portman can attest that her food and blog are not to be missed! "It feels like I am eating a chickpea for the first time," I said as I tasted a spoonful of Amy's chickpea-beet salad . That's because (as I learned today) basically I was. Amy doesn't buy her beans in a can lined with BPA plastic, she buys her beans dry, pre-soaks them, cooks them with seaweed (Kombu), and then marinates them. Seems like a waste of time? With this method of cooking legumes, there is so much more flavor, and so much less indigestion! Truly, it is like you have never tasted a bean before in your life! (A pressure cooker can speed up the process...)
Most of the things we prepared together you can find on her blog: 'white bean aoli', 'spelt pea salad'...but the roasted veges you will just have to taste just by looking at the pictures.
Chlorophyll, Sunshine, and Flavor. Eat it up. Digest. Compost. Enjoy!
La Cucina.
Lunch: manna bread, watercress, white bean aoli, avocado, and some red cabbage Kraut
Dry.
... a little bit more.
please.
Compost in NYC! There is some soil under all that concrete!
Sushi socked and thonged fashionista at work! (Me...)
Sunshine Golden Beets!
Squash! and love
