It's still 90-something degrees. Ahh, fall in Texas. I miss New England right now... Went running and was run-over by the humidity. Bah! Looks like I'll be running the Half Marathon instead of the Full in November.
Tonight's Meatless Monday Experience was a modified version of a recipe by Rachel Ray:
Spaghetti Squash Caprese
- 1 (4 pound) spaghetti squash
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbs crushed red pepper flakes
- salt and lots of coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 cup of mozzarella and cherry tomatoes, marinated in olive oil and herbs to taste
Directions
To microwave squash, cut in half and seed. Place 1/4-inch water in a microwave safe dish. Place squash in dish, cut sides down -- sides will overlap. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave on high power 13 minutes. Shred squash and add the "spaghetti" to bowl with liquid.
To boil squash: cut in half and scrape out seeds. Boil squash until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Place 1/2 cup cooking water into a bowl, then drain and shred the squash.
Toss squash with extra-virgin olive oil, red pepper, salt to taste, and lots of black pepper. (I tried to get it to crisp, but...no.) Add tomatoes and mozzarella and turn off heat. Serve.
Major and I tore it up, Boy did not seem interested as he ate his noodles and veggies. And kosher dog. I'd like to try to make squash-cakes with added zucchini, panko, romano and maybe an egg. Hmmm...
Also yesterday, churned out scones, raspberry macarons, and lemon sponge cake.
For the scones, I used Joe's recipe with less ginger. We slathered them with the lemon curd and each had two. Will be making more in the future. Mmm.
Hot dog! 75% of these are usable, 15% are near perfect! New pans worked like a dream. And I think I have the air-to-meringue timing down - I just tried to think of what it looked like when Madrina Marta would make it for cakes and POOF, gloss!
The sponge cake tasted great but looked awful. The oven decided to drop in temperature mid bake, likely in protest for being in use all morning.
If only I could do this every day...and get paid. :-)
