Camacho Watcho

I just returned from a six day vacation (and subsequently took one more night off from cooking after)…and I realize that I need to get serious about this cooking challenge. There are 10 days left in April and I have 28 recipes to go….Now, it sounds worse than it is because a bunch are homemade pizza recipes – dough, toppings and sauce – that will be hammered out in one night. But, that doesn’t mean that there is any wiggle room for further slack. I am headed to the co-op this afternoon to load up on groceries and then it’s back to the grind.

As a quick update, however, I thought I would share some photos and ideas for using the leftovers that I had from the prior couple weeks of cooking.

Clockwise starting from the top left and with the recipes that the ingredients were leftovers from in parenthesis.

Egg Scramble with Asparagus, Shitakes and Creme Fraiche: I love egg scrambles so I was excited to use leftovers for this one last Sunday morning. A quick sautee of the shitakes (matzo stuffing) and asparagus (tarts) and then added eggs with half and half whisked in and a dollop of creme fraiche (tarts) on top – yum! The potato (flank steak) was sliced and sauteed in olive oil with salt, pepper and fresh thyme (tarts).
Lamb Pitas with Olive Tapenade: This was a quick lunch that I threw together with cut up pieces of lamb (lamb), olive tapenade (proscuitto sandwiches), spinach (just had on-hand), and a sauce made from plain yogurt, creme fraiche (tarts), olive oil and garlic.
Chocolate Caramel Crackers: As soon as I saw these crackers on Smitten Kitchen, I knew I had to make them. A layer of matzo (matzo stuffing) topped with homemade caramel, chocolate, nuts and coarse salt. They are absolutely addicting and, quite possibly, the quickest, easiest recipe! I just bought more butter and brown sugar to make another batch. These will definitely become a staple in my household.
Proscuitto Sandwiches and Pesto Pasta Salad: This was another quick lunch of leftover sandwiches and the pea and asparagus pasta with a tablespoon of the walnut pesto mixed in, as I mentioned in that post. I really thought these two recipes went well together and can envision a picnic with these on the menu in the future.

Okay, enough typing…back to cooking.

Tags: challenge, Food, recipes

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