Vegetable Thai Coconut Curry/Pontypool

A simple recipe calls for a simple film. The food comes together in about 20 minutes and is super simple to make. Nobody would be able to guess this though - the flavor is outstanding. You can swap vegetables or use a green curry paste here. I just used what I had in my farm share.

October is already halfway gone, but this film is the first scary movie I've watched. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and watching scary movies has been a tradition in October. Hopefully we'll have time to review some more in the next couple of weeks!

Side note: check out these beautiful carrots I got in the farm share this week. I used the tops for pesto and it came out so well.

Recipe: Vegetable Thai Coconut Curry

Veggie Taco Deep Dish Pizza/Hallo-movie Extravaganza

Edit: I started writing this post in October but am just now getting around to posting it. Sorry (not really). I should probably make something more thanksgiving-themed, but we're going to relive the Halloween days. Who says you can't eat pizza and watch scary movies in November or December? 

It's October (it was October at one point). You're probably going to be watching some scary movies (it's always a good time to watch scary movies). What goes well with scary movies? A big, gooey, PIZZA. Good idea. Wait...where are you going....no, don't pick up the phone (or the Foodler). Stop. Back away. Grab your cast iron skillet. Let's get to work.

Don't eat that.

Not only is this pizza cheaper, more delicious, and healthier than delivery pizza...it's also taco. And vegetarian. You could make it with meat, but my CSA came the day I made it so I couldn't resist putting a bunch of awesome local produce all over it. The recipe is really pretty flexible - have fun with it.

Recipe: Veggie Taco Deep Dish Pizza

Children of the Skillet Cornbread

So I will admit, it's been a while since I actually watched this movie. Sometimes (especially during the summer months), life gets a little bit too much. I've had weddings, birthdays, funerals...it's been a doosey. I'm actually on the bus right now on the way home from a wedding.
If you are as busy as me, you should make this cornbread and the chili I made a few weeks ago. It fed me for a long time. And if you're broke like me, you will also appreciate the value of this hearty combo.

I got the skillet cornbread recipe from the Pioneer Woman, but I added sugar because cornbread should be sweet. Sometimes I like to think about how awesome life would be if I could be a Pioneer woman and live off a ranch. I don't think the life is as glamorous as hers (mine would probably play more like Winter's Bone), but a girl can dream. Her life is probably fake, anyways.

People on ranches don't look like this.

Recipe: Skillet Cornbread

Rosemary Root Vegetable Soup/Rosemary's Baby

I BROUGHT THE SNOW TO MASSACHUSETTS

I also still don't know how to spell Massachusetts, despite living here for almost 7 months. Thank goodness for spell check.

It was really cold and snowy here so all I did was cook. All day long. Alongside this homemade soup and bread in this entry, I also made pasta, pesto, muffins, salad, and salad dressing - all from scratch. Yes, even the pasta. It was the perfect way to spend the day. Watching Rosemary's Baby was the perfect way to end it. I wish every day was Saturday.

The recipe for the bread came from this awesome book called Ratio, which I would highly recommend for any aspiring baker. It gives you the basic ratios for the main ingredients in staple foods such as bread, pasta, and even sausage. You can then add things as you wish and pretty much end up with something delicious. It reads more like a book than a cookbook, with long detailed explanations behind the methodology of each recipe. So far, it gave me the best damned bread I've ever had. It was a great gift from a great person :)

Get it!

Recipe: Rosemary Root Vegetable Soup

Kohlrabi with Romesco, The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

This is the other dish I decided to make during Sandy's visit. It was not quite as tasty as the borscht, but it was still enjoyable.

The kohlrabi was another Boston Organics gem, and I wasn't quite sure what to do with it. After googling a bit it turns out, I grew up in the kohlrabi capital of the world. Go figure it takes moving to MA to finally cook with it. Anyways, to me it kind of seems like a cross between a turnip and cabbage. Being clueless, I decided to research some sort of recipe as a guidance. This is what I came across.

I followed the recipe pretty closely and it didn't turn out looking like the picture in his blog. Reading the comments, it looks like adding tomatoes would do the trick. I would probably add about half of a can after cooking the pepper and heat them through. Let me know if you try it out and get it to work better! Once again, movie review is posted after the recipe.

Sorry I'm bad at pictures

Recipe: Mutant Kohlrabi with Radiated Romesco Sauce

Borscht, Dario Argento's Deep Red

Well hey! My first post. Here it goes.

So my original idea was to have a movie blog. Then I realized there are a billion better movie blogs out there so I'm doing dinner and a movie. The movies will not always be new, and the food will not always be delicious, but I'm going to try my best.

Instead of preparing for the hurricane that came through the northeast the other day, I decided to cook. I get a box of vegetables from Boston Organics each Friday and like to pretend I'm on an episode of Chopped.

Hurricane supplies: jug of water, Jesus candles, beer.

I actually made two dishes during this hurricane, but we'll save the second for another horror movie and another post. This one is all about the borscht. Now, typically I'm not a huge fan of borscht and its earthy beety weirdness. Actually, it makes me think of that time in the Rugrats when Chucky gets skunked and has to bathe in borscht to get the smell out. Anyways, this is not your Polish grandma's borscht. It has some Thai inspiration and some sweet potato. I ate it every day for lunch this week and my coworker called it zombie guts. Pretty appropriate for the season/horror film post, eh? (Movie review posted after the recipe).

Recipe: Deep Red Borscht