The first NVRN in the new place

[sabotabby]

The Menu
Spinach Roulade—J., our newbie
Something stewish and yummy—curgoth
Kale n' beans—zingerella
Souffle of yum—zingerella
Armenian potatoes—sabotabby
Rice paper rolls—captainmushroom
Gingerbread pudding with candied apples and vanilla whipped cream—neeuqdrazil

Photos and recipes below the cut.




Spinach Roulade with Tomato and Basil
(I must add that she printed out gorgeously-designed recipe cards for everyone. She can come back.)

Ingredients:
Spinach roulade
2 pkg. frozen chopped spinach
4 eggs, separated
1 clove garlic, grated
salt
pepper
paprika

Filling
1 jar olive tapenade
1 250g pkg. cream cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 plum tomato, seeded and diced
1 4-inch piece of English cucumber, seeded and diced
2 stalks of green onion, chopped
1 handful of fresh basil leaves, chopped

1. Unwrap the packages of frozen spinach, place in a microwave-safe bowl, and thaw in the microwave for 5-6 minutes. Drain out as much water as possible, and set aside to cool. Preheat the oven to 350°C.

2. Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form.

3. Combine the cooled and drained spinach with the egg yolks and garlic. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and paprika. This is served cold, so add a bit more salt than usual. Fold this mixture gently into the egg whites.

4. Line a Swiss Roll tin (that's basically a cookie sheet with walls) with aluminum folk sprayed with cooking spray.

5. Evenly spread the spinach mixture onto the tin and bake for about 15 minutes, or until firm. Allow to cool, then invert onto a cutting board and peel back the aluminum foil.

6. Combine all of the filling ingredients except the tapinade.

7. Using a rubber spatula, spread a thin layer of the olive tapenade onto the spinach sheet. Spread on the cream cheese mixture, leaving about 2 inches clear at the edges.

8. Gently roll the whole thing up. Wrap in plastic wrap or aluminum foil and refrigerate for a couple of hours.

9. Cut into roughly one-inch slices, pour yourself a glass of wine, and enjoy!


Souffle!


I don't know what this is, but it was really good.


Rice paper rolls. Recipe here.


Kale and beans.


This is my mom's recipe. It makes a ton, and freezes well.

1/2 a big bag of potatoes
1/2 cup olive oil
1 can of tomato paste
1/2 - 1 cup water
1 – 1 1/2 tsp salt
1 – 1 1/2 tsp paprika
ground pepper to taste
a head of garlic
1 cup finely chopped parsley

Wash, peel & dice potatoes
Stir together oil, tomato paste, water, salt & paprika & combine with potatoes.
Add pepper, garlic & parsley & toss to mix
Bake in covered dish in preheated (325 degree) oven ca 45 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
Sprinkle with extra parsley.



Dessert of pure win. Recipe here.

Comments

[eternal-green.livejournal.com]

That dessert sounds AMAZING!
Ok, the next time that I'm in town for an extended period of time, I HAVE to come to one of your veggie cooking feasts! Please? I'll make something....
:D

[sabotabby]

Absolutely! Let me know when you're in town next.

[sadie-sabot.livejournal.com]

drools....

[sabotabby]

Yeah. I think I might have slobbered on the table a bit.

[darkestembrace.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. Goodness.

That's making me want to cook.

[sabotabby]

And the best is that I can eat leftovers of it all week.

[rojonoir.livejournal.com]

Yum! But am I the only one that was confused by "NVRN"? My brain got it confused with the acronym for "North Vietnamese Army" and first read it as "North Vietnamese Registered Nurse".

Ah! New Veggie Recipe Night? Makes more sense. :)

[sabotabby]

I got tired of typing it out. Yes, I really am that lazy.

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

I have a lovely kale and bean soup recipe that is probably very similar to the kale and beans but a soup. A can of white beans in stock, blended, add chopped up kale and garlic, and then squeeze half a lemon's juice in at the end, and it's amazing.

[sabotabby]

That sounds quite similar, yes. And very tasty.

[ironed_orchid]

YUM

Rice paper rolls are among my favourite foods right now, but I have never made them. I shall.

[sabotabby]

I think I will too. I made them once, but it was a long time ago.