Fallen Souffle

I am absolutely obsessed with this salad, its a Pear, Gorgonzola, Walnut Salad. I think I first had it at one of my favorite restaurants, Margaux’s and every time I see it on the menu somewhere I have to get it. I have had many variations; a pear, honey goat cheese and candied walnuts from The Rockford, or with blue cheese and pecans, or with green apples. Regardless, the combination of soft cheese, crisp fruit and crunchy toasted nuts is the best in the world. I could literally eat this salad everyday, and actually have had it 3 times this week

It could not be easier; mixed greens, thinly sliced ripe pears, crumbled gorgonzola, toasted walnuts (don’t walk away from the walnuts while toasting, I burned a cup of good walnuts because I was too busy drinking wine!) then just drizzle some good extra virgin olive oil, squeeze the juice of one lemon (Meyers lemons are the best here!) and a sprinkling of kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper. Toss and enjoy. It’s heaven on a plate.

In addition to this salad, I am also loving sweet potatoes, especially baked sweet potato fries. I am still experimenting with the temperature of the oven and the length of bake time in order to get a perfect crisp fry. The one trick I learned it to use the non stick aluminum foil as these babies like to stick to the pan, even with a coating of olive oil. I cut a well scrubbed farmers market sweet potato into wedges, place in a bowl and drizzle regular olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 425 degrees for about 30-40 minutes, flipping half way to ensure even crispness. No condiment needed as I think these fries are perfect as is. (Though at Two Guys, they serve their with a cinnamon butter-OMG-it;s amazing!) Sweet potatoes are actually a better carb for you then white potatoes and I can usually get them for about .59 cents a pound at the farmers market. I tend to get the smaller ones as the larger ones take forever to bake whole! One sweet potato sliced into fries is usually enough for 2 people.

I also really like london broil. These go on sale quite often at my Harris Teeter, buy one get one free. I marinaded one in a packaged chipotle marinade with some added lime juice (yes I Sandra Lee’d a recipe-ugh don’t hate me) and grilled it while the other one was put in the freezer. There was so much leftover, I was able to make a french dip sandwich and will probably make quesadillas with the rest. It goes a long way and it is a really nice cut of beef. Don’t be freaked by the price, it’s so much better in my opinion for multi uses.

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