Spinach Pasta

This was such an adventure, and we all know I LOVE a good advenure! 

A friend of mine and I tried out making spinach pasta.  

And I had left my pasta machine at the other house, so we rolled it out by hand.

Roll out thin then slice into noodles.

We separated the noodles from each other.

Threw them in the water where they sank right to the bottom, 

but then it wasn't long before they were all up floating on the top and 

ready for the soup I made in the other pot.

I loved the green noodles with the carrots, it was a pretty soup!

I'd made chicken stock earlier that day and the good broth, veggies and noodles were wonderful.

And with Parmesan cheese and bacon?

Delicious!

Happy cooking adventures to you,

-Carmen Rose

Delicious Bacon-Chicken Tortilla Soup

The perfect meal for January, I've had a pot of this soup in my fridge for a few days and I'm still loving it!

 Once the soup is made, get out a bowl...

 break some tortilla chips in the bottom of the bowl

 sprinkle on some cheese

 ladle over the the soup, it melts the cheese...

 finish with a healthy dollop of sour cream

Delicious cold weather food.

Best Dishes, as Paula Deen would say,

-Carmen Rose

Such a Sushi Scenerio (A Beautiful Yum)

Tell me, is this not a beautiful yum?!

I've been wanting to try making sushi ever since I saw this amazing work of art by Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto.  To me this looks like an edible quilt and I think it's truly amazing!  I don't even want to show my own work in the same blog post, but hey... I'm a completely unapologetic novice!

My first try:  Oh, they do look a little awkward and embarrassed don't they?!  However, the rice stuck together.  Booooy, did the rice stick together!!  lolz

The second batch tastes the same but looks much better:

I'm always up for a culinary adventure. I grew up with such a limited range of foods, exploring new flavors has been a real treat over the years.  I remember the first time I had sushi.  I was with Charles, my photographer friend.  We were enjoying a concert in the park and some sushi from Martins and I was really taken by the flavors, and the way the food looked.  I got to watch a co-worker make it when I was a cake designer a few years back, it looked simple enough.  Then I saw the episode of "Good Eats" where Alton Brown dedicated a whole show to sushi.  Then I knew I had to try it.

I'm doing makeup and hair for the cast of "Lunch Hour."  It is the first production this season at Oak Grove Theater and we got rained out one evening of the run which left me with a free evening.  I wandered around town for a while, not ready to go home.  I kind of landed at the grocery in the sushi section and ended up with a lovely little collection of sushi paraphernalia.  And I didn't have time to try it until today.

As Alton would say: "Good Eats!"

As Paula Dean would say: "Best Dishes!"

& Happy Creating... 

(no matter what artistic media)
-Carmen Rose