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cauliflower & porcini veloute & zero waste
Anyone asking what (a) Velouté is? – I doubt many, if any, but I’ll lead in with it’s definition, Velouté is (actually) a sauce made with a stock, chicken, veal or fish, thickened with egg yolk or a roux.
I ordered the cauliflower & porcini mushroom velouté for my appetizer at a better than usual French restaurant when location scouting in Durham, NC. It was REALLY Good. I knew then & there, “I’d be making that in my house”/ EVillage apartment.
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resounding new orleans
I’m totally sentimental this weekend having spent much of the winter looking forward to taking this week off to get thee to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this weekend. I had even lined up friends to loan me dress up gear, a boa, a mask, hat, dress, make-up etc. I was dreaming to get all decked out in purple, yellow & green, I was even looking forward to standing in line to gobble up some Crawfish Monica.
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super nutritious - nut loaf
A friend who bought a half dozen bottles of my RhODy blend of Salt of D Earth as holiday gifts wrote to say, “That Salt of D Earth RhODy blend really pulled my nut loaf together.” I wrote back immediately saying, “NUT LOAF, what do you mean nut loaf? How have I never heard of a nut loaf? You’ve gotta talk me through this one.” Within minutes she texted back saying that she’s never used a recipe to make a nut loaf & she’s been making them for years but she did include a link for a recipe in her text none the less.
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