Mushroom and Broccoli with Sun-dried Tomato Pasta

Mushroom and Broccoli with Sun-dried Tomato Pasta

Based on the recipe from here.

Added asparagus, fresh herbs; tarragon and chives. Side of fresh French bread.

For myself, I added bacon and didn't scoop any mushrooms.

Panna Cotta

Panna Cotta

The recipe can be found from here.

Add some fruit, drizzle from chocolate syrup, and sift some powdered sugar on top.

Bonjour French Pastry

Bonjour French Pastry

After having lunch at a new hole on the wall ramen place, I dropped by Bonjour for some desserts to eat later.


Profiterole


Merrow

If in the Gardena area, give them a try. Lots of ramen places to eat at first :)

Mac & Cheese & a Bouchon-like Salad

Mac & Cheese & a Bouchon-like Salad

Having the Bibb Lettuce Salad at Bouchon's a few times now...made me want to try and make it at home.

I found his recipe here. I used the lettuce sold with the root still on it (Vons), can't get any fresher then that!

Yum


My son likes to request mac & cheese often, usually the boxed version with the fake cheese and Disney characters. I decided to make a fresher version. The recipe is here. I finished it off in the broiler.

Valentine's Day Dinner

Valentine's Day Dinner

Tonight's dinner was Filet Mignon with a Red Wine Pan Sauce, Cucumbers, and Sunchokes. The sunchokes look like ginger, which I thought I was buying at the farmer's market. He warned us they were not ginger, I bought them to try anyways.

The appetizer was water crackers with imported Brie.


The main course


Dessert - Crème brûlée - click here for the recipe.
Sadly, my oven died after heating up to 400F. I had to use the toaster oven. After cooling and having in the fridge. I used the toaster's broiler feature to finish the top. I used brown and white sugar to caramelize. Blackberries and powdered sugar were added to finish it off.


The setting with fresh roses. The meal was accompanied with Apple Cider.