wow, that does sound good. Congratulations... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deanna Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:58 PM Subject: Re: OMG - I won!!!
> Sure - no ham - I don't eat it. (Extra points were given for a relevant > story - thus the story at the end. And the contest was to make something > healthy and seasonal with local ingredients.) > > Recipe name: Summer Pea Soup > > Entry category: Vibrant Vegetables > > Number of servings: 2 > > Your Name: Deanna Schneider > > *Ingredients (listed in order they will be used):* > > 1 T. olive oil > > 2 cloves garlic, minced > > 1 lb (about 3 cups) fresh, shelled green peas. (Fresh picked from your > garden is best - but I buy them from the farmer's market.) > > 2 ¼ cups water or chicken broth (Broth provides richer flavor - but beware > of salt. Use low-sodium or homemade.) > > 3/4 t salt > > ¼ t black pepper (or to taste) > > 1 T chopped fresh basil (Fresh picked from your garden is best - but I buy > it at the farmer's market.) > > 3-5 T. cream. (Look for a Wisconsin brand, or buy from your local dairy.) > (If you're looking to cut calories, you may sub half and half.) > > Goat's milk feta cheese (for garnish) (I like Capri Farms French or Greek > style.) > > *Directions:* > > In a 2 quart sauce pan, lightly sauté the garlic in the olive oil. Add the > water, and bring to a boil. Add the peas. Boil covered, until peas are > tender. This will vary depending on the freshness of your peas. Check them > often and as soon as they're tender, remove them from the heat. Very fresh > peas will need only a few minutes. > > Pour peas and water in a blender. Puree on high until very smooth. (You > may > need to add some extra water at this stage if your peas were not fresh.) > Force mixture through a fine sieve. Add chopped basil and half and half > (if > desired). > > Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Serve topped with crumbled feta > > *Story about your recipe:* > > A friend and I do weekly meal swaps with each other, and we're constantly > challenging each other to do new things with seasonal ingredients. One > Saturday, not too long ago, we biked up to the farmer's market together, > and > decided that we'd each buy the same ingredients and go home and prepare > something from them. We bought shelled peas, basil, and Capri Farms goat's > milk feta. Here's what I whipped together. It's a very simple soup, best > served lukewarm. It tastes like summer in a bowl. > > > On 9/1/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> hooray! >> >> congrats, now are you going to share the recipe? :) >> >> I like pea soup....with ham? >> >> Deanna Schneider wrote: >> > I won a recipe contest with a simple little recipe for Summer Pea Soup. >> Can >> > you believe it? I'm getting a 3-day trip for 2 to San Francisco and >> dinner >> > at the Nob Hill Inn and a year's membership in the Slow Food >> organization. >> > >> > Just had to share a wee bit of happy news amidst all this national >> ickiness. >> > >> > :) >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172092 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
