Beet Sliders

Since shallots, beets and garlic were in no short supply with our winter CSA share, beet sliders became a weekly staple in our apartment for a while.

I'm sure there are better ways to cook a beet, but I peeled it, sliced it and threw it on a grill pan with some water. Then I would very un-scientifically cover it with a pot lid to try and trap some of that moisture. I'd have to add some more water here and there as I flipped the beets periodically.

While the beets were cooking I'd take a small shallot and clove of garlic and cook those up in a pan. The shallot I would slice before putting it on the stove and the garlic I would grate on our handy dandy garlic grater (which I really do love and recommend to anyone, it's also great for ginger!)

Once the shallot and garlic are cooked they go in a small container with some mayo and get mixed up.

For the sliders we went White Castle style and put them on typical dinner rolls. First I toasted the rolls, then the top got some of the garlic shallot mayo. 

The beets got topped with a healthy slice of mozzarella, and viola! Beet Sliders for all! (Or at least Sarah and I). 

My favorite side to have these with were some homemade sweet potato fries (bonus: use the same pan as the garlic and shallot were cooked in to cook the fries, more flavor, less dishes). 

See you next Tuesday (hopefully, maybe?)!

Carrot Tomato Coconut Soup

So this winter Sarah and I are getting a CSA half share (which is so much more than enough for the two of us, it's kind of amazing) and have more carrots then we would've ever considered getting on our own (and some are fun looking like the one above). We searched the internet for a particular recipe for Sarah since it was a soup she apparently loved getting from some-place-i-dont-remember-where once upon a time. We ended finding and I used this one (though I didn't make the corn ceviche, but that looks like an ever so good addition). But seriously, who's ever heard of carrot tomato coconut soup? Apparently Sarah, but moving along...

While I was making this soup is actually when Sarah hijacked my camera to take all those cat photos I shared a few weeks ago. She was kind enough to take this photo of me chopping up a carrot. But this also meant I took few pictures of the whole affair since my camera was wandering around the apartment taking cat photos. 

So surprisingly enough there is a kitchen appliance neither Sarah nor I own - and immersion blender. (which I say it this way because between the two of us when we moved in we had three waffle irons, two stand mixers & at least one hand mixer, and two bullet blenders plus this bad boy). So I used a regular old blender to blend the soup, which wasn't ideal, but it was alright. 

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of this soup. It's too rich or something for me, I don't know, I don't mind the flavor, but it's one of those things I want a bite or two of, but then am pretty much done with. Sarah on the other hand really enjoys this soup. Which is good cause we had a fair amount of it, so she got to eat all of it! This winter has definitely been a soup heavy season for us, but it's been pretty great. 

See you next Tuesday!