Category Archives: Cheeses

Baking, Bell Pepper, Breads, Cheeses, Ciabatta, Dairy, Dressings, Dukkah, Falafel, Food, Open Faced Sandwiches, Paprika yogurt dressing, Roquefort, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Spices, Toppings, Yogurt

Ciabatta Falafel Sandwich with Roquefort, Red Pepper And Paprika And Roasted Garlic Dressing

February 22, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

Well our kitchen remodel is under way now, and today our old kitchen was reduced to rubble, and placed in a giant container outside the house. We are very excited to get the new one in about 4-6 weeks, and before the demilition began we had the sanity to make a few sandwiches and pizzas to keep things interesting while we await perfection. This weekend we shall attempt some sandwiches made entirely on our BBQ, and look forward to being creating. Until then, this is a little gem we made last week, falafel (great for sandwiches), with a nice homemade yogurt dressing. We hope you enjoy it.

Ciabatta Falafel Sandwich with Red Pepper And Paprika And Roasted Garlic Dressing

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BBQ, Breads, Burger, Burger Bun, Cooking styles, Dubliner, Food, Garam masala, Garlic, Ground beef, Olive Oil, Onion, Pepper, Roasted garlic, Roasted garlic mayonnaise, Salt, Sandwich Styles, Spices, Vegetables

Burger with Roasted Garlic Mayo and Caramelized Onions

February 18, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

This burger looks quite simple, but the onions make it very moist and delicious while the roasted garlic gives it a great taste. This is definitely one of our favorite burgers so far. In the next few weeks our kitchen is being renovated, and we’re not sure how we can keep up our frantic sandwich making pace. We will have access to an outdoor BBQ with a side stove, and… restaurants. Idea for BBQ sandwiches/burgers that can be easily prepared with no kitchen would be highly appreciated 🙂

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Cheeses, Food, Garlic, Ingredients, Lemon, Olive Oil, Parmesan, Pepper, Salt, Zucchini

Sautéed Zucchini with Garlic and Lemon

February 14, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

This being winter, we thought we would provide a recipe for a summer garden favorite. And no, we do not find anything incongruous about this. What better time to start dreaming about the goodies of summer than now when the cold seems interminable. Okay, so as people lucky enough to live in San Diego which is as close to weather perfection as it ever gets in the US, we do not really experience winter – at least not of the snowmageddon variety. Anyway, one of the veggies that will reward you with copious production is the zucchini. Two plants can produce enough for a family of four for the growing season. With our limited space, we’ve regretfully stayed away from it. Our rationale – we have a well stocked market within 2 minutes walk of our house and it’s pretty hard to give up tomato space. So since we love zucchini but don’t always have it growing in the garden, we are so happy to be able to purchase was needed.

This little side dish is so simple, tasty and healthy. It is just bursting with flavor that we almost want to do a little dance as we eat it. Yes, it is that good.

Lime Squash Sauteed in Olive Oil and Garlic with Parmesan

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Baking, Breads, Cheeses, Dressings, Dubliner, Food, Ham, Herbs, Meats, Open Faced Sandwiches, Paprika, Roasted garlic, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Smears, Smoked paprika, Sourdough, Spices, Tarragon, Tarragon salad dressing

Pepper Ham Sandwich With Tarragon Salad Dressing, Cheese, Roasted Garlic And Smoked Paprika

February 13, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

One of our crazy experiments finally paid off. The addition of the salad dressing to this bread takes this simple sandwich to a whole new level. The bread, after toasting, is moist but yet crunchy. The dressing adds a ‘zing‘ to the ham. This sandwich reminds us of Woodstock: a mixed bag of nuts making sweet music together. Feel the love, add the dressing!

Pepper Ham Sandwich With Salad Dressing, Cheese, Roasted Garlic And Smoked Paprika

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Breads, Ciabatta, Cranberry relish, Duck, Food, Meats, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pepper, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Smears, Valdeon

Roasted Duck Sandwich with Valdeon Cheese, Cranberry Relish And Green Pepper

February 12, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

Roasted duck is a great treat, although the price for a duck in Poway is ridiculous. This is a sandwich we forgot to post dating all the way back to Christmas 2009. The cranberry relish was homemade, and just went perfect with the Spanish Valdeon cheese and the duck. For all you kids out there, it is very likely this was in fact Donald Duck. We’re sorry, we really are, we just couldn’t help ourselves (he was delicious).

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Breads, Cheeses, Ciabatta, Corned Beef, Corned beef cole slaw, Dubliner, Food, Ingredients, Open Faced Sandwiches, Potato, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Spinach

Potato Sandwich With Corned Beef Coleslaw, Spinach And Lemon, Dubliner Cheese And Garlic Ciabatta

February 11, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

After making our Costco Sandwiches (of which one is part of the March 2010 Costco Connection magazine), we still had some leftover corned beef coleslaw… And as the saying goes, “Naked Women Learn To Make Sandwiches and Trade for Clothes,” so we whipped up this little beaut. We love potato sandwiches, and we find that adding the cheese below the tomato changes the way the flavors hit the mouth when you bite into the sandwich. You are not immediately overwhelmed with cheese, but rather you have a chance to taste the potato before the coleslaw and cheese takes over. The pumpkin seeds in the coleslaw are fantastic by the way, and we’ve started to add pumpkin seeds to several of our sandwiches and pizzas with great success.

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Breads, Cheeses, Ciabatta, Food, Gouda, Honey, Sandwiches, Smoked paprika

Ciabatta with Rembrandt Extra Aged Gouda, Jamaican Logwood Honey And Smoked Paprika

February 9, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

Combining something sweet with something spicy is an old tradition that has come back into fashion. It is no longer uncommon to see chili-infused chocolate in grocery stores, and the reason is of course that it works. We bought some amazing honey in Jamaica, which brings the best out in this great cheese, the Rembrandt extra aged Gouda. The smoked paprika takes it up a notch. The simple life.

Ciabatta with Rembrandt Extra Aged Gouda, Jamaican Logwood Honey And Paprika

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Baguette, Breads, Fennel, Food, Meatball, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pizza, Pizza Sauce, Præstost, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Smears

Meatball Sandwich With Tomato Sauce, ‘Præstost’ Cheese – On Demi-Baguette

February 8, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

When I was a kid, one of my absolute favorite things about visiting our summer cottage in Sweden was the prospect of Swedish meatballs. Not just any Swedish meatballs, but a specific brand. We would always stop on the way to the house to get provisions at the local grocery store chain, and I remember running down the aisles to find the meatballs. My mother would cook them on a frying pan until they were quite dark, but not really burned. She would use lots of butter (where we use olive oil), and we would all sit and munch on meatballs and mashed potatoes while the house warmed up. Good times!

So, it was with great surprise I found one day these very same meatballs were being sold in the local Ikea in San Diego. What are the odds! Celebrating my Swedish childhood, I decided to create a Swamerican (Swedish-American) sandwich. I still prefer the meatballs without condiments – just by themselves, but as sandwiches come, this wasn’t half bad at all !

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Butter, Cream, Food, Garlic, Milk, Onion, Paprika, Parmesan, Potato, Potatoes au gratin, Sandwiches, Smoked paprika

Potatoes Au Gratin

February 7, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

Potatoes Au Gratin Recipe

1 pound of potatoes
1/2 onion, cut into slices
2 minced garlic cloves
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
2 tsp smoked paprika
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Optionally: Add 3 tsp butter, spread out on top before baking.

Slice the potatoes into 1/4 inch thick slices. Lay them out in a casserole. Mix everything else together and pour over the potatoes. If the cheese stays on top then mix it in. Place casserole in the middle of a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. If the potatoes starts getting burned, turn oven down to 450, and cover with aluminum foil. Leave them an additional 10 minutes in that case. We have a very bad oven, we know.

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Appetizer, Banh Da, Fish, Food, Fried Sage, Ricotta, Tuna

Sesame Tuna Appetizer with Ricotta Cheese, Sage Infused Olive Oil and Fried Sage Leafs on “Banh Da” bread

February 5, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

During a recent visit to an Asian grocery store, we found some bread called “Banh Da”. Honestly, we’re not sure if that’s the manufacturer or the bread type, as it’s all in Vietnamese. It’s a rice bread, and it says on the package it’s made entirely from rice flour and water. We’re not quite sure what all the little black spots are, or how it got so shiny, but it’s all part of the mystery we guess. So, we decided to try it out with a seared salmon appetizer arrangement.

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