Recipe Round-Up: Chloe's Kitchen

Hello! Everything is terrible but I have to keep on going, so how about we dip into the next cookbook to do a round-up of? The book is Chloe's Kitchen, but Chloe Choscarelli, and you can see more of my posts about this book here.

Pasta Alfredo with Roasted Lemon-Olive Oil Asparagus: The alfredo recipe is actually for Fettuccine, but I didn't have any long pasta so I used some spirals. This is a wonderful cashew based sauce, that thickens up beautifully for whatever pasta you are serving it with. There is the option to add miso, which of course I did. I don't know what it would be like without it but I would not leave it out! I made a half recipe of the sauce and mixed it with 200g of spiral pasta and some spinach for 2 serves. I served it alongside the roasted asparagus. The original recipe is for grilling, but I went with the roasting option. This is very simple but lovely.
Rating: Alfredo :), Asparagus :)



Lemon-Dill Dip: I love dill! And this sauce is delicious. It is based on silken tofu, and I definitely added extra dill. I did not have the energy to make the crispy potato-leek patties this sauce goes with, so I served it on top of some roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli, and tofu. This sauce will be a star no matter how you use it.
Rating: :D



Roasted Cauliflower Curry with Cilantro-Tamarind Sauce: This curry is meant to be stuffed into samosas, but I didn't feel like making dough, so I just served it straight up with the dipping sauce over spinachand rice. If doing it this way, I recommend cutting WAY back on the mustard seeds, and adding more salt. The cilantro-tamarind dipping sauce was lovely and sweet and tangy, I left out the scallions.
Rating: Curry :|, Sauce :)



Apricot-Mustard Sauce: Again, another recipe where I made the sauce but not the rest! Rather than making wontons from scratch, I used some ready made gyoza. The sauce is super simple, just apricot jam and mustard mixed together. I used St Dalfours jam, which is sweetened with fruit not sugar, but even so the sauce needed way more mustard and a lot less jam. As written, it kind of tastes like dipping your wontons straight into jam.
Rating: :|



California Chop Salad with Agave-Lime Vinaigrette: This salad is full of seasoned black beans, lettuce, tomato, quino, and avocado. I left out the raw onion and added extra coriander. This was a lovely fresh combination, especially when combined with the slightly sweet, slightly sour agave-lime dressing. A full recipe of this claims to serve four as a meal, but it really serves two people for a light meal.
Rating: :)



Wasabi Sesame Noodle Salad: I love soba noodle salads when the weather is hot. This has a lovely dressing, though the wasabi flavour is pretty mild even after I left out the sriracha. Add more wasabi if you like it stronger. You can pretty much add whatever you want to this salad, I used the suggested cucumber and carrot, left out the scallions, and also added tofu and celery.
Rating: :)



Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



I don't think I've shared these yet, but a while ago I had some super cute little portraits of my girls done by the fabulous artist Cloris Creates. This was Dim Sim's portrait done in her very cute style.