Baked Portobello Mushrooms with blue cheese, pecan crumbs and sage and smoked paprika aioli

21 02 2010

These mushrooms make a good side dish or main course with a salad or roasted beets  on the side. An aioli is a garlicky mayonnaise. This one is reddish in color due to the paprika. Use the leftover aioli to make a yummy tuna or salmon salad sandwich.

4 cloves garlic

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 tsp Dijon mustard

9 oz olive oil

1 tsp smoked paprika

salt and pepper to taste

lemon juice to taste

½ lb butter

1 bunch sage leaves

¼ cup pecans

1 slice whole wheat bread

4 large Portobello mushrooms

2 oz. Blue cheese Read the rest of this entry »





Gaelen’s Whole Wheat Mac N Cheese

13 01 2010

Gaelen’s  Whole Wheat Mac N Cheese

Serves 6-8

This is my 13 year old son’s Mac N Cheese recipe and he loves Mac N Cheese.  Actually, this should be called Fusilli and Cheese not macaroni. Gaelen prefers the whole wheat fusilli. It seems to catch the sauce better and not be as dense as whole wheat elbow macaroni. Any pasta will due so try out your favorite. Read the rest of this entry »