http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com Recipes, reviews, and food from around the world via one woman's home in San Francisco, focusing on Italian cuisine, raw foods and healthful lifestyles. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:53:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been making a lot of salads lately in an attempt to incorporate both more greens and more fiber into my evening diet. One way that I trick myself into eating an item I'm generally not too crazy about is by adding what should have been really obvious: fried potatoes. ... http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com/2008/11/03/persimmon-soy-nut-salad/ When I was a little girl, I lived in Seoul, South Korea for some time. My family sometimes ate at the Italian restaurant at the Seoul Hilton--foreign food was a delicacy to us back then (early 90's), and sometimes real cravings surfaced. Since my mom is a pretty accomplished home ... http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com/2008/11/03/chef-boscos-tomato-soup-from-the-seoul-hilton-modified/ For Two: Italian style loaf bread, sliced thick 1/2 lb rare roast beef 1/4 large onion pesto Swiss, Leerdammer, or Bleu Cheese (Blue d'auvergene, St Agur, etc) olive oil salt & pepper Heat your panini machine, slice the bread. Dice the onion and place into hot sautee pan with olive oil, adding salt & pepper. Cook until translucent. Assemble ... http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com/2008/11/03/roast-beef-panini/ Roast Vegetable Ragout 2 large heirloom tomatoes, preferably green/purple variety or other rich color 2 large carrots, peeled & trimmed 1/2 medium onion 6+ garlic cloves, peeled & trimmed 1/2 red bell pepper Cut all vegetables into chunks; carrots diagonally. Put into baking dish, toss with 1/4-1/3 C olive oil, pleanty of sea salt & cracked ... http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com/2008/11/03/roasted-vegetable-crostini-coconut-macadamia-green-beans/ Crepe Batter: 1/2 C Hazelnut "flour" (finely ground hazelnuts) 1/2 C -2T all-purpose unbleached flour 3 eggs 2T melted butter 1 1/3 C whole milk dash salt dash fresh grated nutmeg Mix dry; Mix wet, add into a "well" of the dry and whisk together to avoid lumps, slowly incorporating the dry. The batter should be the consistency ... http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com/2008/10/23/hazelnut-crepes-with-leek-new-potato-filling-arugula-and-creme-fraiche/ Including: How to make fresh pasta for tortelloni and other stuffed pastas & ravioli Most of us who are at least a little enamored with Italian food realize and recognize the vast and unending code for Italian pasta shapes. They range from fairly consistent (spaghetti is spaghetti just about anywhere you ... http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com/2008/09/15/roast-golden-beet-chevre-tortelloni-in-brown-butter-sauce/ This one is Stephanie Approved Y'all! 1 butternut squash 6 spears asparagus (large) 1/4 vidalia or other sweet onion 1 large eggplant 1 C quinoa 2 C water 1 slice 1/4 inch thick pancetta, cubed olive oil salt & pepper Cube butternut squash, egglant. Dice onion. Section eggplant to 1/2 inch sections. Wash quinoa and combine with water in saucepan. Bring ... http://iloveyoumorethanfood.com/2008/09/01/401/