A milestone…

I'm sure most of you like poached eggs... Right? Well, today I went back to Chewies (look at the post "Chewies.") for brunch today and I had my first poached egg (also my first benedict) in a southern crab cake benny. It was SUPER good! When I was deciding what to have, my Mama told me, "You won't regret it Nailah, I know you don't really love eggs, but, it's a crab cake benny! You won't regret it." And, she was right! It was so good! And, I know, for me, to love food this much, I have NEVER had a poached egg, I am also a pescatarian and an egg being one of the like, ten proteins that are available, I don't really like them. Still, they aren't my favourite thing, but, now I know that I can have benedicts and poached eggs at brunch now. So, I guess I can call this a milestone (with many more to come.) of a successful chef, The Poached Egg Milestone.

Best Beets.

Any of you wonder how to cook beets? I always have. I just realized that they aren't that hard. Here is a recipe you could do with any kind of beet, I used golden beets.

Roasted Pesto Beets

4 beets
3 tablespoons basil pesto
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil, for greasing the pan
Cooked quinoa, for serving (optional)

In a large pan, cover the beets with one inch of water. Boil the beets with the water, once boiled, lower heat to med-low and cook for 30 minutes, or until fork tender. Drain out the water and cool until you can handle them. Once you can handle the beets, peel them and slice them in to 1/2 inch slices. Toss the beets with salt, pepper and pesto. Grease a baking pan with olive oil. Spread out the beets onto the greased baking pan. Bake at 400F for 10-15 minutes. Serve on top of the cooked quinoa, if desired.

Yum! Saturday Night at Earls.

On Saturday, I went to Earls for my grandpa's birthday. I had such a great, delicious salad! It was a seared albacore tuna sushi salad. The tuna was perfectly seared and tossed in chilli mayo and sprinkled with black and white sesame seeds. A pile of that was on top of: organic greens, roasted nori, brown rice, sushi rice, mango, avocado and tossed with a white miso vinaigrette. Delicious!