It Begins With... A

Hello everyone, and welcome to the first installment of "Eating Thru the Alphabet." Let's get started on this adventure with the letter A. We chose artichoke as our ingredient since we could not recall anything specific we had eaten with artichoke in it. The recipes for these dishes can be found at the end of this post.

The side dish we made was an asparagus, artichoke and mushroom saute with a tarragon vinaigrette. It started off with sauteing shallot, garlic, mushrooms, asparagus and artichoke hearts. After everything was nice and tender it was removed from the heat and the tomatoes were added to just let them warm through. We made the vinaigrette with olive oil, white wine vinegar, fresh tarragon and salt and pepper.

Shallot, garlic and sliced mushrooms.

 

All heated through, just waiting for vinaigrette.

 

The vinaigrette was amazingly fragrant. The fresh tarragon added so much flavor to the vinaigrette. I highly recommend using fresh herbs any chance you get. Until you cook with fresh, you will never know what you are missing. 

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Something Smells Fishy

So last night we opted for something different. We decided that we would do a burger, but with salmon instead of beef. What a great plan this was. Super healthy and super easy, doesn't get much better or tastier than that.

It was simply salmon, red and yellow peppers, panko, egg, garlic, soy sauce and salt and pepper.  Mix it all up and form patties. Simply slapped those patties on the Foreman grill and about 7 minutes later they were hot and ready. We also made a delicious sesame mayonnaise with mayo, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil which went great on the toasted buns. Simply add some lettuce tomato and avacado slices and you have one heck of a simple and relatively healthy meal. Pair it with some chips, cuz burgers always need chips and some red potato salad and you got yourself a meal.

This would be a great one for anytime of year and I think also a good alternative or addition to your next beef grilling session. Definitely one we will do again!!