... Spicy Thai Basil

I was once told by a dear friend (who I will not name) that I could not make Thai food. I wish they could have tasted this, because it was damn good. I got the recipe from the Williams-Sonoma Chicken cookbook (thanks mom). I actually kept all the proportions for the same (except the garlic), but I tripled it even thought I was making the same number of servings.  I'm really not sure how the amount they say makes 4 servings- perhaps I just eat an obscene amount of food.

... Jon's Challah French Toast

 

In honor of Jon's birthday I made him his favorite breakfast- Challah French Toast. Using brioche or challah for french toast is soooo much better than regular bread. Not only was this for Jon, but the recipe is also by Jon. I found the tripod David sent me so I went a little crazy with the picture taking...

... Wild Mushroom and Rosemary Pizza

I think I am finally getting the knack of this pizza making thing.  We found this really great pizza dough at the Coop (aka the Park Slope Food Cooperative) called Birrittella's.  It only costs $2 and is by far the best tasting pizza dough I have bought. Plus it is wayyy easier than making your own, which I have yet to even come close to mastering. Honestly I'm terrified of yeast.
This pizza was pretty bomb, not going to lie.  Then again I love everything that involved a mix of mushrooms.  I used marsala wine instead of white wine because that is what I had and we didn't use fontina cheese because I couldn't find any at the coop.  Honestly, the mushrooms stole the show so I'm not even sure how much you would have been able to taste the difference between I used mozzarella and fontina the recipe asked for. I also used some cottage cheese b/c that lightens up the pizza.