Roasted Vegetable Soup

-Olive oil (probably about 2 tbsp)
-Eggplants (~2 large or 3 medium)
-Red bell peppers (3)
-Serrano peppers (Depends on your spice tolerance. I go with like...8, but let's be realistic and say 3.)
-Salt (add to taste)
-Ground pepper (ditto)
-Ginger root (1/2 inch chunk)
-Water, to thin
-Pita or naan or lavosh (but any type of bread works)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut eggplants in half and cut out the stem/seeds of the bell peppers. Rub a thin coat of olive oil on all the vegetables. Place the eggplant skin-side up in a pan, roast all the peppers and eggplant until the pepper is slightly browned and the eggplant is squishy when you press down on it with a spoon. (My oven is a little...special and it takes at least 2 hours, a normal oven shouldn't take more than 45 minutes to an hour.) Remove the eggplant, which should be goopy, from the skin and blend it with the peppers. Blend in salt and pepper to taste, and the ginger root. This mixture will be very thick and very flavorful, so you can thin it with water to make it more soup-like and less paste-like. Eat with the toasted bread of your choice.

THE JESUS DIP

Spicier, more flavorful take on guacamole.

-1/2 inch chunk of ginger
-5 serrano peppers (this is pretty hot. adjust as needed, or use jalapenos, which are less spicy.)
-1 large avocado
-1 large tomato
-2-3 tomatillos, depending on size
-A few sprigs of cilantro
-The juice of one lime and 1/2-1 lemon, depending on juiciness and size
-Salt and pepper to taste

Blend it all and nom with carbs. Plain baked Kettle brand chips are particularly good.

Sabayon

I based this off a recipe on Epicurious. It's super classy, delicious and easy to make.

-6 egg yolks
-3/4 cup sweet wine (Marsala)
-1/3 cup sugar, and 2 tbsp sugar
-juice of 1/2 lemon
-1 box strawberries (or raspberries, blackberries, probably peaches, have fun)

Chop the strawberries and add the 2 tbsp sugar and lemon juice. Put aside.

Blend egg yolks, sugar and wine with a whisk until it's homogeneous. Put into a double boiler and whisk constantly until it all becomes foamy. Don't make the double boiler too hot, because you'll end up with sweet scrambled eggs- you should be able to put a finger in the mixture at all times.

Serve immediately, while it's warm, and add strawberries individually.

Mojitos, mo problems.

Ingredients:
-1.5 shots of gold rum
-The juice of 1 juicy lime, 1.5-2 if they're drier
-1 heaping tablespoon of sugar
-12 mint leaves
-Club soda
-Ice

Mix the mint leaves, sugar and lime juice at the bottom of a cup, the size of a large mug but probably made of glass if you want to be classy. Muddle the mint leaves with anything with a flat bottom (crush them to release the flavor but don't grind them up into bits)- I used the bottom of a doubleshot glass. Add the rum and stir. Fill the cup with ice and then with club soda.
Experiment with adding fruit. Pineapple and strawberries are on my list.

hello

howdy internet-

I really like cooking, and I'm too lazy to follow recipes. Specifically, I like experimenting with vegetables and spices, and making tasty drinks. As I've developed some idea of what does and doesn't work I realized that I should probably write a food blog to share some discoveries (for instance, ginger is good in almost anything) as well as some of my fails (for instance, avocado and apple cider vinegar makes a pretty gross salad dressing).

My cooking tends to reflect three things:

1) I have an absurdly high spice tolerance. In the event that you happen to try any of these, adjust the hot pepper content as needed.

2) I don't like smelling like garlic or onions so I avoid using them, but a lot of these recipes would probably be even tastier with. And they're good for you.

3) I don't like calories. This will be reflected in many of my recipes, but probably not my drinks or desserts.