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Cook and Tell: Prosciutto Rolls with Pears and Arugula and a Call for Guest Posts

23 Feb

We often have last minute guests over. During these times I have to come up with quick appetizers to put on the table. Since often times our guests visit us in the later part of the day, it’s only a plus when these quick appetizers are light on the stomach.

Meet Prosciutto Rolls with Pears and Arugula…

Prosciutto rolls with Pears and Arugula

These appetizers are easy on the eyes and on the stomach. They are easy to make and require no cooking time. The Food Network has come through again. The combination of meat and fruit are very refreshing.

And now on to the second part of my post. I’ve been throwing some ideas around and thought it would be great to add a guest post to the blog. This is a call for guest bloggers! If anyone is interested in sharing an interesting recipe with a fabulous photo to go along with it, please let me know. I would love to share it with my readers.

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Mission Not So Impossible – Salmon with Soba Noodles

19 Sep

A few weeks ago my husband mentioned that we don’t have enough fish in our diet. Being the dutiful wife that I am, I of course assured him that I would make sure that we’d have fish for our next dinner.

Next dinner fell on a Monday night, and I had to keep to my promise. Not an impossible mission, but definitely a difficult one. I had about an hour and half to prepare dinner, so the dinner had to be tasty and fast to make. On the way home from work I stopped at the local Ranch 99 Market, and picked up some salmon fillets and honey garlic sauce.

To prepare the meal, I placed one salmon fillet on the baking sheet, seasoned it with some salt , black pepper, lemon zest, as well as freshly squeezed lemon juice from half of a lemon. I baked the salmon fillet for about 25 minutes at 375 degrees.

In the mean time I cooked soba noodles per the packet directions. Once cooked, I drained the noodles and tossed them with soy sauce and honey and garlic sauce.

I placed the soba noodles on a plate and topped with half of the baked salmon fillet. Viola…

Salmon & Soba Noodles

…dinner is served. Dinner turned out to be a success, and the mission…very much possible.

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Simple Appetizer

10 Dec

Picture this…You find out last minute that you’re going to host a small get together. What’s the first thing that goes through your mind? I don’t know about you, but for me the first thought is “What will I put on the table?”. Well, today I present you with an easy solution. Granted this dish might have to grow on some. But with my Russian background this appetizer is just mouth watering to me.

I won’t hold you in suspense any longer. I present to you sprats crostini!
Sprats-Crostini

For those of you that might not be familiar with sprats, they are smoked sardines in oil. I generally purchase my sprats in Russian grocery stores. However, as I just found out, you could purchase the exact same Smoked Riga Sprats on Amazon.

These little poppies are the perfect appetizer sandwiches. Here is what you will need to prepare a plate full:

Ingredients:
Baguette
1 can of sprats
Lemon slices (cut into halves)
Garlic cloves

Cut baguette into slices, place on a baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 5 minutes, or until golden. Cut the edge off a clove of garlic. Once the baguette slices are toasty, rub each slice with the cut part of the garlic clove. Place one sprat and one half circle of lemon on each garlic rubbed baguette slice.