Salad: Kohlrabi, which I hadn't had before so the guy at the farmer's market gave me some for free to try! We prepared it just as he suggested, sliced thing with salt, red wine vinegar and good olive oil drizzled on top. It was fantastic. Parker said it was too sour, but maybe she'll like it more the next time. They say it takes 7 exposures for a kid to like something.
Entree: Jim Lahey's cookie sheet pizza from My Bread. Parker had pepperoni/mozzarella, I had bell peppers, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, and mozzarella, and Robert had caramelized onions and anchovies.
Three Notes:
- Should switch baking pans half way through so each gets crispy on the bottom
- The onion and anchovy pizza shouldn't have tomato sauce as a base - just olive oil
- This is a simple recipe and would be great for a party, but for three people I think I'll use the skillet recipe - much better crust with zero oil.
- Never let a 5 year old oil the pan unless you like your smoke detector going off. Those pizzas were swimming in it.
Cheese/Dessert:
Cherry Compote over Goat Cheese, with like half the goat cheese called for in the recipe. I used goat cheese because I usually don't keep ice cream in the house. This would be great for a dinner party, because you can put the goat cheese in the serving bowls and make the compote ahead of time and keep it warm on the stove. Very yum. Even Parker, who doesn't normally like cherries at all, said "oh, you used the
good cherries this time"
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