Ingredient obsession

[magid]

The NYTimes had a recipe for cranberry meringue pie, and it got me thinking about an all-cranberry meal.

• green salad with dried cranberries
  
• chicken marinated in orange juice and cranberry juice
  
• cranberry relish or chutney
  
• wild rice pilaf with dried cranberries and nuts
  
• cranberry lemonade
  
• cranberry meringue pie
  
• chocolate-covered dried cranberries
  
• cranberry tea

Which then lead to other ingredients that would work, rather a la Iron Chef (but foods I'd actually make at home).

• mango-pineapple salsa with tortilla chips
  
• green salad with tomato, basil, and mango, in a spicy dressing (optional: chunks of chicken poached in basil and salsa)
  
• salmon roasted with slices of onion, scallion, mango, and Szechuan spicy sauce
  
• mango-peach nectar
  
• mango-tangerine sorbet

• spinach salad with oil-lemon-pepper dressing
  
• Morroccan chickpea stew with preserved lemon, or
  chicken baked with rice and preserved lemon
  
• mint lemonade
  
• Shaker lemon pie

• stir-fried broccoli, onions and peapods with ginger
  
• roasted turkey thighs with ginger, black pepper, peach, and hot sauce
  
• roasted carrots, onions, and sweet potatoes with ginger and cayenne
  
• ginger tea
  
• chocolate-covered crystallized ginger

• onion soup with Parmesan croutons
  
• tomato-basil-scallion salad with feta
  
• caramelized onion and broccoli quiche
  
• potatoes gratin
  
• Key lime cheesecake

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that they're mostly fruit-focused; fruit seems to be more versatile, somehow. Or at least, that's true now that I like sweet-and-spicy foods.

Comments

[bitty.livejournal.com]

I sooooo nominate you for Iron Chef: Kosher!

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

That was more-or-less the setup for the Iron-Chef-inspired puzzle Company Picnic (http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/03/www.acme-corp.com/teamGuest/2/2_1.html) in the 2003 Mystery Hunt. We only required 3 dishes though.

[queue.livejournal.com]

Chocoalte-covered ginger is okay, but I much prefer pies. What about a lime meringue pie with some ginger in the filling and some ginger in the meringue? Or maybe a nice spiced cake?

[magid.livejournal.com]

*grin*

Thank you!

[magid.livejournal.com]

I remember you describing that. It would've been a challenge to cook it all in the given time in a kitchen not my own, but it seemed the only puzzle I'd've been useful completing :-).

[magid.livejournal.com]

The pies sound good, but I'm more likely to go for a nice spicy gingerbread.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Yes, but not Iron Chef: Atkins!

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

green salad with dried cranberries

I have a fantastic spinach/craisin salad recipe if you want it. It's incredible. It's a sweet vinaigrette recipe.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Sure, that would be nice. Thanks.