09 May 2006

can you even stand the deliciousness?

blue cheese and bacon cheesecake for the boy [for his birthday]. my virgin attempt at spring-form pan cookery-- it was a resounding success. i'm dying to have a nibble, but it's not my birthday, is it? i'm a little afraid of this golden goddess of a cheesecake. i used 1lb of bacon and 1lb of blue cheese. the thing is like 2 inches thick-- it's like a black hole of cheesecake. NO FLAVOR CAN ESCAPE! one teaspoon of this cheesecake weighs more than a ton of steel, etc.etc. anyway. i smacked cheesecake in the ass and it is now my delicious savory bitch. i'll let you know how he likes it, i imagine stars will shoot out of his eyes, his feet will flap like bird wings and his tongue will roll out like a red carpet. and i will take all those things as compliments.

sweet potato bisque with roasted red pepper coulee


or, as i like to call it-- sweet potato soup with red peppers:
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...ok. so the picture's blurry. i was dying to eat the soup and i could barely even hold the camera. the soup was bitchin and super fast.
mashed sweet potato, h2o, a little tomato paste, a little milk, and the secret ingredient... cough syrup-- children's cough syrup... wait a minute, that's not right. CASHEWS. simmer for an hour and let the old immersion blender work it's beautiful mojo. toss some rosted red peppers on top (a la coulee) and serve with a big ole salad.
that's good eatin. i must confess that i nicked this recipe from the soup nazi. it was good, but i don't think i'd put up with waiting in line and getting yelled at just for a taste of it.