Monday's menu...Soups and stews

Great menu for this somewhat colder weather we are having.


3 soups:
2 Spanish, one a cooked Gazpacheo with roasted tomatoes; the other from the Island of Majorca with cabbage and sherry; and a roasted red pepper with ginger.
3 great stews..complete meals in a bowl that will be served with some fresh pineapple- jalepeno salsa

 Black bean  with roasted garlic and cilantro

South east Asian with cauliflower, broccoli and green beans in a coconut-nut butter chili sauce

An Italian Style tomato and eggplant with mushrooms and red wine

(When making some Vegetarian/Vegan stews, it is important to develop the sauce without overcooking the vegetables. This is why I remove the vegetables once they are cooked and then reduce and add more herbs/wine etc to the sauce. Then add it to the vegetables once I am satisfied with it.
With meat based stews the meat is the "star" of the dish so they are cooked longer, & the vegetables become overcooked and mushy, this has to be changed when cooking Vegetarian/Vegan.)


An Asian inspired Caponata with eggplant, red bell peppers and basil and ginger

and then some walnut/toffee cookies and a some sour dough malt and raisins breads

the Majorcan soup with cabbage

Roasted Red Pepper with Ginger soup

The Black Bean stew cooking

Black Bean Stew packed

The Asian Inspired Caponata

Blanched Broccoli/Cauliflower for the Asian Stew

Cooling and "Slaking" soups and stews

I am just waiting for my sour dough starter to bubble so here is what I have completed so far.