TOMATO AND CHEESE QUICHE; VEGETABLE RICE "paella style; Caraway sourdough breads; Cheese and vegetable turnovers; ALL PHOTOS FOR TOMORROW'S DELIVERIES IN A HEATWAVE"

COOKED VEGETABLE "BRUSCHETTA" TOMATOES, BELL PEPPERS, ZUCCHINI, GARLIC, ONIONS..WILL MARINATE IN AVOCADO OIL AND LEMON JUICE OVERNIGHT

VEGETABLE BASE FOR THE QUICHES AND RICE DISH

SOUR DOUGH BREADS WITH CARAWAY SEED

LAYERS OF GRATED WHITE CHEDDAR, COOKED VEGETABLE BASE AND SLICED TOMATOES. I WILL TOP WITH A NUTMEG AND COTTAGE CHEESE CUSTARD & BAKE

COOKING MORE VEGETABLES FOR THE RICE DISH, WITH ASIAN EGGPLANTS

CHEESE AND VEGETABLE TURNOVERS

STEAMED JASMINE RICE

COOKED RICE AND VEGETABLES, WILL MARINATE OVERNIGHT  AND THEN BE BAKED WITH MARINARA SAUCE

CHEESE AND VEGETABLE TURNOVERS WITH SEASALT AND BASIL

COTTAGE CHEESE AND TOMATO QUICHE will add chopped parsley when it is cold. The pastry has basil in.

Simple, almost Summer dishes for my clients this week as we suffer in yet another un-seasonal HEATWAVE...records going back almost 100years have been broken in the past 5 days, with temps ranging from mid 80's- mid 90f's
This simple fare can be eaten at room temp or hot..some even hand held.

Have a wonderful St Valentine's Day and tomorrow America celebrates Presidents Day, so Monday is a public holiday.

 

BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND TEMPEH TAGINE, layering of flavors for record breaking temps in SoCal..ALL PHOTOS

SAUTEING BUTTERNUT SQUASH, YAMS, ONIONS, GARLIC, ADDING WHITE WINE THEN SIMMER FOR 20 MINS. ADDING GROUND CUMIN, THYME AND SMOKED PAPRIKA

ADD WHITE WINE, WHITE MEXICAN SQUASH, ZUCCHINI, RED BELL PEPPERS, NUTRITIONAL YEAST AND LOW SIMMER FOR 20 MINS..TOP WITH TOMATO SAUCE

ADD COOKED CHICKPEAS AND COOKED AND CRUMBLED TEMPEH, AND MARINATE OVERNIGHT. NEXT DAY THE CLIENT WILL SIMMER IN A SKILLET AND ADD COOKED STEAMED JASMINE RICE AND KASHA ( TOASTED BUCKWHEAT) A TASTY TAKE ON A MOROCCAN DISH TAGINE (USUALLY COOKED IN A CLAY POT OVER A LOW OPEN FIRE, ALSO MY TOMATO SAUCE CONTAINS GROUND CINNAMON, IF USING REGULAR, ADD A PINCH OF CINNAMON AT END OF COOKING)

ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER AND CHICKPEA HUMMUS TOPPED WITH AVOCADO OIL, CLIENT WILL TOAST PITA BREADS FOR DIPPING/SPREADING

We have been having record breaking high temperatures ( 80f's - mid 90f's) for over a week now, and more is on it's way. A lot of flowering plants and trees think they have missed Spring all together an we are now in mid summer, with this July weather in Feb!  Flowering Dogwood and Queen of the Night, tonight in Culver City, CA.

Dogwood Tree in full bloom

Queen of the Night

A drive from West Hollywood to Silverlake, yesterday record breaking temps..all photos of my adopted hometown

Taking Fountain Ave., from West Hollywood is a great way to travel to the east side, without all the traffic.

The houses/apts. date from the turn of the 20th century to modern ones of the 21st century

Here is an authentic 1920-30's apt block. Most of the apts are small and the kitchens are tiny, as when the Movie Studios were BIG, it was expected that the actors and extras ate all their meals on the Studio Lots

One of the original, and oldest movie Studios, Hollywood, CA

Original store and apt frontage, Silverlake, CA

looking towards downtown LA from Sunset Blvd., Silverlake, CA.

The VISTA, authentic and still thriving, 1920-30's movie theater Silverlake CA

Driving down a dogwood blossomed avenue towards Paramount Studio, Hollywood, CA

This was the city offices of Mr David Hockney..artist

Here are just some of the places that I see on my bi-weekly drives to deliver my GOOD LIFE dishes, I love LA for all it's old Hollywood buildings, that hark back to the old days of movie production.
 I will post more photos in the coming weeks of my delivery runs.
Right now we are in the middle of a record breaking heatwave with daytime temps almost in the 90f's..unheard of for Feb.!
This is supposed to last for another week when we have been told to expect warm rain showers coming up from Mexico, great! I just love the humidity...hahahaa