As life has thrown us all a curve ball and we're advised to stay inside as much as possible, I'm heeding that advice. With that, I'm being extra conscious about not wasting food (something I will definitely be better at in the future!) and being creative with what has been lurking in my kitchen cupboards. I also, like so many others, have a lot of time on my hands to cook.
It's rare that I follow a recipe to the letter. When I cook I feel pretty comfortable swapping a minor ingredient or two if I don't have what the recipe calls for and if I don't think it will change the flavor of the final dish.
Last night I needed to use up some fresh goat cheese and zucchini, and after looking in my cookbooks and searching online, I found this tart recipe that looked interesting, but I still felt the urge to tweak it. I thought about swapping the walnuts for toasted almonds and omitting the honey entirely, but in the end I made it almost exactly as it was written (I used dried thyme instead of fresh - didn't have any - and fresh puff pastry instead of frozen) and was super happy with how it turned out!
Keep cooking, stay healthy and stay at home!
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3 comments:
That looks beautiful, and sounds tasty!
You should try it! Very easy and it was delicious!
Since you’re in confinement like the rest of the world I’m sure you’d appreciate to know that we are out here reading your blog. Thanks for the timely recipe idea for zucchini flatbread. I had a line zucchini begging to be eaten before it went limp, a small log of goat cheese and a Trader Joe’s pizza crust. Voila! I did not have walnuts so used some pine nuts found in the freezer. My herbs are wakening in the garden so lucky me I had fresh thyme. It was darn yummy. Thank you and stay well in one of my favorite cities!
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