Roasted Vegetables

Roasted Vegetables

1 sweet potato, peeled
2 large potatoes, peeled
3 large beets, peeled
4 large carrots, peeled
2 leeks, trimmed and sliced into 1 inch pieces
1 large sweet onion, chopped
5-6 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 – 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Sea salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut vegetables into ¾ inch chunks. In a large mixing bowl, toss vegetables with garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil. Spread single layer onto a baking sheet. Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until cooked through and lightly browned.

*You can add fresh herbs as well. Basil, rosemary and thyme are all good choices
Copyright © 2007
By Tiffany Perez
Tiffany’s Table L.L.C.
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Chilean Carrot Salad

Chilean Carrot Salad

5 carrots, shredded
1 clove garlic, minced
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, or grape seed oil
Sea salt to taste

In the bottom of a medium sized bowl, mix garlic, lemon juice, and oil. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Serve cold or at room temperature.


Copyright © 2007
By Tiffany Perez
Tiffany’s Table L.L.C.
All Rights Reserved.

On our way from Asia to Italy

Got you huh! The Asian mural is what is hanging on my living room wall right now. Lately I am feeling more Italian. So I have decided to paint a Tuscany, Italy painting. Don't worry the Asian mural is going to end up in another room of the house, they are too beautiful not to hang. They were actually given to us by Miguel's friend that he used to work with, who is from Vietnam. The lighter colors on the hanging are made out of mother of pearl.

I don't know if they way I paint is correct, I just wanted to show its progression.

Oil Painting

These are some oil paintings that I have done in the past. I am not the greatest painter, but I try. I took painting classes about 8 years ago for a couple of months. Most of these I have done on my own, as you can probably tell. As you can see, I went through an animal phase. I am considering selling some of these paintings because they are just collecting dust in my home. Maybe? However the cute boy below is not for sell, he never sits still long enough to collect dust, and besides that I like him!!

A Recent Family Picture

Homemade Artisan Bread

I was given this recipe (thanks Wardeh) to make homemade artisan bread. It turned out pretty good. It is crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside. I am going to tweak it a little and see if I can do some different variations. The thing that is cool about this bread is that you can make the dough and leave it in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. You just take out the dough as you need it. Try it --to get the recipe go to this site;

http://gnowfglins.com/2008/12/23/experiment-artisan-bread-in-5-minutes-a-day/

**There are 2 notes I would like to add

1-The bread was too salty, I will cut back on the salt next time.

2-I liked the bread much better after it had been in the fridge for 1 week. Maybe it is good after 1 or 2 days also, I made one batch of dough, cooked 2 loaves on the first day and the other 2 loaves 1 week later.

Creatively STARVED!!!!!

I don't know if you know this about me or not, but I have to have some new and different project in my life to feel alive. I NEED to sew something, paint something, make something, CREATE something to feel like a human being who can function. I know this is a "little" or maybe "A LOT" dramatic, but I am BORED, BORED, BORED I TELL YOU!!!!!!!!! Not because I have nothing to do, I have TOO MUCH to do, but all of it is mundane BORING stuff that has no purpose or meaning behind it, besides the fact that we do want to live in a somewhat clean home.
So.........this is my plan. Right now in my living room we have sortof an Asian theme going on. I have decided it is time to go to Tuscany!!! Yes, Italy!! I am going to take down our beautiful Asian mural hangings and paint a picture of Tuscany. I have done oil painting in the past, and it is high time I do another. It has been way too long. See.... I feel better already. Just thinking about painting is starting to help. Now I just have to find a picture that I can look at, so I can paint a picture. I am not good enough yet to paint a picture from a photograph. I will take before and after pictures to let you all know how it turns out. I just know you will be waiting on pins and needles until that time.