Posted by: Beth | September 4, 2010

Entertainment Saturday: Pat McGee at City Winery

I first talked about about our favorite band Pat McGee on this blog back in September 2007 and I’ve mentioned them three other times on this blog here, here and here (when we went to Annapolis to see them!)  Well, it had been about 8 months since we’d seen Pat McGee which if you know us is too long and my friend Kirstein from HC had never seen them (how we’ve been friends for 13 years and she’s never seen them I have yet to figure out).  So she came up from Philly and we assembled a crew to go out and see them at City Winery (we missed you Shi!) a new venue we’d never been too.

City Winery is awesome!  It’s a great venue for a show but it’s very different from most venues.  It’s kind of like “dinner theater”, you purchase specific seats at a table (so it’s ideal if you have 4+ people so you can take over an entire table).  We had enough people to take over a whole booth towards the front of the room.  You can order dinner and drinks and there is waiter service during the show.  Our crew met beforehand at my friend Rachelle’s apartment for cocktails on her roof, which was such a perfect way to kick off the night!

Then we headed off to City Winery where we ordered some yummy dishes to share (their mushroom pizzza – so good!) as well as bottles of wine :)   Pat McGee brought it to City Winery for real.  Not only was Michael Geoghan and the bassist there, but he brought an extra guitarist (who backed him up on vocals), a drummer and horns, horns – they were awesome!  I would easily say this was one of PMB’s Top 10 concerts that I’ve seen!!!!!  It was crazy fun.

A fun night of good music, good food & friends!  What a way to spend a Friday night in NYC!  The only thing I will say is that since waiters keep asking you if you want drinks and because you’re ordering food, etc the bill can quickly add up if you’re not careful, so while a fun venue, it’s definitely not the cheapest venue in NYC, although cheap and NYC don’t really go together, but that’s for another post. 

City Winery’s menu does wine pairing too which is neat.  They have more than just musical acts, comedians, wine classes, tons of stuff.  It’s definitely a place I hope to visit again!

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Posted by: Beth | September 3, 2010

Entertainment Thursdays: A Single Man

A Single Man

This has been in our neverending Netflix queue since the Oscars in March and we finally got around to watching it this week. 

A Single Man, centers around a day in the life of George (Colin Firth).  Having lost is lover and life partner of 16 years, Jim (Matthew Goode) 8 months prior, he has been unable to recover and is contemplating taking his life.  He schedules “one last” dinner with his good friend Charlotte “Charley” (Julianne Moore) and goes about his day, living it as if it’s his last.

I know, it doesn’t sound uplifting at all, and well in reality it wasn’t.  It’s the most tragic kind of love story, what do you do when your love, your soulmate, departs this earth before you?  How do you survive?  Are your friendships, career, etc enough to get you through each day?  However, in a way, as the movie dwells on the connections that we make as human beings day to day, with other human beings (whether as friends, neighbors, student to teacher, or just random strangers), and the pull they have on us and on the trajectory of our lives, it is in a way a very uplifting story.  The story of the power of a personal and very real human connection.

I had mixed feeling about this movie at the start.  The pace, oh god, the pace, I thought it was going to put me to sleep initially (well it did – we finished this movie in two sittings – definitely watch it when you’re wide awake!)  However, as the story unfolds and as you realize what’s happening the pace makes sense.  Basically, what I’m saying is, you’ll get over the pace, or rather that I did.

What blew me away (and ultimately just really affected my overall rating of this movie) was the cinematography, the eye for detail and the care, the gentle care of this film.  The fact that this was Tom Ford’s directorial debut, WOW, I hope he plans on directing other films, because his style was so unique and so incredibly powerful at the same time.  As we were watching the movie I kept saying to Jon, “do you notice that the color is changing?  Sometimes Colin Firth’s character (and his surroundings) are gray and drab and then other times he (and his surroundings) are bursting from the seams with bright happy color.”  Right as I said it, this one particular scene ocurred where it was more apparent and we were both kind of like, “wow, that is such a cool technique and style.”  In the interview in the behind the scenes footage it became clear that Tom Ford was using that color to show the vibrancy in life - the vibrancy in certain situations.  How even when you’re having the worst day ever there are moments where you smile or you have a small inner happiness.  It was such a neat way to shoot a movie.

In addition, to the color changes, the movie really felt like it was filmed in 1962.  Sometimes I feel like “time periods” are pulled off and sometimes not so much.  Ford nailed it here and it had a lot to do with his attention to every little details.  It all just fell together perfectly.

For subject matter and pace I’d give this movie a 2 1/2-3 stars but for artistry I’d give it 5 stars.  Therefore, I’m going to give it a solid 4 stars.  While you love it?  I can’t promise you that, but for me it’s one of those movies where the more I sit with it the more I like it.  And really, Colin Firth was just incredible!  Definitely his best performace (at least that I’ve seen)!

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What’s your favorite Colin Firth movie?  I definitely still need to see his rendition of Mr. Darcy that all the ladies love so much.  Gasp – I know – how did I make it to 31 without seeing Pride & Prejudice!  I’ll get right on it ladies!

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Posted by: Beth | September 3, 2010

Foodie Wednesday: Honey-Glazed Salmon with Roasted Corn Salsa

I am working on a little secret project, which I’ll hopefully be able to reveal at the end of the year.  Nothing big just something I’m making for a couple of people’s Christmas presents and I don’t want them to figure out what it is…hehehehe…I’m the worst at surprises!

My mom makes this Williams-Sonoma recipe, Honey-Glazed Salmon with Roasted Corn Salsa.  She must have started making it after I left for college because I have no recollection of it (I didn’t eat Salmon before college anyway).  She swears it’s delicious so I decided it was time to find out – well and I needed to cook this recipe for my “surprise” Christmas project – muahahaha!

Even though this recipe is online, I’m posting it below and noting where I made changes/substitutions.  Also, I halved everything because I only wanted to make 2 pieces of Salmon for Jon and I.  (In reading the recipe I’m now realizing they weren’t exactly the same but it’s close enough I modified the directions so that it shows what I did in order to make the meal!)

Honey-Glazed Salmon with Roasted Corn Salsa from Williams-Sonoma

Ingredients:

For the salsa:

  • 3 ears of corn, shucked (OK, I can not tell I lie, I used canned corn that I drained beforehand – hahahaha!)
  • 2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
  • 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped (I used a red onion – because I’m obsessed with red onions)
  • 2 Tbs. olive oil
  • 1 Tbs. red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper
  • 1/4 tsp. Tabasco or other hot-pepper sauce, or
      to taste (Uh, yeah, I totally didn’t use this at all Spice = hells no!)
  • 2 Tbs. finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

For the salmon:

  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 Tbs. balsamic vinegar (Didn’t use)
  • 1 Tbs. plus 2 tsp. vegetable oil
  • 6 center-cut salmon fillets with skin intact, each
      6 to 8 oz.
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Drain the corn kernels and then put them in a pan heated on medium/low heat.  I let them heat up for about 5-10 minutes.

In a large bowl, combine the corn kernels, the tomatoes, onion, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. Stir well, then taste and adjust the seasonings. Cover and refrigerate. Stir in the parsley just before serving.

Salt the salmon and then squirt the honey over the Salmon.  I was pretty generous with my honey squirts :)   In a heavy large non-stick skillet over medium heat cook the salmon until done, about 5-7 minutes per side.  Top with the salsa and serve!

This meal was light, refrshing and delicious!  Perfect for a summer meal!  My mom was right, it’s delish, and definitely a recipe I’ll add to my arsenal.

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Posted by: Beth | September 3, 2010

Tuesday Travels: Grindelwald, Switzerland (Part I)

For my other posts about our summer vacation, I’ve alloted one post per city, for Grindelwald I’m going to have to do 3 separate posts – it was THAT amazing!  In case you’ve missed the other posts – Jon and I went to Switzerland and Austria this summer – Zurich, Innsbruck & Lucerne.

Grindelwald is over in the Interlaken region.  If you were to look on a map it’s actually the upper left hand side of a V with Interlaken being the bottom and Lauterbrunnen being the upper right hand side of a V.  That’s the best way to explain it.  I emailed Pauline over at Slow Europe for suggestions about where we should go (it was between – St. Moritz, Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen).  She suggested Grindelwald and I’m eternally grateful to her, because it really was our favorite place of the trip and most definitely a place we will return to again and again and again!

We took an early train from Lucerne (think around 6AM) so that we could get there with plenty of time to embrace the day since we only had about 3 days to explore Grindelwald.  We got settled into our hotel room at the Bel Air Eden, which is right across from the train station, and then headed out to explore.

We took the gondola up First Mountain because I had read on Trip Advisor that there was some great hiking although really no matter which direction you turn to there is great hiking!  It was about a 10 minute walk through Grindelwald to get to the gondola to First Mountain.  The gondola ride is about 5km long – you’re riding for at least 20-25 minutes, but it is breathtakingly beautiful (see first photo of this post).  And when you get to the top….there are no words.

On the way up in the Gondola we saw people taking zipline rides from the last gondola stop at the top of the mountain to the one below (about 800 feet down.)  Having never ziplined we of course both wanted to do it!  We waited patiently in line and then got to enjoy some ziplining fun!

I mean seriously….no words!

We took the gondola back up to First Mountain snapped some photos and then started out on the ever popular hike to Bachsee Lake (photo directly above).  It might have been the most breathtaking scenery we’ve both EVER seen.  We sat for awhile, talked, had a snack, etc.  Truthfully we didn’t want to leave, because to leave, meant that we were moving on and when would we get back to Bachsee to take in it’s natural wonder?  However, eventually we had to keep moving.

As we started down the path we met this friendly French couple who flagged us down.  We thought they needed assistance as the man was on all fours in the grass, however after a little back and forth exchange (them realizing we didn’t speak French and them speaking only a little English) we realized that they were telling us about a specific flower that is unique to this region.  The woman explained to us that the last time they were there, some 25 years ago, that a woman stopped them to tell them about the flower and so when they came back they wanted to share what they knew with someone.  They had us down on all fours to smell this little flower (pictured above) which smelled like CHOCOLATE!  I swear to god – it was heavenly.  Of course the rest of our hike we were looking for these chocolate smelling flowers and the next time we’re in that region we’ll have to share that info with someone else along the path :)

Half way down the mountain back to the town of Grindelwald we stopped for some lunch and of course a beverage!  We sat on a porch and enjoyed some wonderful views while we relaxed.  After lunch we realized that we didn’t have enough cash to pay for our lunch – how embarrasing!  Jon had to go inside and talk to our waiter – of course they didn’t take credit cards and there was no such luck of an ATM on the side of a mountain and they wouldn’t accept American money – however the guy just took down our names gave us their address and asked that we mail him the money owed.  They were so nice about the whole thing! 

 

Of course the first thing we did was take money out and mail it to the guy!  We knew we were good for it.  We had been debating at that point possibly taking the gondola down the rest of the way so as not to shred our quads but with no money we were hoofin’ it!  I’m glad we did, coming into the Valley right into town was beautiful and different from the mountain views we had enjoyed up top. 

After enjoying a drink on our balcony we headed in to Grindelwald for dinner.  Little did we know that on Wednesdays during the summer they close down the main drag to cars and they have this little pedestrian party – it was so awesome!  They had live music, great food, outdoor bars, it was so fun! 

Don’t hate us – but this was our view from our balcony (more on that next week!)  I’ll also be writing about our day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.  So fun and yet so different from our day on First Mountain in Grindelwald!

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Have you ever run out of money while traveling?  It’s happened to me a couple of times when I was living in Spain!  Once my mom had to call Chase to advance me money in Madrid, Spain (thanks MOM!) and once when I was in Portugal I couldn’t get money out of the ATM and the woman at the info office told me that “sometimes when a lot of tourists arrive at once and try to take money out, the ATMS just don’t dispense any”…um, GREAT!  I always manage to get out of it in a pinch though:)

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Posted by: Beth | August 30, 2010

Monday Bookworms: The Forest House (21)

The Forest House, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Don’t you hate it when you pick up a book, are so excited to read it, and you discover that it’s part of a series and it’s not the first book?  Well, I bought The Mists of Avalon (so excited to read that book) and then I discovered that The Forest House was the prequel.  So of course I ordered (used from Amazon) The Forest House and it has sat on my shelf for years and years.  I finally decided (due to my desire to read The Mists of Avalon) that I needed to pick it up once and for all, so it came with us to Switzerland.

Phew how to explain this book.  The Forest House takes place in the time of the Britons during Roman rule.  Elian, raised to be a Druid Priestess falls in love with a half-Briton, half-Roman, Gaius.  This love is forbidden during this tumultous time in the Briton’s history.  As they both become more powerful in their own religions and political circles, they can’t help the power of their love that draws them together.

I know, I know, it sounds like another cheesy romance novel, but there actually is some historical fiction to this book not only in describing the way they lived during 1BC in Briton and the relationship between the Britons and the Romans, but also in the description of the Druid religion/beliefs (which I personally found fascinating.)  I did find this book to be a bit long for the subject matter but overall I did enjoy it and it whet my appetite for The Mists of Avalon. 

3 stars

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What book have you recently picked up only to find out it is part of a series?  My other recent pick was The Lonesome Dove (which is the 3rd book in a series of 4 books)!

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Posted by: Beth | August 29, 2010

Sunday Baking: Baking Challenge – Josh’s take on Cherries

Hey folks, Josh here.  Ok, let me first say a few things before we get into the recipe.  1) I love cherries.  They are one of my favorite fruits, to eat alone or in desserts.  I have, however, never used them to bake before, so I was very excited for this challenge.  Which brings me to my second point, 2) I cheated.  My plan for my cherry pie was of course to make everything from scratch.  I was in Seattle a couple weeks back, and at Pike’s Place Market, there is a store called Chukar Cherries.  They have the most amazing cherry desserts (mostly several different types of choclate covered cherries), they also had a jar of cherry pie filling.  I couldn’t pass this up, these are the best Washington cherries, made specifically for a pie.  Instead of making the filling from scratch, I instead used a jar of Chukar Cherry Sour Cherry Pie and Cobbler filling.  I appologize to those who would want to make this same recipe, as you have to get a jar of this filling (I would never reccomend using the generic “cherry pie filling” that you can get in the supermarket).  The crust however, was completely homemade.

And now, onto the recipe (a very simple one because the filling was already done for me).  The crust was taken from the ever-so-popular Baking Bites website.
Double Pie Crust:
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
3/4 cup butter, cut into 1 inch cubes and chilled
1/4 cup shortening, chilled
6-8 tbsp ice water
Whisk together flour, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Toss butter and shortening in the flour mixture, then rub in with your finger tips until mixture is coarse and no chunks larger than a small almond remain. Add water and press dough into a ball with the palms of your hands. Add an additional tablespoon or two of water if necessary to pull the dough together.  Divide dough into two balls and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least one hour, and up to two days.


Lattice Sour Cherry Pie:
Ingredients
1 Double Pie Crust (See Above)
One jar of Chukar Cherry Sour Cherry Pie and Cobble Filling(or a homemade cherry pie filling)
cream or milk (for brushing on the crust)
sugar
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.


Roll out one half of the pie dough(one wrapped ball) on a lightly floured surface into a circle just larger than your pie plate. Transfer to pie plate and gently press into place. Pour cherries into pie plate.


Roll out the second ball similar to the first.  Then, take a knife and slice the crust into long strips. Make as many strips as you want, dependent upon how wide you want them to be. 
Lay one of the strips vertically at the left hand side of the pie. Lay another strip horizontally along the top side of the pie. The horizontal piece will sit on top of the vertical piece.  Lay the next vertical piece next to the first, on top of the first horizontal strip.


Now, here is the only tricky part (though it really isn’t that bad at all).  Fold the *first* vertical piece back over the first horizontal layer (and over itself), and place the next horizontal strip to under of the first one.  Now unfold the vertical piece back into place.  The one you just placed will be horizontal, under the first vertical strip, and on top of the second. 
Next, fold back the *first* horizontal strip, and place the third vertical strip down, under the first horizontal, and over the second, folding the first horizontal strip back into place afterwards. 


Continue this pattern to have an alternating weave for the top of the pie.
If you run out of pie strips, cut of any excess dough hanging off the plate, and make more.
Brush the crust with cream or milk, and sprinkle generously with sugar.
Bake the pie in the oven for about60 minutes, until the filling is thick, and the crust is a dark golden brown.

Beth here, I have to say I was excited to taste Josh’ cherry pie (as was my sister who has been begging him to make one for like 2 years!)  I’ll confess (another one of my weird food confessions) I had never had any kind of fruit filled pie other than apple, ever in my life, prior to tasting Josh’s cherry pie, so I’ll admit, while I excited I was also incredibly nervous….but….it was DELICIOUS!  It was tart, sour, and chock full of cherries and the crust was just perfect!  And doesn’t it look so beautiful…le sigh!  I would definitely make this pie! 

That’s it for our take on cherries…stay tuned next week as we move on to Rosemary!

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What is your favorite fruit filled pie?  I’m obviously going to have to say apple but I should probably branch out and try all sorts of other pies, I am 31 after all!

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Posted by: Beth | August 29, 2010

Entertainment Saturdays: Lady Antebellum in Central Park

One of my first entries on this blog was about how my sister and I went to Bryant Park one early morning, Summer of 2007, to see Sugarland perform on Good Morning America.  There are always so many amazing artists to see, but it requires getting up super early and being late for work usually, so it’s not something I do every Friday during the summer.  My friend Rachelle, informed me that Lady Antebellum was coming Friday, August 27th and we agreed that seeing Lady Antebellum was a must, as we’re big Lady A fans!  GMA has moved their concert series to Central Park so we got up early and meet on the corner of East 72nd and 5th!

We got to the stage with about 10 minutes until they started promoting Lady Antebellum being on GMA that morning and probably 15-20 minutes prior to them actually performing.  GMA has someone there warming up the crowd though with funny jokes and instructing us on when to applaud, etc.  When Lady A came out the first song they played was their new single – Our Kind of Love.  You can watch the performance online by clicking here to visit GMA’s website.  They sounded amazing!!!!

After Our Kind of Love they played, I Run to You from their first album (such a great song)!  The GMA Summer Concert series format is usually that the band/artist plays 2 songs live on TV and then a 3rd song for the audience.  Their third song was – Need You Now – the first single off of their current cd.  You can see it online at GMA here.

It was definitely worth it to get up early and arrive to work a little late in order to see Lady Antebellum perform in Central Park.  They are returning to NYC on September 28th at the Beacon Theater – Rachelle and I decided we’re going to have to get tickets from stubhub to go see them!!!!!  So stay tuned for a full concert recap at the end of September/beginning of October.

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Posted by: Beth | August 27, 2010

Healthy Living: Breathing

It’s kind of difficult to take a photo of breathing – sorry folks!  This summer while I was working with my trainer he consistently told me two things:  1) BREATHE and 2) RELAX!  Hahahaha!  I can work on breathing, but relaxing, ah, that’s for another post.

I discovered this summer that because I never really learned how to breathe properly a lot of times when I’m doing strength or stability training I do not breathe.  It’s kind of important to breathe (obviously) but I wasn’t doing it.  Go figure.  One of the things we worked on was learning to breathe during an exercise.  It was important for me to understand so that it became more natural.  (Breathing in general is natural for me, have no fear, but apparently concentrated breathing is more difficult!)

I learned that you should exhale while you are exerting.  If you think about it, if you’re trying to pull or push something you want to put all of your might into it, which means letting out your air.  Then when you’re in relaxation mode of the exercise you breathe in. 

Seems simple right…?  Next time you’re at the gym doing a strength or stability workout pay attention to your breathing, notice what you’re doing (or not doing) and make a conscious effort to breathe correctly.  You’ll notice a huge different in your workout.

For more tips on breathing correctly during a workout see this examiner.com aritcle Proper Breathing Techniques During Exercise.

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Posted by: Beth | August 26, 2010

Entertainment Thursdays: Eat, Pray, Love

Eat Pray Love

I read this book when it first came out, along with the rest of the world.  I thought it was good, 4 solid stars, but I had major issues with Elizabeth Gilbert, the author.  I respected her for leaving a marriage that she was not happy in, but in the book she portrayed herself (perhaps unintentionally) as someone who hadn’t thought it through completely (which is a basic courtesy you owe your partner before walking down the aisle – agreed?)  She also came across as selfish, whiny, needy, and self-absorbed in the book – we all have a little bit of that in us - but I didn’t want to read it.  And while I loved the part in the book about her time in India (loved it, perhaps I should go to an ashram and find inner peace) I wasn’t 100% sure that I wanted to go see the movie. 

What can I say I am a marketer’s dream.  I saw the trailers, ads and interviews and I was hooked.  Who was I kidding I wasn’t going to see this movie.  Last Friday, my friend Rachelle and I took advantage of our half-day Friday and ventured to the AMC on East 19th Street. 

First off – JULIA – gosh, is she good.  She really was the perfect person for this role, I just loved her, loved her!  I have to say that I really enjoyed the movie.  I don’t know if it was because it was more visual and sometimes the written word doesn’t translate emotions the same way as seeing them visually does, but Elizabeth Gilbert (played by Julia Roberts) wasn’t as “annoying”.  I actually felt that she was really upset about some of the decisions she’d made, realized she hadn’t come to them lightly, and they profoundly affected her.  It kind of  made me feel better (and maybe like her a little more)….but maybe it was just Julia.

Italy was Italy, it was amazing!  I mean who doesn’t want to just pack their stuff up and rent an apartment in Rome for 4 months?  Seriously does anyone out there not desire to do this at some point in their lives?  I’d leave tomorrow….  It was such a fun segment.  Unfortunately my favorite part of the book, India, didn’t translate (in my opinion) as well on to the big screen.  How could it when it was really all about meditating and finding inner peace?  That’s kind of hard to show for long periods of time without the viewer getting bored.  And Bali, ahhhh, sweet Bali, seriously let’s leave tomorrow….  It just looked like a dream, peaceful, slow paced, beautiful (in a different way than Rome) and fun! 

I left this movie feeling very content.  That is the perfect word to describe it…content.  I felt as if I should go home and go to bed so I could just bottle up that feeling forever and keep it.  It was so incredibly perfect and peaceful (which in the middle of NYC can be difficult to find sometimes!)  I would definitely recommend this movie to any and every woman out there.  It’s not that men wouldn’t like it, but c’mon, if we’re honest, it’s a chick flick.  It taught me to savor, slow down, breathe, be fair to myself, listen and most importantly treasure, treasure your family and treasure your friendships.

I leave you with this amazing quote from the book/movie:

“…I’ve come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call “The Physics of The Quest” – a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this: “If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting (which can be anything from your house to your bitter old resentments) and set out on a truth-seeking journey (either externally or internally), and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared – most of all – to face (and forgive) some very difficult realities about yourself….then truth will not be withheld from you.” Or so I’ve come to believe.”

- Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love

4.5 stars

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Posted by: Beth | August 25, 2010

Foodie Wednesday: White Bean and Tuna Salad

As you know I’m always looking to try new recipes and I am also trying to make my way through Giada De Laurentiis’ Everyday Italian cookbook.  So when looking for a quick new recipe I of course reached immediately for my Everyday Italian cookbook and I found this really simple White Bean and Tuna Salad.  

White Bean and Tuna Salad (Adapted from Giada’s Everyday Italian Recipe)

Ingredients

  • 1 (6-ounce) cans dark meat tuna, packed in olive oil
  • 1 (15-ounce) cans cannelini white beans, drained and rinsed
  • 6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 cups fresh arugula

Directions

In a large bowl, add the tuna, reserving the olive oil in a separate small bowl. Break tuna into bite-size pieces with a large fork. Add the beans. Into the bowl of olive oil, add the red wine vinegar. You should have 1 part vinegar to 2 parts oil – add more extra-virgin olive oil if necessary. Season with salt and pepper. Pour dressing on the tuna and bean mixture and add the onion, toss to mix.  Place the arugula on large decorative platter and top with tuna mixture.

Believe it or not, this was my first time, ever in my life, eating tuna fish!!!!  I know, it’s shocking :)   I was a little afraid, but I figured if I could try canned salmon and survive, I would survive eating tuna fish and I did.  This recipe was quick, easy and delicious, perfect for a week night.  I don’t know that it would keep well so I’m glad we halved the recipe so that we didn’t waste it.  I can’t say I’ll be running out to eat tuna fish again soon, but I think it’s something that if I ate every now and again and would come to like a lot.  Stay tuned….

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