Cook A New Food A Day June

Chocolate Chip Cookie Smoothie 6/30

Butterbean & Tuna Salad with celery, capers, scallions and a lemon Dijon dressing. 6/29

Lady Fingers to make a Trifle 6/28

Zucchini Chips 6/27

Edamame Salad 6/26

Meringue's 6/25

Pancakes with a Nutella filing 6/24

Shrimp and Grits 6/23

Fried Ice Cream 6/22

A Traditional New Zealand Pavlova 6/21

A Father's Day Old Fashioned 6/21

Eggplant and White Bean Ragout over Wagon Wheel Pasta 6/20

(Technically, though I used the soffritto from the other day, and based it off of the White Bean Ragout from the other day, it is a dish I've never made before ... and one I made up, or adjusted ... I also added some more tomato paste to the dish. Yes it's a bit lazy for a new dish for the day, but it is in fact a new dish, so it qualifies! Tee hee...!!!)

Homemade Popcorn 6/19

(Top right photo is the Old Bay & Butter seasoning. Bottom right photo is salt and vinegar.)

White Bean Ragout with Toast 6/18

Open Faced Eggplant "Sandwich" 6/17

G'ma's Butterscotch Dreams 6/16

Open Faced Zucchini Sandwiches 6/15

(With soft garlic cheese and Black Forest ham)

Beer Can Bacon Burgers 6/14

(Top left: mom, me, dad - going clockwise from the bottom burger)

Beet-n-Cannelloni Hummus 6/13

(Made without tahini)

Edible Ladybug's 6/12

(Not bad for hotel room "cooking"... #travelingchef )

Zucchini & Black Bean Quesadilla 6/11

Stovetop Pizza 6/10 ... this marks my first ever true #FAIL in the kitchen... 

(check out my Stomach On A Mission blog for more details)

Orange Dreamsicle Smoothie 6/9

*another long day at work ... and this time, I took the really easy route for something new ... but it's delicious!!! Think I might use the yogurt next time, to make it a wee bit thicker ... 

Cucumber Salad 6/8

*I also made Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Brownies for a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at work today, they were a box mix, but it was the first time I'd even made that mix so ... At any rate, I made them at about 8:30am ... and then spent the whole day at work, to arrive home just before 9pm when I proceeded to make the salad above ... it's proving an interesting task to accomplish this "cook something new a day" challenge I've set myself this month. But I love it! :)

Green Bean and Almind Salad 6/7

Pasta with Sausage and Spinach 6/6

Beet & Onion Quinoa Salad 6/5

Strawberry, Blueberry, Vanilla Yogurt Smoothie (in my new blender)! 6/4

"Greek Hummus" 6/3

English Toffee (with chocolate chips) 6/2

Tabouli Stuffed Eggplant 6/1

*I am going to a bit more detail on the items I cook on my other blog, the one I write as a chef and foodie. If you're interested you can find it at: http://stomachonamission.blogspot.com