Accidental Recipes

Inspiration from a meal out tonight: Spinach risotto w/ asparagus, morels, and a poached egg. Worth trying out. I would cook the risotto with water left from soaking the morels and what was squeezed out of some quickly sauteed spinach. Add the chopped, sauteed spinach, and already cooked asparagus spears and morels during the last 5 minutes of cooking. Could also use some of the water used to steam the asparagus...

Take your favorite, but basic, chocolate chip cookie recipe. I did this with the recipe from the Nestle Tollhouse bag of semi-sweet chips.  Add 1/2 tsp cardamom and 1/4 tsp mace to the dry ingredients. Just a little something...

Sometimes I open the cabinet and just start cooking. Othertimes, I have a specific flavor or thought in mind, and manage to realize it in the kitchen. This is one of the latter. Great for a summer night, or to remind yourself that summer will be back. Prepare 1/2 hour or longer in advance Time to prepare: 10 minutes Time to cook: 10 minutes Any dense, white fish - (did this with cod) 2 lemongrass stalks 2-3 tbl fresh cliantro 1 clove garlic 1-2 tbl vegetable oil (not olive oil) Ground fresh pepper Soft flour tortillas Avocados Chop lemongrass, clilantro and garlic together. Mix with oil, and spread over both sides of the fish. Add a little black pepper, cover, and let it sit for 1/2 hour or longer. Chop up avacodos and heat up the tortillas 5 minutes before you want to start to cook. Grill or broil the fish for 5-10 minutes.  Flake fish into tortillas and wrap. Serve with avacados on the side.