Vegetarian Moussaka

Recipe 11 - January 30th, 2012

Success!

Vegetarian Moussaka

This recipe comes from Cooking Light, March 2011

The bulgar added nice texture to the filling and I love eggplant, this is a really nice dish!  In the online reviews people have recommended adding more of the spices (be careful not to overdo the cinnamon), additional bulgar, and make a double batch of the béchamel.  I did not do any of these things (I don't read the reviews until after I've tried the recipes).

The recommended cooking times are good and there is a lot of multitasking involved and it does take a long time to prepare.  I am not familiar with traditional meat moussaka so there was nothing for me to compare the recipe to other than if we liked it or not.  And we did and will keep this recipe!

French Onion and Apple Soup

Recipe 1 - January 10th, 2012

Fizzle.

French Onion and Apple Soup

This recipe comes from Cooking Light, March 2011

Chef: Nicolette Manescalchi

Maybe I should not have started this adventure with a recipe that takes 2 hours and 10 minutes?!  This recipe is a nice variation on French Onion soup, but the time it took was not worth it compared to the time it takes for my regular favorite French Onion soup recipe (from the How to Cook Everything cookbook).  It tasted fine although there was not much broth after simmering for 45 minutes.  I really liked the added apple slices and apple cider and the caramelized onions.  I will try adding them to my regular recipe.  I made it with Gruyere cheese, cut the recipe to a third (the linked recipe serves 10), and finally used up all my CSA onions.