Turning Japanese-ish

A simple little Asian inspired dinner I made tonight.  Too bad I burned my tongue right before this garlicy, tangy feast.  Ow.

Edamame smashed potatoes with garlic and ginger.

Tofu and cucumber salad with creamy miso sesame dressing.

Advice?

I want you all to be able to see the detail in my pictures, but posting them "x-large" makes my blog look clunky.  Keeping in mind that you can click to see them full size, should I scale down? What do you think?

Zoë Caters!

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC NON-VEGAN PICTURES SOME READERS MIGHT FIND DISTURBING.  READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. ;]

I assisted my mother in catering a 10 person dinner party last night, at an incredibly enormous and lavish mansion.  Vegan or not, my mum's presentation was lovely as always.  I got in her way and snapped pictures of the colourful dishes before they were served.

Fingerling potatoes with white wine and thyme about to go into the oven.
They were vegan and SO yummy.

A rainbow of heirloom tomatoes.

Roasted bell pepper soup and some cute kitchen kitsch!  My mum roasted and
peeled 18 bell peppers for the soup!

A crouton spread with mascapone and a kalamata olive floating in the soup.

Shrimp and avocado salad.

Crazy pan juices.

I loved how colourful the main course was.

Dessert: Poached peaches with blueberry sauce and vanilla ice cream.

After dinner chocolates.

They had a tiny freezer that just made ice under the kitchen counter!  Oh, how 
the other half lives!

Trio of Summery Salads

I like to revel in the season by indulging in some iconic summer recipes and ingredients.  I was reading epicurious.com to learn how to oven roast corn, and was inspired by a recipe for roasted corn salad, which led to a dinner of three yummy, summery salads.

Organic heirloom tomato salad with red onion, basil, and an olive oil/balsamic dressing.

Roasted white corn salad with lime "butter", italian parsley, and chives from my very own little herb garden.

Vegan potato salad with rainbow radishes and sweet pickles.

An icy Shiner Bock completed the meal!  Nom nom.