Hungry?

Pasta, Peas, and Pesto with home-made pesto and home-made mayonnaise

Belgian Endive with Chevre and Turkish Figs

Blueberry Pie

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Broccoli Salad

Grilled Eggplant Sandwiches with Broiled Tomatoes and Feta

More Gastric Pornography

Homemade Strawberry Ice-Cream

Toasted Sesame Seed Asian Chicken Pasta

Spicy Creole Tomato Egg Salad Sandwich

Zucchini Bread

Blackberry Cobbler

Yumminess... (and if anybody asks me if I just stole these pictures off the internet I'm going to smack them)

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Espresso Frosting

Scottish Shortbread

Tzatziki

Argentine Skirt Steak with home-made Chimichurri

Gruyere and White Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese

Zucchini Fritters with Lemon and Parsley from my garden

More Food (aka Med School Procrastination)!

Bow tie chicken pasta with grape tomatoes broiled in olive oil, and fresh feta and rocket arugula from the farmer's market.

Stuffed Mushrooms

Cilantro Salsa

Quail Stuffed with Port Soaked Raisins, Sage, and Walnuts, served with Brown Sugar Roasted Acorn Squash.

Sesame Crusted Seared Tuna with Floral Peppers

A Few More...

Red Velvet Cake

Shrimp Remoulade with Fried Green Tomatoes

Pineapple Upsidedown Cake
And, NO, I didn't make/eat these all at once. Actually the Red Velvet Cake got tossed. Didn't like the frosting texture.

Q: So Ella, Why Did You Flunk Out of Med School?

A: Um, I got new cookbooks instead of textbooks, spent my financial aid money at the farmer's market, and I forgot to study medicine. Completely.

Q: Was it worth it?

A: Absolutely.

Filet with Sauteed Mushrooms and Burgundy Sauce

Brown Molasses Sugar Cookies

Home-made Guacamole

Coq Au Vin

Fresh Figs with Chevre Goat and Raw Honey

Mushroom Turkey Burger with Blue Cheese

Kidney Bean and Summer Squash Soup

Flourless Chocolate Almond Cake

Beef Bourguignon

Cold Cucumber Salad with Red Pepper and Sweet Vinaigrette

Creme Wafers

Fresh Peach Ice-Cream

Bucatini Pasta with home-made pesto, roasted eggplant and pine nuts

Farm-House Loaf