Dinner Thursday August 15

Come join me and my sisters in my back-alley yard for dinner!

Watemelon-lime-mint margaritas

Fresh tomato-mango chili with quinoa, bacon, scallions, and avocado cream

Summer rolls with sliced bratwurst, beets, kale, red onion, thai basil, fresh mint and vermicelli with peanut-tahini sauce

Sweet potato stack with cilantro-pistachio tofu pate, black bean-ancho chile-cocoa sauce, corn relish, wild rice, and toasted pepitas

Desert TBA

*This meal is gluten and lactose-free, will accommodate for vegetarians!

6:30 -- Bayview-- Sliding scale $20-$40

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DINNER Thursday July 25

TAPAS

Green pea bisque, horseradish cream, curried carrot chips

Thai watermelon salad with arugula, peanuts, basil and mint

Roasted beets with crispy vidalia onion rings, goat cheese, honey, black pepper

Bison biryani with golden raisons, almonds, carmelized onions, raita 

(Vegetarian option with chickpeas)

Homemade macaroons:

Bergamont, chocolate, and sea salt

Lavender and rosewater caramel

Pistachio cardamom

Sliding scale $30-$50, BYOB, 7-9pm, Bayview

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DINNER Sunday July 14, 2013

Kate's Renegade Aboveground Alley Kitchen is back for it's second season in Bayview!

Fava bean salad with pickled plums, radishes, and mint

Curried cauliflower and sweet corn dal soup with avocado cream

Potato patti with chickpeas, tamarind tomatoes, and mint chutney

Banana chai cupcakes with chocolate ganache frosting

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Sliding scale $20-$40 per person, BYOB, 7-9pm, Bayview

Tell your friends! Hope to see you soon!!!

Indian Baked Beans

Recently made this for a potluck, and a friend who usually eats chickpeas out of the can said this was way better. So I wrote down the recipe for her, and thought I'd share it here too! Really easy, great for this time of year when you want to turn on the oven. Throw some squash in there to roast too, this stuff is good with roast squash.

I made this up, this is not an authentic Indian recipe because Indians don't have ovens. But to me, it kind of tastes like Delhi street food, probably because of the chaat masala. Which smells like sulphurous eggs btw, but tastes really good (it's dried mango powder and black salt that makes it smell that way). You need a few Indian spices to make it. I don't measure when I cook, but here's a go:

1 can chickpeas (drained and rinsed, i don't like no bean juice, ew)
1 can cubed tomatos (do not drain or rinse :)
1 small onion, finely cubed
1 tablespoon canola or peanut oil
1 tablespoon turmeric
1/2 tblsp garam masala
1/2 tblsp chaat masala
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon siracha chili paste or 1teasp cayenne
1-2 teaspoons salt
pepper

mix everything together in a casserole pan
bake at 400 degress for at least 30- up to 45 min
mix in minced cilantro when you take it out of the oven, also good with minced red onion and some lemon juice.

** note, if it's not flavorful enough for you, add more spices next time-- I think I was conservative on my spice estimates.

yay easy Indian food! :)

xoK

Thursday, July 19 -- DINNER

-- Watermelon, arugala, parmesean, pumpkin seed salad drizzled with balsamic and olive oil

-- Raw spinach and dandelion bisque with avocado-yellow pepper cream

-- Chickpea battered vidalia onion rings drizzled with maple syrup, sweet and spicy kidney beans, braised collard greens, and grits with sweet corn

-- Nectarine flambe with creamy coconut-rum sauce and raspberries


* this may change slightly depending on which vegetables are coming to market that week

** 7pm -- Bayview -- BYOB -- $20-40 -- Click here to RSVP at least 2 days before dinner and I will then send you all the details you need to know.

Saturday, July 14 -- DINNER

Dinner at Laura and Paul's!

-- Jalapeno-basil infused tequila, blood orange margarita
-- Tomato-mango salad on a bed of arugala with red onions and cilantro
-- Sweet potato-coconut-corn chowder with red peppers and spicy pepitas
-- Baja corn tacos with ancho-chili lime tofu, watercress, radish, Laura's guacamole, Kate's salsa, rice and beans
-- Peanut butter/Mexican chocolate mousse pie
-- Paul's home-brew beer :)

7 pm -- $20-$40 -- Click here to rsvp

Sunday, July 8 -- DINNER

-- Rosemary infused gin and grapefruit spritzer
-- Orange-rose-ginger marinated beets, baby spinach, toasted pistachios, nasturtiums
-- Soup au pistou-- white bean and pesto puree with zucchini and harissa
-- Pattypans stuffed with smoky tempeh and green olives, Moroccan quinoa with golden raisons and almonds
-- chocolate-cardamom brownies with dulce de leche soy icecream

7 pm -- $20-$40 -- Click here to rsvp