As you may have guessed, this dish contains spinach and goat cheese, and everyone likes it – it has become a much-requested birthday food. This is another recipe adapted from Deborah, as I’ve said, I just love her.
From top left: 7 Sins Chili, Angel-Hair in Devil Sauce, Barbeque Chips, Fire Roasted Peppers, and Spicy Jalapeño Cornbread.
A friend of mine likes to throw potlucks. But not ordinary potlucks – themed potlucks – like Bad Puns where people brought “Brownie Points” or (Non)Traditional 7 Course Meal where the person assigned to the fish course brought fish sticks. Recently he had a “Heaven and Hell” potluck. Pre-potluck recon indicated that there would be a lot of Hell dishes coming but not much on the Heaven side, so I wanted to bring a Heaven dish. Problem is, Hell dishes are a lot easier to come up with – anything spicy and/or fiery can be said to be devilish, whereas for Heaven you have angel-food, angel-hair and ambrosia salad.
I want to introduce you all to a friend of mine. She’s the kind of friend who’s always there for you with helpful tips and suggestions when you’re stressed out. The kind of friend who is full of useful information. The kind of friend who inspires you. Her name is Deborah Madison, and she wrote Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.
So, you know when you buy a bag of spinach at the store with the full intention of harnessing all of its super-powers? You bring it home, and then life happens, and all your spinach-related cooking plans go out the window. Or it just gets lost in the fridge. And then a few days later you return to your spinach, and its no longer full of bright green promises. Instead, it’s wilty, or maybe even a touch slimy. The texture goes before the taste, but who wants to eat limp spinach?
Pie in the Woods 