Tuesday, January 8, 2013

New Year New Tastes

Sometimes it is fun to try new foods just to break from our routine.  It is easy enough to take an old-standby recipe and just make a few changes to the ingredients.

Several customers have recently tried making their lasagna with ground lamb instead of beef.  If you can imagine the flavor of the Greek dish Moussaka, you can imagine how delicious your new lasagna recipe could be!  You can even try making a mostly vegetarian lasagna and maybe add a layer with some lamb, if you are not sure how you will like it.    You can vary the sauce.   Instead of a red sauce, you could try a white sauce....it could be like an alfredo, or it could be just a simple roux, or a more complex bechamel.  

Do you have a favorite recipe for tuna-noodle casserole?   This classic recipe can be varied to become a chicken-broccoli bake, a ham and cheese casserole, or even a recipe to use ground lamb!   You do not need to learn a lot of new techniques to make these adaptations, and it is so much fun to experiment!