Thursdays Recipe Corner

Today's tasty toast recipe is brought to you by the appropriately named Tofunutloaf on etsy.com. If you are a fan of breadyness, she has a mascot for you. Meet the Burger Bott who is cute enough to eat.
And now for the eats.

Yeah, I'm writing up how to make toast. But, this was really awesome toast, and really awesome toast is not an everyday occurrence. You will not find this toast at any fancy brunch, or on a high-class continental breakfast buffet, or in any fancy breakfast spot anywhere. It can only be had by searching out (or making) the best local food around. To have this incredible toast experience, you will need:

1 thick slice of amazing bread
really good fresh goat cheese
The best honey you can muster

Toast bread. Spread with the desired amount of goat cheese, and drizzle with honey. Eat.

If you happen to be near the Greater Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area, and would like to experience this toast as I did, you will need:

1 thick slice Mirabelle honey walnut bread
Prairie Fruits Herbs de Provence chevre
honey from Sasse's Apiary

Toast bread. Spread with the desired amount of goat cheese, and drizzle with honey. Eat. Toast more bread, spread with goat cheese, and drizzle with honey. Eat.

The Recipe Corner - Plaintains

You need at least 1/2 a plantain for each person.

Melt butter and olive (or vegetable oil) in a frying pan. Turn your heat to medium or medium low. Add the plantain, sliced about a quarter inch thick, to the oil. Shake sugar and cinnamon over the top of the plantains. fry until golden, turn plantains and add sugar and cinnamon to the other side. Before taking them off the heat, flip the pieces back for about 30 seconds just to set the second sugar and cinnamon coating. Serve hot with ice cream for dessert or, my favorite, as a side dish to jambalaya.

Recipe compliments of MarthaHorman.
.

Sunday Supplement - On Location with Our Next Tuesday Tinker

tofunutloaf, who makes and sells robots, block prints, cards and paper, enjoys canoeing on the many lakes and rivers around her part of the country, the Republic of Urbana. Here are two picture she took while out on one of her canoe trips.

Visit tofunutloaf's shop and enjoy her creations.

Tuesday Tinker - MarthaHorman

MarthaHorman does all kinds of drawing and painting and she does photography. She sells a variety of her own work plus the work of the late printmaker Jessie Fuchs and WPA artist Sidney Gotcliffe. Also available are digital prints of some of her pieces.

She would be very pleased to have you visit her shop.

The Recipe Corner - Not-Too-Godawful-Sweet Mango Chutney

3 ripe mangoes
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
chopped garlic
chopped ginger
cloves, cayenne, and cinnamon to taste
a bit of brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt

Peel and cut mangoes into small chunks. Put all ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for maybe 40 minutes, or until the vinegar and sugar have turned into a bubbling mass of caramelized goodness and the mangoes are nice and soft. Serve it hot or cold. Serves 3-4 if you're lucky.


Recipe compliments of tofunutloaf.

Tuesday Tinker - tofunutloaf

Tofu Nutloaf lives in the Republic of Urbana and specializes in creating robots with unusual views of the universe and reality. She also makes block prints and cards featuring  Cephalopoda such as squid and octopi.

The following quote is from her profile on her Etsy store. "Tofu Nutloaf comes up with the best, most interesting theories in the known universe. Whether they ultimately turn out to be a reflection of reality is of no concern."

Tofu is also fond of strange vegetables and is apt to mention them at random intervals on facebook.

Browse Tofu Nutloaf's shop.