Beer Battered Peppers with Goat Cheese

We knew we were getting peppers in our farm share and so Joe decided to make chile relleno. When we picked up the share, however, the peppers were tiny! Instead of the peppers being stuffed, then, it kind of became a giant mash on the plate. It was much tastier than it looks here. For the beer batter, we used Negra Modelo.

Green Bean Salad

This was adapted from this. I find so many good recipes from this blog! In Heidi Swanson's write-up, she said in her picture she under-dressed the beans. I think I have the opposite problem!

Spicy corn soup

We adapted this recipe from this one - basically by omitting the lobster and substituting vegetable broth for the fish stock. It's deceptively spicy!

Fig, Ricotta, and Olive Tapanade Pizza

This was suggested to us by my brother-in-law after giving us our first pizza stone about a year ago. The dried figs get all warm and gooey in the oven and add a nice sweetness to offset the olive tapanade.

Fridge-Purge Tapas

We had a ton of random items in the fridge so we decided to do a good ol'-fashioned fridge purge. The main event was definitely the patatas bravas, Joe's favorite pub-food in Spain, with a homemade bravas sauce. We also had some olives, Roth's Cheese, and cashews.

Ben's Chili Bowl Vegetarian Chili and Five Guys Burgers and Fries Fries

Joe and I went into DC for a Washington Nationals game and devised quite the delicious plan. One of the unique things about Nationals Park is that they invited local dives to have satellite eateries in the ballpark. Ben's Chili Bowl was a favorite of ours when we lived in the District because they actually serve vegetarian chili, but the fries are only average. Five Guys has met renown for its fries, however. And so, I got the chili while Joe got the fries and we combined them for the best chili cheese fries on the planet!

Spaghetti Squash with Roasted Tomatoes

Few hands-off meals end up being as tasty as this one! Halve a spaghetti squash and put on a cookie sheet to roast for an hour and halve a bunch of cherry tomatoes, sprinkle with olive oil, and then do the same!