What do these have to do with each other? Nothing. Absolutely nothing, other than the fact that I made them both, ate them both and loved them both.
The breakfast sandwich was inspired by the fact that I found paninis on sale for 15 pence. I scrambled an egg with fresh spinach and sliced cherry tomatoes and put it on top of two slices of farm-assured salami from Waitrose.
The cherry chocolate cake is a recipe from Daily Garnish, so all credit goes to Emily! The only changes I made were to the flax “egg” and applesauce. Flax is a no for me, so I used two eggs, and I didn’t have applesauce so I used one very ripe medium-sized banana and mashed it up. Also, for some reason my oven is super hot so I baked these for only 20 minutes rather than 30. They are PERFECT.
I’m not a baker, and I rarely make sweets, but this is definitely at the top of my list in terms of desserts.
On the menu for this week is a sweet corn chowder inspired by a soup I bought at Whole Foods a couple weeks back, and also a crab spaghetti inspired by my recent trip to Jamie Oliver’s restaurant.
See you tomorrow with yet another recap from Rome!
July 10, 2012 at 12:09
Oh man. My mouth is watering. Good thinking to use a banana to substitute for applesauce. I would have never thought of that.
July 10, 2012 at 12:45
Def make these!! You’ll love it!!
July 10, 2012 at 13:14
I need both of those things right now. You sure know how to make a girl hungry!
July 10, 2012 at 13:14
July 10, 2012 at 13:17
We just bought a bag of cherries over the weekend since they were on sale, so I’m thinking I really might have to try it. Sounds soooo good!
July 10, 2012 at 13:33
What is farm-assured salami? Both look great! Dave makes us egg/panini concoctions like the one you have there on weekends, yummy!
I forgot to tell you that I made the butter bean baguette (used cannellini beans instead) and it was great! I am using the extra as antipasti this week.
cherries are still everywhere here, so I am adding the cake recipe to my weekend cooking/baking plans!
July 10, 2012 at 14:20
Waitrose has higher standard of welfare meat they sell, versus most supermarkets which don’t even bother to try to convince you it’s at least minimally better for animals. I try to only buy meat from there or Whole Foods, if I ever buy meat at all. I had to though when I was marathon training because I was so hungry I was sick.
I’m glad you loved the butter bean baguette! I haven’t tried with cannellini beans, are they a lot different?
Good luck with the cherry cake!!
July 10, 2012 at 18:49
Right on! I’ve been eating a lot lately with the training. I really try to research my meat and have a very low meat intake, but I have had beef recently…eek! It was Argentinian steak and I totally caved to temptation. Argh… once I caved, I just went ahead and enjoyed it, LOL
July 10, 2012 at 18:51
I noticed a HUGE increase in my hunger. It was unreal!! I still tried to limit my meat … but I just couldn’t cut it out completely anymore. also time was another factor. Sometimes all I had time for was a salami and cheese bagel, which was really filling! And I know what you mean about caving and then just enjoying it! haha!
July 10, 2012 at 14:17
Ohhh, that cake looks good. If I could buy cherries and not just sit down and eat the whole bag plain, I’d totally make that.
July 10, 2012 at 14:21
Haha, yeah you should make it because I think the original recipe is actually vegan!
July 10, 2012 at 19:13
Those cakes look awesome. chocolate and cheery go so well together. Yum!
July 10, 2012 at 19:13
They are awesome!! Not too sweet either, but sweet enough!
July 10, 2012 at 19:20
That’s good. I’m not too fond of overly sweet cakes.
July 10, 2012 at 23:40
I want to eat this entire post, right now. A panini for breakfast is an awesome idea.
July 11, 2012 at 04:26
I had to eat it with a fork and knife because it was so big!