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our cauliflower obsession continues…belle-icious!

05 Friday Oct 2018

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Alon Shaya, amazon, cauliflower, Cooking, Domenica, Food52, genius recipes, recipes, roasted, sides

Thanks to one our favorite websites by the name of Food 52 we were reminded of one of our fave cauliflower showstoppers – whole cauliflower with whipped goat cheese

We told you about it before… here, but we just had to repeat! It’s beautiful and delicious!

This recipe takes a little time but is very easy and well worth the effort.

Alon Shaya’s Whole Roasted Cauiflower and Whipped Goat Cheese

Serves: 4 to 6

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 1 hrs

Roasted Cauliflower

1 head cauliflower, whole, stem trimmed and leaves removed

2 1/2 cups dry white wine

1/3 cup olive oil plus more for serving

1/4 cup kosher salt

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)

1 tablespoon sugar

1 bay leaf

1 pinch Coarse sea salt (for serving)

1 Heat oven to 475° F. Bring wine, oil, salt, lemon juice, butter, red pepper flakes, sugar, bay leaf, and 8 cups water to a boil in a large pot.

2 Carefully lower in cauliflower, reduce heat, and simmer, turning occasionally, until a knife easily inserts into center, 15 to 20 minutes.

3 Using 2 slotted spoons or a mesh strainer or spider, transfer cauliflower to a rimmed baking sheet or roasting pan, draining well.

4 Roast, rotating pan halfway through, until brown all over, 30 to 40 minutes.

5 Transfer cauliflower to a plate. Drizzle with oil; sprinkle with sea salt. Serve with whipped goat cheese (recipe below).

Whipped Goat Cheese

4 ounces fresh goat cheese

3 ounces cream cheese

3 ounces feta cheese

1/3 cup heavy cream

2 tablespoons olive oil plus more for serving

1 Blend goat cheese, cream cheese, feta, cream, and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a food processor until smooth; season with sea salt.

2 Transfer whipped goat cheese to a serving bowl and drizzle with olive oil.

3 Note: Whipped goat cheese can be made one day ahead. Cover and chill in the refrigerator.

This makes a generous portion of goat cheese…you can use remainder as a spread with crackers , or as a condiment to grilled meats .

We love it so much that we bought the Genius Recipes cookbook …

Via Amazon

Yum!!

a&a

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what’s ringin’ our belle…round 128

14 Tuesday Nov 2017

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cauliflower, friendships, Gizmodo, iphone, Lele Sadoughi, minimalist baker, Neiman Marcus, refinery 29, Womens News

The viral words we need to know…

Via Refinery29

Awesome rules for female friendships

Via Womensnews

Need to try this cauliflower rice stir fry…


Via Minimalist Baker

Coveting these earrings from Lela Sadoughi

Via Neiman Marcus

How to deal with your iPhone issues…

Via Gizmodo

Well, ring my belle!

a&a

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what’s ringin’ our belle…round 126

24 Tuesday Oct 2017

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alexandra cooks, barneys, cauliflower, coffee table, Condé Nast, decor, half baked harvest, lacquer, shagreen, ski, snow, The Neotrad, Williams Sonoma

Shiny walls…belles love gettin’ lacquered up…


Via The Neo-Trad

We are addicted to roasted cauliflower…


Via Alexandra Cooks
Can’t have enough white tops!…


Via Barneys

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere…


Via Half Baked Harvest
A shagreen coffee table…

Via Williams Sonoma

Now that we are nearing ski season…dreamin’ of a getaway…


The top US ski destinations according to Condé Nast Traveler

We can hear your belles ringin’!

a&a



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what’s ringin’ our belle…round 125

12 Thursday Oct 2017

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a beautiful mess, cauliflower, cocktails, design sponge, etsy, Farfetch, Kate Spade, monograms, office, tortoise

Can’t wait to try this…


Via Design Sponge

Love these monograms…


Via Etsy

Must have these tortoise desk accessories…


Via Kate Spade
This top. This top! No words.


Via Farfetch

And a truly belle-ringin’ cocktail…

   
Via A Beautiful Mess

Well, ring my belle!

a&a

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creamy cauliflower mushroom belleiciousness…

24 Friday Feb 2017

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cauliflower, mushrooms, soup

We belles were recently on-the-go (as we do) in beautiful Pebble Beach.  We, of course, had several belle-ringin’ meals…but one soup really stuck with us.  We couldn’t wait to get home to attempt to recreate this divine concoction!  Here’s what we came up with…

Cauliflower Mushroom Soup

Boil 1-2 heads of cauliflower (chopped), 6 cloves garlic, and one onion (sliced) in about 48 ounces chicken broth until tender

Once tender, place in blender (or food processor…or use stick blender) to purée.  Add a teaspoon of Beautiful Briney Sea French Picnic salt and a couple teaspoons of good quality olive oil

Meanwhile, toss a gourmet mix of mushrooms with coconut oil and salt.  Roast in oven at 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes…until dry and “meaty”

Add mushrooms to soup, heat through, and serve.

Applause!!

a&a

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what’s ringin’ our belle…round 93

14 Tuesday Feb 2017

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amazon, Ben & Jerry's, Carmel, cauliflower, Elizabeth and James, Girl Boy Girl, House of Cards, instant pot, intermixonline, kaylin's kitchen, netflix, refinery29, soup, sweater

Soup…especially when it’s fully loaded yet low carb…


Via Kaylin’s kitchen

We are thinking about investing in one of these.  Any belle have one?  What do y’all think??? 


Via Amazon

Ben and Jerry’s…and particularly this little goodie. No words!

Via Refinery 29

What Sugar really does to your body ! 


Via Pinterest 
The House of Cards teasers…oh my!


Via Pinterest 

An Intermix fix…


One belle bought this sweater on a recent shopping excursion in Carmel at Girl Boy Girl…we think it might ring your belle as much as it rang ours!!

Til next time…

a&a

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A cauliflower recipe we were bowled over by…belleicious!

27 Friday Jan 2017

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cauliflower, Fine Cooking, recipe

Here’s a scrumptious cauliflower dish that will keep y’all coming back for more. Packed with flavor, easy and satisfying, it’s a total belle-ringer!  Inspired by this recipe from FineCooking.com…

   
    
   


Now…of course, we did some tweaking.  Instead of doing the prep on the stove-top, we tossed the cauliflower in the oil (and we have used coconut oil with excellent results), popped it on a baking sheet and roasted it in the oven at 425 degrees. Then, when nice and browned, we tossed it in the other seasonings, and stirred in the lemon juice and zest.

Voila…belleiciousness!!

a&a

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the whole cauliflower-n-caboodle…a belle-icious friend-1-1

17 Friday Jul 2015

Posted by theRAREbelle in belle adventures, belle-icious

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Bon Appétit, cauliflower, Domenica, New Orleans, recipes, The Roosevelt

On a recent jaunt to the Big Easy, one belle took time out for a memorable lunch at Domenica in the Roosevelt Hotel. Now, any belle knows that a visit to Nola must include at least a couple of “slips” on the usually-calculatedly-healthy diet (po-boy, anyone?)…but this bustling eatery makes everything so amazingly and creatively delicious, even an über-healthy menu item keeps patrons comin’ back for more…

 

bonappétit.com

 
This item happens to be their acclaimed Whole Roasted Cauliflower with sea salt and whipped goat cheese for dippin’.  Belleicious!! A belle can devour as much as she wants, guilt-free!

Now, while we highly recommend stopping in at this worthy establishment next time you find yourself anywhere near the delta, we do realize that not everyone gets down there on a regular basis.  So…you will be happy to know that the folks at Domenica are quite belle-like…they love to share!  Yes, we have the recipe for you…as published in the May 2013 Bon Appétit:

 

 Enjoy!

a&da 

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