• about
  • blog
    • adventure
    • mother
    • garden
    • ritual
    • cook
    • podcasts
  • handcrafted / gift bundles
  • shop
  • CONTACT
  • about
  • blog
    • adventure
    • mother
    • garden
    • ritual
    • cook
    • podcasts
  • handcrafted / gift bundles
  • shop
  • CONTACT
dinner date with a hip homemaker
June 30, 2007

On Thursday night, I hung out with my friend, Amy. We had a progressive dinner with the entree at her house and dessert at mine. So, I packed my orange, uber hip bunny tote (that I made in a class at Selvedge Studio) with two Sierra Nevada Pale Ales and two non-alcoholic St. Pauli Girls (I think this the best na beer but am sure there are better ones and would adore suggestions) and walked the three and a half blocks to her house.

Amy made pizza on the grill and it was fab. Fresh dough grilled on one side and then you put your toppings on the grilled side and put it back on the grill with the other side down. Le Petit Outre, the best damn bakery in Montana, makes pizza dough you can buy fresh and raw and this is what she used. As you can see in the picture, one pizza is much larger than the other one…..look closely. Amy let me put my own toppings on and as my friend, Pam, would say, “well, you are eating for two!” Yes, mine is the huge one and I ate it all.

Then we walked back to my house for strawberry mousse. A recipe I found on Food & Wine. Which, by the way, is a fantastic resource for recipes because you can search by ingredient. For example, I have an abundance of peas and lettuce in my garden and I did a search for those two ingredients together and got a ton of unique and interesting ideas for ingredient combos.

So, it was a great night. The day was a scorcher at 96 degrees on my bike ride home from work and then a steamy rain came down for about four and a half glorious minutes. Following the rain, the musty, clean, herbaceous smell was to die for. So was the non-alc beer, pizza, mousse and company. It is summer.

The Strawberry Mousse Recipe:

ingredients
1 pint strawberries, hulled and quartered
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup heavy cream

directions

  1. In a medium bowl, sprinkle the strawberries with the sugar and mash lightly with a fork until the strawberries have exuded some juice and the sugar begins to dissolve. Let macerate for 15 minutes.
  2. Strain the juice from the strawberries into a bowl. Whisk the sour cream into the juice. In a medium bowl, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks. Fold in the sour cream mixture. Gently fold in the strawberries. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 20 minutes. Spoon the mousse into bowls.

**I wish I had whisked the heavy cream longer….the mouse has excellent flavor but a bit too runny.

Share

dig makes food {recipe}  / dig opines

Leave A Reply


  • hello and welcome

    I’m Nici (pronounced like Nikki) and I live in western Montana where I raise kids, vegetables and the roof.

  • Join Me Here

  • shop Dig + Co

  • heirloom kitchen

    • Heirloom Kitchen 04 > Make Tortillas
      January 31, 2017
    • heirloom kitchen 03 > clean yo sink
      June 6, 2014
    • heirloom kitchen 02 > oatmeal
      May 5, 2014
    • heirloom kitchen 01 > make soup
      April 1, 2014

  • hump day nuggets

    • nuggets: put together/not put together
      May 18, 2017
    • nuggets: holiday
      January 3, 2017
    • hump day nuggets: your heart beating in your whole...
      September 7, 2016
    • nuggets: moonshadow
      April 26, 2016
    • nuggets: finally it's the first day of spring!
      April 5, 2016
    • hump day nuggets: ritual
      October 14, 2015
    • hump day nuggets: full-on(ly)
      July 8, 2015
    • putzing: deck nuggets
      June 1, 2015

  • montana

    • Into the Great Wide Open
      August 18, 2016
    • The Tree of Generations
      July 31, 2016
    • Somewhere between Elsa and Katy Perry
      August 12, 2014
    • There's Nothing To Be Afraid Of Sister
      July 31, 2014
    • ajeeb
      January 22, 2014

  • Archives



  • BLOG CATEGORIES

    Adventure

    Mother

    Garden

    Ritual

    Cook

    Podcasts


dig this chick copyright 2020 / all rights reserved / you may not take any images or content from this site without written permission