Roasted Red Pepper Cream Cheese Spread
July 29th 2008 02:23
I love using Mediterranean ingredients in seemingly ordinary things. I call it "comfort food with a kick". I loved celery with cream cheese as a kid. I snacked my way through high school and college with this very food combination.
Something happened in my adulthood. I desired richer, more complex flavors. The old standards just don't cut it. Mac and Cheese? Love it. Lobster mac and cheese with truffle oil? Bliss. Reinvention. Would visit the restaurant again... (C Level and Island Prime on Harbor Drive in San Diego...)
So with that in mind, today I wanted comfort food. Crunchy celery with cream cheese comfort food to be exact. The cheese is smooth, the celery is rich in mineral salts which my body often screams for. But, I simply wasn't in the mood for the basic formula. I wanted to add some of that Mediterranean kick.
And that's where the roasted red peppers, olives, and scallions came in. I found some pitted Kalamata olives at the store today, otherwise I would have chosen green Sicilian olives. After some brainstorming, I came up with this recipe and enjoyed it not only with celery, but with some pretzel sticks as well!
Something happened in my adulthood. I desired richer, more complex flavors. The old standards just don't cut it. Mac and Cheese? Love it. Lobster mac and cheese with truffle oil? Bliss. Reinvention. Would visit the restaurant again... (C Level and Island Prime on Harbor Drive in San Diego...)
So with that in mind, today I wanted comfort food. Crunchy celery with cream cheese comfort food to be exact. The cheese is smooth, the celery is rich in mineral salts which my body often screams for. But, I simply wasn't in the mood for the basic formula. I wanted to add some of that Mediterranean kick.
And that's where the roasted red peppers, olives, and scallions came in. I found some pitted Kalamata olives at the store today, otherwise I would have chosen green Sicilian olives. After some brainstorming, I came up with this recipe and enjoyed it not only with celery, but with some pretzel sticks as well!
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