Blue Food

I’ve got the boy to myself this weekend, so I made him shepherd’s pie- one of his favorite dinners. It conveniently helped use up a bunch of leftovers and remnants to make some room in the fridge. I made a broth from the chicken and lamb bones plus some veggie scraps, then got a roux going while some blue potatoes baked. After I whisked the broth into the roux, I added leftover braised cabbage, carrots, onion, a little of the parmigiana sauce that I saved, and the very last of our frozen peas. Once all thick and bubbly, a good schmear of the potatoes mashed with a little yogurt made tops that got gently brown under the broiler to finish.

And that was it: quality kid food that treated me pretty well too on a rainy evening. And I baked more potatoes than we needed so I can make blue gnocchi for Sunday.

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6 Comments

  1. Zoomie
    April 4, 2008

    Did he laugh to see the blue cover or is he still too young to know it’s different? I laughed.

  2. Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
    April 6, 2008

    Disturbing…yet brilliant — in both senses of the word.

  3. Heather
    April 6, 2008

    I love shepherd’s pie. Nice touch with the blue potatoes – bet the boy loved it!

    I saw some purple name root at the Asian grocery store yesterday. Gonna figure out how to cook and eat such a thing.

  4. peter
    April 6, 2008

    Z: He has no idea.

    H: It’s weird how blue is such a wrong-looking food color,, isn’t it?

    H: He LOVES him some shepherd’s pie. I have no idea how to cook or eat such a thing. If anyone can figure it out, it’s you.

  5. We Are Never Full
    April 7, 2008

    I think you may have singlehandedly created the best kids meal ever! Weird that my stomach is grumbling looking at that mashed blue potato. Really looks good!

  6. peter
    April 7, 2008

    A: I actually used both hands. The blue is cool, right? I’m kind of obsessed with these spuds right now.

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