Once again it is time for Paper Chef, this is # 31!  Started by Owen at Tomatilla and now continued by Ilva of LucullianDelights, this Paper Chef will be judged by Hank at HunterAnglerGardenerCook . 

The first three ingredients to cook with this time around were randomly picked from a list: fresh oregano, chickpeas (or chickpea flour) and walnuts.  Hank then threw in the wild card ingredient: fish steak.

When I first started seeing Paper Chef it struck me as a really odd way to cook or challenge yourself.  When I finally got up the courage to give it a go, I surprised myself with how much fun I had.  Now, I’m thinking maybe this is just the more formal way of cooking like we often do.  I think many of us walk into the kitchen with no plan, look through the fridge and pantry and come up with a dinner menu.  So maybe Paper Chef is not so different.  It’s fun.  I’d recommend you give it a go.

So . . . here’s what I did with

To the four mandatory ingredients I also added: spinach sprayed with balsamic vinegar, leeks, garlic, salt & pepper.

I heated a grill pan very hot, brushed it with olive oil after it was hot.  Salt & pepper on the tuna steak and popped them into the grill pan. 

And now I’m off to do some blog reading, I’ve been missing you all.