Comments on: Roasted Vegetable Strudel

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:56:23 +0000

Marcel – that’s wonderful, we’re so glad that you enjoyed it!!! I get so nervous making food around the holidays (pressure’s ON!) and it’s always such a relief when one of my crap-shoot attempts turn out well. Thank you so much for giving this a shot, and again we’re just so thrilled that you were happy with it.

In terms of the cheese, you know that if I could be a lactavore I would, right? I love cheese. I love all cheese (except Limburger) without discrimination. I think that feta or goat cheese would be an excellent substitution or the mozzarella – they would give it a nice tang or salty nip, and both pair beautifully with roasted vegetables. I love the idea of using feta especially if you were going to serve this cold or at room temperature, because then the melty-oozy factor of the cheese really doesn’t matter. Great ideas – and, in fact, I think the next time I make it there will be feta in the recipe just for kicks.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:24:06 +0000

Hey Tina, just wanted to say I finally got around to trying this at Christmas dinner and it was a huge hit! It was a helluva lot of work I gotta say but well worth it. I was wondering if goat or feta cheese could be substituted for mozzarella?

By: Marlene

Marlene — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:03:13 +0000

This recipe looks delicious. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.

By: Marlene Affeld

Marlene Affeld — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:05:21 +0000

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By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:48:21 +0000

Marcel – that’s evil, true, but….really funny. I used to do a lot of baking and bring it in to work so I wouldn’t eat it all myself….but secretly hoped that everyone else would, because if I wasn’t going to get skinny it would have made me feel a *bit* better if they all got as fat as me.

Ivy – thank you so much! I love when somebody else talks about “beautiful veggies”, because we share that affection

Kulsum – ha! Have no fear, I would never judge others as harshly as I do myself. And cheesy kanafi? Deserves to be eaten. Mmmmm. I would have joined you in a heart beat, and had *two* things to feel guilty about.

Kristie – aw, look on the bright side! She’s not vegan, so you can make all kinds of delicious cheese laden items. I spent a number of years living a vegetarian lifestyle, but my desperate attempts to be vegan were always met with failure. Apparently I would rather give up 9 toes than give up cheese.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:28:42 +0000

The guilt is sitting with you like the weight of 80 french crullers.

Oh Good God, that’s a lot.

By: Kristie

Kristie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:11:12 +0000

Maybe pee-guy put it on your desk as an apology? A little, fried apology. Anyway, I am going to use this strudel when my sister comes for Thanksgiving, since she is also a beastly vegetarian.

By: Kulsum

Kulsum — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:31:40 +0000

Yummm!! looks fabulous. Tina u r evil , can u stop feeling guilty about one damn doughnut!! I had cheesy kanafa, and all of sudden i feel sick i had it. (it was yummm too ). Let me live in peace

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:30:23 +0000

It looks perfect and I can imagine that it tastes great as well with all those beautiful veggies in it.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:23:44 +0000

Holy smokes that looks awesome

I have a donut confession to make. Back in my IBM days we used to know this sweet girl who sat with us in the cubicle farm. She was pretty and thin and about to get married so for some cruel reason every time we went to Tim Horton’s for a coffee we brought her back a french cruller. She thought it was sweet and we were always playing the “we know how much you love them” but we were secretly trying to fatten her up before her wedding. That was 2 french crullers a day for 2 MONTHS! My guess is she gained at least 10 lbs in that time and I have felt guilty ever since.
You know what, getting that off my chest didnt make me feel better.