Eclectic dinner: Wild mushroom ravioli, mashed potatoes, and salad.

Our friend Keegan came over for dinner last night. He was down in Florida for a few weeks before the election canvassing the wide variety of people living in the West Palm Beach area. He has some great stories to tell. Combining forces we cobbled together an eclectic but delicious (and very carby) meal.

At the base of it were wild mushroom raviolis from one of my favorite places on earth, Raffetto's. It is a small family-owned Italian market on Houston and Sullivan Streets. They make their own ravioli, manicotti, pasta, sausage, and sauces. Their prices are reasonable, and the same people have been running it for as long as I can remember. I will devote an entire blog post to them at some point soon, but for now here is somebody else's posting about them http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/04/raffettos.html


Keegan also made some delicious mashed potatoes to accompany our meal. We had a jar of tomato sauce on hand, and Keegan added an awesome tempeh mixture. He said that he mashed up the tempeh and cooked it on high heat for a while, basically burning it. But the resulting flavor was very deep. We mixed it with the sauce, plated everything, added a salad, and ta-da!