Archive for August, 2010
Monday, August 30th, 2010
A quick and healthy meal tonight: stir fried teriyaki chicken, savoy cabbage, and broccoli. I heated a little canola and sesame oil in my wok, added the sliced cabbage, stir fried for a minute to brown, then added water and steamed for another 2 minutes to wilt, then removed ...
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Just a small tweak tonight. I realized that I was out of tomato sauce after being quite committed to making this for dinner, so I added a 15 oz can of diced tomatoes and about 2 tbsp of tomato paste and boiled off the excess liquid. It worked ...
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
There are probably as many variations of Cobb Salad as there are people that make it. This is the version I made tonight. Avocado is pretty traditional, but sadly the one I had in the fridge had gone mushy and grey :-( Blue ...
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Another beautiful box :-D
Free-Range Eggs
Lettuce-Baby Heads
Tomatoes-Sungold
Tomatoes-Sungold
Tomatoes-Big Beef
Squash-Romanesco
Sweet Corn
Potatoes-French Fingerling
Peaches-Red Haven
Blueberries
Blueberries
Apples-Shamrock
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
I love potatoes :-) These gorgeous little fingerlings are some of the last remnants from last week's CSA box. I tossed them in olive oil, seasoned with salt, and roasted them at 425 degrees for about 30 minutes in a cast iron skillet with a ...
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
This was a quick, easy, and flavorful soup. The smoked salmon is the star, so be sure to get a high quality piece. I used SeaBear Coho Salmon.
Smoked Salmon Chowder
Serves 4 as an appetizer, 2 as a light meal
3 tbsp unsalted butter
3 tbsp all purpose flour
2 cups chicken ...
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
This is a fast and refreshing summer salad. It works great with shrimp or crab too, but surimi (aka krab) is what I happened to have on hand. I just ate it on its own, but it would also be good on tortilla chips or bruschetta.
Avocado, Tomato, and ...
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Friday, August 20th, 2010
I made a big pan of stuffed romanesco summer squash tonight, following my previous post. Very good as usual and the leftovers will get me through the weekend :-)
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
This week's box:
Free-Range Eggs
Lettuce-Butterhead
Tomatoes-Big Beef
Tomatoes-Big Beef
Squash-Gold Rush
Squash-Romanesco
Sweet Corn
Cucumbers-Slicing
Peaches-Red Haven
Peaches-Red Haven
Blueberries
Apples-Shamrock
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
This is an elegant and rich mushroom soup. The recipe is inspired by one from Carnival Creations, the cookbook based off of Carnival Cruise recipes. My folks picked up this book on our first cruise back in the day, and I made copies of a few of my ...
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