Archive for February, 2011
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Tonight I made my pork tonkatsu and broiled some broccoli to go along with it. I managed to forget about it for an extra minute or two, and it got rather singed, which left an interesting flavor - not bad, but not something I'll replicate on purpose :-P ...
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
For our Valentine's Day treat, I steamed us some wonderful shrimp from the seafood counter at Central Market. These are 21/25 shrimp, meaning that there are between 21 and 25 shrimp per pound, flash frozen on the boat and shipped directly to the market. The only way you ...
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
With February comes cute Valentine's Day socks - my only concession to the holiday besides making a nice dinner :-) I'm wearing the red ones today!
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Another week of weight loss, another week of oysters for me :-) These briny little gems are Kusshi Oysters from Deep Bay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia just to our north. I quite enjoyed these, and found them fairly easy to shuck, but I was ...
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
I've done the Italian Stuffed Pork Loin before with a full pork loin, but today I did it with just a pork tenderloin, cutting the filling ingredients in half. It cooked in about 45 minutes instead of over an hour, and was just as good :-) ...
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
This was a quick hearty breakfast constructed from yesterdays leftovers - a leftover hamburger patty and a couple biscuits. It can easily be scaled up to serve more, browning meat from scratch and adding seasoning as you like. If you prefer a country gravy, just replace the beef ...
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Tonight I made my black bean and ham soup, using up most of the leftover ham from a couple nights ago. This time, instead of onion powder, I grated a small onion and sautéed it in a little canola oil. The fresh addition was nice, so I've rewritten ...
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
An easy dinner tonight: ham and brussels sprouts roasted in the oven for about 40 minutes. The ham was a delicious apple and honey cured ham from the local Hempler's.
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Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Tonight's dinner was adapted from this one on AllRecipes. The high heat followed by very low and slow works well for tougher cuts of beef like top round. While it will never be as tender as a porterhouse or rib eye, it is still good. I served ...
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
For the Chinese New Year, I made an Asian inspired fish dish, based off of this one. We just weren't impressed with this. The cod I got was strangely tasteless, which didn't help anything, but the marinade just wasn't anything worth repeating either. Oh well. Can't ...
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