Owl Socks
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011August's socks have a fun owl print. I like owls, so these leapt off the shelf at me :-D
Archive for August, 2011
August's socks have a fun owl print. I like owls, so these leapt off the shelf at me :-D
My Chicken Spice Blend
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011We picked up a big pack of skinless boneless chicken thighs at Costco and have been working our way through them. Saturday night, I made some stir fry with shiitake mushrooms, zucchini, and yellow bell pepper, very similar to this one. Monday night I made some chicken noodle ...
A Seafood Feast
Friday, August 26th, 2011To welcome my parents to the Pacific Northwest, we stopped by Central Market and picked up some great looking seafood that we proceeded to grill up along with some of the ubiquitous and delicious CSA summer squash. We got a nice fillet of sockeye salmon wild caught in Alaska, ...
CSA Box, Week #11
Thursday, August 25th, 2011This week, my folks are in town for a bit to help us eat our bounty :-) This week's haul: Flowers Peaches x2 Free-Range Eggs Lettuce-Green Bibb Tomatoes-Farmer x2 Squash-Gold Rush x2 Summer Squash-Mixed Ball x2 Squash-Romanesco x2 Squash-Raven Beets-Red Ace x2
Asian Turkey Meatballs, Redux
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011This is another take on Asian turkey meatballs. The additions of hoisin, soy sauce, and ginger really made them even more flavorful and delicious. I roasted about a pound of shiitake mushrooms that I'd wiped clean and stemmed right alongside the meatballs and warmed up some roasted summer ...
Evening Cove Oysters
Sunday, August 21st, 2011After a great week of weight loss, I definitely earned some oysters :-) This week there was a new variety at Central Market. These beauties are Evening Cove Oysters. These are a sub-set of the Penn Cove oysters that I've tried before and enjoyed. They ...
Ebey Island Dog Park
Saturday, August 20th, 2011It's a gorgeous northwest summer day - 73 degrees, sunny, and just a hint of a breeze. Shhhhh, don't tell anyone we have such great summers! I got a great lunch of xian long bao at Din Tai Fung, then Emma and I headed out to our former ...
Chicken with Artichokes and Lemon
Thursday, August 18th, 2011Tonight's recipe is strongly inspired by the wonderful blogger Krista of Everyday Mom's Meals. Go check her out! I won a drawing on her Facebook page the other day and got 5 hand written recipe cards chosen by me from recipes on her blog. They arrived today, ...
CSA Box, Week #10
Thursday, August 18th, 2011Another great box this week from Growing Washington. More summer squash bounty, some gorgeous tomatoes and mushrooms, beautiful baby lettuce, yellow potatoes, and juicy peaches :-) More itchiness from the flowers, but since the only common element was the lilies that I suspected last time, I just ...
Shaker Smoked Chicken Thighs
Monday, August 15th, 2011Inspired by this recipe from Eating Well via cooking.com, tonight's dinner was quick smoked chicken thighs. I was pleasantly surprised that the smoke did indeed flavor the meat, even with such a short cooking time. I only marinated for 20 minutes as my grill heated up, and this ...
