Archive for September, 2011
Monday, September 19th, 2011
This past week I got some little golden beets in my CSA box. Tonight I sauteed them and their greens in a bit of olive oil with kosher salt. It was a great little side for the roast chicken we had tonight. :-)
Sauteed ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
Yesterday evening I went to a fun cooking class in Lynnwood hosted by Culinary Events Northwest and Pranee Khrusanit Halvorsen of ilovethaicooking.com. Pranee led a tour of our local H Mart, with an eye to the ingredients we'd be using in dishes later in the evening.
After getting ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
Not quite as many tomato options this week, but lots more fruit! Yay for another great week :-)
This week's haul:
Flowers
Pluot-Flavor Heart
Peaches x2
Apples-Honeycrisp x2
Oregano
Sage
Rosemary
Tomatoes-Black Krim x2
Squash-Romanesco x2
Sweet Corn
Beets-Golden
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
This easy fresh salsa goes great with many Mexican and Latin dishes. Being allergic to raw onions, my salsa has none, and I'm in the camp that thinks cilantro tastes like soap, so I use a bit of flat leaf parsley instead. This has just a bit of ...
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
This is the latest iteration on my Italian Stuffed Zucchini, which I made this weekend. I'm finally really happy with the balance of tomato flavor in the filling :-)
Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Serves 4
4 medium or 2 huge zucchini, about 4 lbs
For the filling:
2 tsp olive oil
20 ...
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Sunday, September 11th, 2011
I ordered some fresh sourdough starter from King Arthur Flour and it came yesterday. I immediately started with the initial feedings, and now have a happy bubbly starter to play with. :-) My first attempt follows their basic rustic sourdough loaf, just dividing the dough ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
This spicy stew used up the leftover chile rubbed pork from last night. You could easily make this from scratch as well, just cut a pork tenderloin into bite sized chunks and toss it in the rub I made last night and brown up the pork pieces for a ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
My folks returned to Colorado today. We had a really nice visit, and Emma loved the extra company and play time. She was still tuckered out when I got home this afternoon. She's usually underfoot when I'm cooking dinner, but tonight she curled up on the couch ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
All the tomatoes are starting to come in, so I got several varieties this week :-)
This week's haul:
Flowers
Peaches x2
Oregano
Sage
Rosemary
Lettuce-Green Bibb
Spinach-Cut Baby
Tomato-Yellow Roma
Tomates-Red Zebra
Tomatoes-Brandywine
Tomatoes-Sungold x2
Squash-Romanesco x2
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
This is an original recipe that turned out quite well. I was feeling like a Mexican sort of rub for the pork and happened to have some fresh jalapenos from my CSA box, so they got thrown in the mix. The fruity heat was a great touch and ...
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