Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
This was a quick dinner - just a few boneless skinless chicken thighs seasoned with salt, pepper, and thyme, and thrown in a grill pan for about 5 minutes on each side. I served this with some dressing and tomatoes.
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Core warming soup for another chilly Northwest evening. I used leftover meat from a rotisserie chicken that we had on Sunday rather than browning the meat, so it was even faster to make. We had this with some warm ciabatta bread to dip in the broth. Very ...
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
This is a quick and tasty warming meal for a cold late fall evening. Adjust the red pepper flakes as you like for the heat. I've rejiggered this from previous versions to use only one skillet.
Shrimp Fra Diavolo
Serves 4
2 tbsp olive oil
6 cloves garlic
2 cans diced ...
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
This is a variation of mine on the excellent recipe for buttermilk pancakes in The Joy of Cooking. The dusting of powdered sugar at the end was an idea of Shaun's after our first stack, and it really brought out the pumpkin flavor. I think next time I ...
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
This is a great recipe from my mother. She uses skinless boneless chicken breast, but I prefer the little bit of extra flavor and moisture in the thighs. They have a touch more fat, but not really enough to count.
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Serves 4
For the chicken:
1 lb skinless ...
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
I've been seeing more and more vacuum-packed beef options at my grocery store. I like these since they stay fresh so well. We regularly pick up flank steak or flat iron steak. This time I picked up some steak that was pre-sliced very thinly and browned it ...
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
I made turkey tamales for lunch today (see post below on leftover round-up for the recipe). Almost out of leftovers now :-)
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
With just the two of us, even a little 10 pound bird leaves us with many leftovers. Besides the long honored traditions of eating it cold out of the fridge ;-) or toasting up some bread and putting turkey and gravy on top for an easy ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner, and finished it off with pumpkin pie. I got some organic canned pumpkin this year that just seemed much tastier than the usual kind. I follow the recipe on the Libby can, but modify the spices to our tastes.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Brined turkey with ...
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Food, Holiday Cooking, Pies | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
This is another wonderful recipe from my mother. She makes this as an appetizer when they have a friend or two over for dinner. It's easy and wonderfully flavorful. There's a lot going on, but all the flavors work well together.
For the crostini, I sliced a baguette ...
Posted in Appetizers, Food, Italian, Vegetables | 1 Comment »
