Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Egg Bread, aka Toad in a Hole, aka Egg in a Nest, aka Egg in a Basket. This simple and tasty breakfast has many names and is popular the world over. After getting home from an overnight sleep study in a lab where I had something like 25 ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Tonight for dinner we did dim sum. Some Ling Ling Chicken and Vegetable Potstickers, Ajinomoto Gourmet Pork Shumai Dumplings, and some homemade Asian Turkey Meatballs. We also had some steamed jasmine rice to round out the meal.
Asian Turkey Meatballs
Makes 15 meatballs
Serves 5 for an appetizer
1.25 lb ground turkey
3 ...
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Last night's dinner was a cheater's quick way to make shrimp fra diavolo - a spicy shrimp pasta. A homemade tomato sauce wouldn't be much more effort. We tried out Garofalo organic whole wheat spaghetti (from Costco) with this meal, and it was quite good.
Shrimp Fra Diavolo
Serves 4
Pasta:
1 ...
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
After a big lunch of pizza while watching football after seeing my folks off to the airport, neither one of us were feeling very hungry when dinner time rolled around. Shaun just had some snacks, and I constructed myself a quesadilla. You can really put just about anything ...
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
So Shaun is back from taking the LSAT, so we had a nice dinner tonight to celebrate no more LSAT studying. Tonight is the last night my folks are here as well. I made raspberry chipotle glazed pork tenderloin, roasted butternut squash (with cumin this time, which came ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
My parents came back from their week out on the Olympic Peninsula bearing many freshly picked blackberries and blueberries for us :) I'll have to come up with something good to do with them! Since they'd had a late lunch and I had a ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
This was a tasty way to use up the last of the leftover steak, which I'd thrown in the freezer last week. I pulled it out last night before going to bed, and this evening it was just right for slicing thinly for the sandwiches.
French Dip Sandwiches
Serves 2
1 leftover ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Despite having to go to work :-P I did have a very nice birthday yesterday. After work I got home and was enthusiastically greeted by Emma. I freshened up a bit, then Shaun and I headed out to Ivar's Mukilteo Landing for a nice dinner on the ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Sautéed zucchini is a common side dish in our house. We both love zucchini, so it makes regular appearances as a side, whether roasted, sautéed, grilled, or prepared in some other way.
Sautéed Zucchini
Serves 4
8 small zucchini, about 2 pounds total
½ tbsp olive oil OR butter
kosher salt
black pepper
Slice the zucchini ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Winter squash is a lovely side dish, and when it's good it stands all on its own. It roasts at the same time and temperature as the roast chicken below, so it's a great additional side dish for that as well as for most any winter oven bake. ...
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