Archive for the ‘Holiday Cooking’ Category
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas! We did. :-) Besides the orange french toast in the morning, we had a nice little standing rib roast with some roasted carrots and brussels sprouts. Emma got to gnaw on the bone for part of her ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2010
For Christmas Eve dinner, we steam some crab and make bacon wrapped shrimp. It's a delicious and easy celebratory meal :-)
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Serves 4 as an entrée (about 10 shrimp per person) or 12 as an appetizer (about 3 shrimp per person)
1 pound easy peel ...
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010
These are the socks I wore Friday in honor of our big office holiday potluck. I'm part of the Rewards and Recognition Committee, and we planned this party on a very small budget. We got a lot of complements though, and the party went very well. For ...
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving and a blessed holiday season!
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
This is the stuffing that Shaun grew up with, so it holds a special place for him. We don't make it every year, but we did this one :-) It was a bit too buttery for us after eating fairly healthy for so long, so next time ...
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Yet another recipe inspired by Central Market. I combined a couple of their recipes and my own stand-by recipe to get quite an impressive bird :-) We still prefer my stand-by, but this was a fun experiment. The cider led the skin to brown quite ...
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
This recipe is via Ree, of The Pioneer Woman. I had a half pound of fresh baby carrots from last week's CSA box to use, and this was a good recipe to use 'em up. I scaled way down, of course - I only used about 1 tbsp ...
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Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Shaun had his last final of his first year of law school yesterday, so we had a celebratory dinner tonight - grilled thin cut ribeye steak, steamed king crab, sauteed mushrooms, and steamed zucchini. Yum!
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Sunday, April 4th, 2010
For our Easter dinner, I roasted a small rack of lamb that I got at Costco. They have great high quality meat for a steal, and while most things we can't use up fast enough, the lamb comes in perfect quantities.
Tender lamb really requires just the simplest ...
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
I usually make my corned beef and veggies in the crockpot, but today I did them on the stovetop, since I wouldn't be home to put in the veggies at the halfway point. It turned out just as good.
I also baked my soda bread, which was good as always.
I ...
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