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Radicchio and Licorice Risotto 2007-05-30 22:53:00 This dinner earned mixed results in my house. I didn't really care for it, but the husband thought it was awesome. (Figures!)
I think I found the bitterness of the radicchio off-putting (though, I'll admit, it could have been the wine I used). I loved the risotto, and I even appreciated the licorice... but all together, in addition to the wine paired... didn't impress my taste buds.
Dave Read more:Licorice
, Risotto
Chipster-Topped Brownies!!! 2007-06-05 21:05:00 While I ordered it a few weeks ago, I only cracked open Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours this past weekend. I went in looking for a cake for my mom's birthday, and I found so much more!!!
I'll post about the cake a little later this week, but I wanted to make sure I got my brownie entry in for Myriam's BrownieBabe of the Month #2 asap! I find this event a little daunting - I love
Hay Hay it's Caesar: Tasty Round-up! 2007-06-03 12:07:00 You guys rock!!!
I knew choosing Caesar
Salad was a little different. I also had great faith that you guys would rise to the challenge and deliver some amazing recipes!!! Seriously, the high point of my day was opening my email to find all of your delicious entrys. I think anyone's need for salads this summer will surely be met by any one of these great ideas! Thank you so much for sharing and Read more:Tasty
Mussels in Beer 2007-06-02 22:24:00 All week, I'd planned to make a roasted pork loin for dinner. We decided this afternoon to go with something easier (but stay tuned Monday for the pork loin.) I didn't know what dinner WOULD be, but I was hoping for something quick and tasty.
Last night, my friend Liane and I had dinner out (sans boys) at a lovely wine bar in DC. We shared a bowl of Sierra-Nevada-steamed mussels and boy, were Read more:Mussels
Rainbow Chard and Ricotta Filo Roll 2007-06-08 19:28:00 Filo success! The first time I used filo, it was super-easy. Second time, catastrophe. This, the third time, was a dream! Why the difference? The first and third's dough was from Whole Foods. The one in the middle was from Wegmans. While I am mostly spoiled by Weggies, I'll stick to Whole Foods for my filo.
When I saw this recipe on Haalo's site, Cook Almost Anything, I knew it would be a Read more:Rainbow
, Ricotta
Black Bean and Goat Cheese Tostadas 2007-06-08 17:20:00 I gotta say, its really starting to feel like summer. (Crazy heat and humidity aside) I'm enjoying the smells of people grilling, the brightness of the vegetables, and the general excitement in the air. Now all I need is a trip to the pool and some adult beverages!
This was Wednesday's yummy dinner, also courtesy of a South Beach Diet cookbook. Not only are they healthy and taste great, but so Read more:Black
, Cheese
Herb-Marinated Sirloin with Roasted Asparagus and Tomatoes 2007-06-07 22:38:00 I'm entertaining the idea of giving the South Beach Diet another go, and because of that, I picked up the South Beach Diet Taste of Summer cookbook, and I think its wonderful!! The first time we did south beach, we only had the very basic first book to go off of, and those recipes are...well... a little boring. Since then, we've gotten the SB Quick and Easy book and now this Taste of Summer book. Read more:Marinated
, Roasted
, Tomatoes
Yay CSA Week One!!! 2007-06-06 21:22:00 I couldn't be more excited about my first CSA vegetables. What you see above was all included in our "mini" share, and its so totally enough for Dave and I for a week. Woo!! It consisted of: (enormous) swiss chard, Italian parsley, (stinky) chives, a zucchini, garlic scapes, and a head of red leaf lettuce!! And this is only the beginning!!
The only item I hoped to get but didn't was asparagus,
Halibut with Avocado Mash and Green (Red) Papaya Slaw 2007-06-11 23:22:00 I have realized that I've been on blogger autopilot lately. My posts have consisted of, "This was the best dinner ever, you should eat it! Yay!" or some variation. And who wants to read day after day of that? I bore myself! :)
So, my pledge is to actually be personable. (Or try!) I just get very nervous knowing there are actual people out there reading my blog, many of whom I have great respect Read more:Green
, Papaya
And the Trophy Goes to... 2007-06-10 19:25:00 I am thrilled to announce that the HHDD #12: Caesar nod goes to Laura at Eat Drink Live, for her beautiful Mini Caesar Salad Bites!!! I think we can all agree that we patiently await invitations to dinner at Laura's house!
As the Big Cheese, Laura receives one of my favorite cookbooks, and the fun of hosting the next Hay Hay its Donna Day event! Check back to her blog to see what's next!!
I Read more:Trophy
14 Hours Left to Vote!!! 2007-06-09 12:00:00 Don't forget to vote for your favorite Caesar!! Voting concludes at midnight (EDT) tonight!!
Please email your favorite to me at otherpeoplesfoodATgmailDOTcom! Can't wait to hear from you!! Read more:Hours
Candlelight and Jazz 2007-06-14 15:47:00 Imagine it, romantic and peaceful... candles flickering, jazz on the radio, lovely baked ziti on the table...
Except... there was no jazz... and the candles were there to make light, not mood... the ziti was real (I picked it up at the store myself!)...
You see, we'd lost power yesterday afternoon. I suspected it before I got home, as the nearby traffic lights were dark... so I picked up some Read more:Candlelight
Pork-and-Ricotta Meatballs in Tomato Sauce 2007-06-17 22:04:00 For Father's Day, I wanted to make a nice manly dinner. As our dad's aren't local, it was just the two of us, but that doesn't mean we couldn't get into the spirit of things! :)
After a successful first try with meatballs, I wanted to give them another go. I'd saved this recipe from the April issue of Food & Wine magazine because it struck me as interesting - 1/2 lb of bread? Ricotta
- in a Read more:Meatballs
, Tomato
, Tomato Sauce
Coconut-Crusted Tofu with Peach-Lemongrass Salsa 2007-06-16 21:54:00 I printed this recipe in March, hopeful that I'd get to it eventually. I think that's about when I started giving tofu a chance, sneaking it into our meals.
Thank goodness for this dinner. Between our breakfast, pizza and a churro from Costco for lunch, Maggie Moo ice cream in the afternoon... I'm sure you see where I'm going with this. Today was a classically bad-eating Saturday. (I did really Read more:Crusted
, Peach
, Lemongrass
Eggs in Prosciutto Baskets 2007-06-16 12:50:00 We are breakfast in bed people. Yes, I am normally the one that prepares it, but thats ok. ;) My husband does so on occasion, and usually right when I need it. Nothing nicer than being snuggled into bed with something tasty and some hot coffee.
So you can imagine how excited I was to find this recipe yesterday morning. I usually make a grocery run on Fridays, so I added the few ingredients to Read more:Baskets
Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce over Fresh Corn Polenta 2007-06-15 22:40:00 Sure, we just had halibut a couple of days ago... but I think I've mentioned I like to eat something over and over again to get a feel for it... at least I used a different recipe!! :)
Well, that and Dave specifically requested seafood... he'd picked out a bottle of wine he wanted to have with dinner, so I needed to pick a dinner that went with it.
This dinner had a lot of things going for it. Read more:Curry
, Polenta
Risotto-Style Barley with Winter Citrus and Arugula 2007-06-20 23:00:00 It wasn't until I was about done with this risotto that I noticed the "winter" part of the title. O well. It was 10 degrees cooler today - does that count?? :)
This is my first go with barley. Sure, I've had it in super-fiber cereals, and I've had it in restaurants (I think), but I've never actually made it myself. I really dig the meaty chewiness of the grain. I can see myself really getting Read more:Risotto
, Style
, Barley
, Citrus
Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies 2007-06-19 17:05:00 I can't decide if Myriam is a genius or pure evil. (meant nicely, of course.) As I love chocolate, and I love brownies, I thought her BrownieBabe concept was fantastic (the genius part). Until the roundups started... and I spent all that time drooling over brownies and blondies... and after I printed more recipes than I could count, and daydreamed about thousands of calories... I realized... Read more:Disappearing
, Marshmallow
Garlic Scape Soup 2007-06-18 21:47:00 I am a little late to the Super Natural Cooking party, but I have to say, better late than never! :) I'd ordered Heidi Swanson's book over a month ago, but I'd gotten about 8 books at the time, so its taken me a while. I really love the easy style of the book, as though Heidi is right there with me in my kitchen and while I'm less familiar with some of her ingredients, the finished products look Read more:Garlic
, Scape
Baked Polenta with Swiss Chard and Cheese 2007-06-24 22:58:00 My CSA Farmer, Ellen, includes a little bulletin with each delivery. The very first week, she asked that we learn to like swiss chard, as we'd be seeing it a lot throughout the course of the summer. I'd neither purchased nor knowingly consumed swiss chard, so I had no preconceived notions on it. First impression - its enormous. People should warn you. I mean, I could fan myself with one, should Read more:Baked
, Polenta
, Swiss
, Cheese
Miso-Glazed Sea Bass with Asparagus 2007-06-23 21:34:00 Roasted asparagus might be one of my new favorite foods. If you knew me as a child, this would seem extra preposterous. Asparagus and I just didn't get along. To my defense, I don't know anyone that actually LIKED asparagus as a child... so... at least I came around. It took me even longer to get the preparation correct. I'd always have to get double the amount I needed, so that when I messed it Read more:Glazed
Quinoa and Crescenza 2007-06-22 20:50:00 My husband wants to know where the ghosts are, and why they're making us eat so much fiber. He also thinks I should rename my blog to All Fiber, All the Time.. or something similar.
So, yes, this is yet another fiber-y dinner... and my third from Heidi's Super Natural Cooking (see, ghosts... ) THIS WEEK... but what about it? :) This chapter specifically says to explore grains and I have! Before
Spaghettini with Spicy Escarole and Pecorino Romano 2007-06-27 21:02:00 This recipe was super-easy to assemble, and pulled it from the epicurious.com website so that I could use the head of escarole that came in this week's CSA.
That being said, I have a hard time being chatty about it because I didn't really like it. I wouldn't take my opinion on it, because my husband liked it enough to go back for thirds! (and the recipe got good reviews on the website) I found Read more:Spicy
, Romano
Potato and Jalapeno Pepper Pierogies 2007-06-26 22:00:00 I am really excited about this post for a couple of reasons:
I love pierogies
I've long wanted to participate in a "Waiter, there's something in my..." eventPierogies rule!
You could rearrange that list as you like, but it would amount to the same thing. You could even add a few more bullets, but that would be overkill. :)
Anyway, on to my point! I didn't give it any thought when this dumpling Read more:Potato
, Pepper
Summer Salad with Goat Cheese and Walnuts 2007-06-25 17:15:00 I really do adore salads. I try to order them as much as possible when we go out to eat, and I wish we had them more at home. Earlier this year, I went through a salad phase, and we had it every night with dinner. (Salad
phase followed Toast Phase) When my six-week class started, all phases, good or otherwise, fell out the window. I wrap up this week, so I expect that our dinners and my Read more:Summer
, Cheese
Roasted Zucchini and Radishes 2007-06-29 21:00:00 Thank goodness for our CSA. Otherwise, we'd never have had the chance to learn that we like radishes! Sure, I'd have them raw in salads and the like... but I'd never warmed up to them and Dave didn't even know what they were when I pulled them out of the bag.
I'd pulled this recipe recently, found almost by magic, as we'd just had some zucchini, yellow squash, and a bunch of radishes in last Read more:Roasted
, Zucchini
I'm it, I'm it!!! (My very first meme!) 2007-07-05 16:58:00 The lovely Julie at Noshtalgia tagged me with my very first meme!!! Woohoo!
"I have been tagged to post 8 random facts. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts: Each participant posts eight random facts about themselves. Tagees should write a blogpost of eight random facts about themselves. At the end of the post, eight more bloggers are tagged. Go to their blog and leave a comment
Creamy Mac, Chicken and Cheese 2007-07-09 09:04:00 Feeling a little under the weather, I made this for dinner this past Friday night. I love this meal. Love love love it. This is what I imagine I would make for people that were home-bound sick or freshly babied or something. Its certainly what I would want if I was in either situation (hinthint). What's really cool about it is that it reheats beautifully, so we had this for lunch both days of the Read more:Creamy
, Chicken
, Cheese
Goat Cheese-Arugula Ravioli with Tomato-Pancetta Butter 2007-07-08 15:49:00 We had this last Sunday night for dinner. I had a lot of extra ravioli rounds leftover from the beet pasta, so I tasked Dave with finding a new filling. Considering how much we liked it, I think I might send him to find recipes off the internet more often!
Presto Pasta Night, hosted by the lovely Ruth at Once Upon a Feast, is something I wish I participated in more. We have had a crazy amount Read more:Cheese
, Tomato
, Butter
Beet Ravioli with Poppy Seed Butter 2007-07-06 21:46:00 First we were on a little vacation (but that doesn't mean we didn't eat) and then I was a bit under the weather... so my posts have been piling up! I'll try to double-post the next few days to catch up!
This month's Weekend Cookbook Challenge, created by Sara at I Like to Cook, is Red and White:
So grab a recipe that has a red or white ingredient. Or use a cookbook with a red cover. Or cook Read more:Butter
, Poppy
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