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Happy 4th of July!! (a week late!) 2007-07-11 22:56:00 If you know me, you know its been a bit weird around here lately. I had this post ready to go last week, but then I had surgery (small, I'm fine) and everything went to pot (not pot pot, just ya know, how the saying goes). Anyway, better late than never, right?
For the 4th of July, we revisited Michel Richard's lamburgers. Rather than go with frozen organic fries, we had roasted asparagus with Read more:Happy
Cucumber Soup with Grilled Shrimp and Basil 2007-07-10 15:54:00 Yowza, its hot. Hot outside and hot inside. Our air conditioning is on the fritz. (again) I've had to be a little fussy at our leasing office, so hopefully it will be completely repaired this afternoon.
In the meantime, I have the perfect dinner to combat the heat and pretend I'm at the spa. Cold cucumber soup (that only requires a blender to prepare) topped with grilled shrimp. Our CSA delivery Read more:Cucumber
, Grilled
, Shrimp
, Basil
Devil’s Food White-out Cake 2007-07-16 09:03:00 Checking through my old posts, I realized I never posted about my mom's birthday cake! And her birthday was May 28th! My apologies, Mom! :)
I'm sure you can guess who the cake belongs to - the always fabulous Dorie Greenspan! I watched this cake make its rounds on other blogs and when my book arrived in the mail, this beautiful cake was on the cover. With my mom's bday coming up, and her only Read more:Devil
, White
Barbacoa de Borrego (Lamb Shoulder Slow Roasted...) 2007-07-18 18:40:00 When am I going to learn? When am I going to realize that its probably not a good idea to have the oven on for 4 hours, slowly braising meat (spicy meat, at that) when its 95 degrees outside? I was so hot and sweaty, I wasn't sure I'd be able to enjoy dinner!!
But I was wrong! It was hot and spicy and dreamy! We're spicy food lovers, my husband especially. If you are, too, you'll enjoy this dish Read more:Shoulder
, Roasted
Grilled Chicken & Polenta with Nectarine-Blackberry Salsa 2007-07-17 18:03:00 If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll have noticed my adoration of polenta. I don't think I'd ever really experienced it before this past April, but I've tried to fit it in as much as possible since. When I'm on my own for dinner, I used to have a bowl of cereal... now I whip up some polenta instead. Almost just as easy, but so yummy!! (I'll still indulge in a bowl of Peanut Butter Read more:Grilled
, Chicken
Rigatoni with Sweet Tomatoes, Eggplant and Mozzarella 2007-07-20 12:51:00 I hope I get this into Ruth in time! I'll type like the wind!
For this week's Presto Pasta Night, I went to the lovely Jamie Oliver. (To be honest, I think I went though every cookbook I had, looking for interesting eggplant recipes - Jamie won.) This recipe can be found in his Family Dinners book, which I love. This particular cookbook is really useful for sneaking extra vegetables into meals, Read more:Sweet
, Tomatoes
Pan-Fried Chicken with Oregano-Buttered Beans 2007-07-23 16:00:00 It kills me that I made this at the beginning of July and am only posting about it now. Kills me!!
This is such a simple meal to prepare, and the ingredients work something like magic. Seriously. Magic. The chicken roasted happily in the oven, the beans heated on the stove and turned into a creamy, lemony, oregano happiness. I have a thing for arugula, too, and its pepperiness lent beautifully Read more:Fried
, Chicken
, Buttered
, Beans
, Fried Chicken
Roasted Fennel with Parmesan 2007-07-23 15:53:00 This a little something I made a couple of weeks ago. We'd gotten one fennel bulb in our CSA that week, and I wanted to do something super-fennelly with it, not just mix it into something else. Why? Well... I'm less experienced with fennel, so I wanted to get a feel for the flavor and texture on its own, so I'd have a better idea of what it was adding to recipes.
That said, this recipe calls for Read more:Roasted
, Parmesan
Roast Pork Loin with Shiitake and Leek Compote 2007-07-24 18:00:00 Ok, so.
We've had this frozen pork loin in our freezer forever. Probably more than a year, to be honest. The only way I'd ever made pork loins before was really complicated, and I cringed at having to make it that way again, so I tried to pretend the loin wasn't in there. And for a long time, I succeeded.
Until my husband got it in his head that we had to eat everything in the freezer. And that Read more:Roast
Crispy Salmon with Mushroom Orzo and Red Wine Sauce 2007-07-30 21:21:00 Today was my first day at the new job, so we had leftovers! Yay leftovers!
Let me tell you about our tasty dinner last night, and by default, our yummy leftovers! We'd watched this particular episode (Newport, Rhode Island) of Giada's Weekend Getaway on the Food Network last week, and made a note to print out this recipe. While I don't remember much else from the episode other than the wee Read more:Crispy
, Mushroom
, Red Wine
Blogging By Mail 2007-07-29 18:45:00 I want to be Anne when I grow up! Not only did she delightfully feed my sweet tooth, but she's got cards and tags, stickers, and littler cards all with her logo on them! I need a logo so I can make all these wonderful things, too!
First things first! The lovely Stephanie over at Dispensing Happiness coordinated this exciting event: Blogging
by Mail: A Few of My Favorite Things. I couldn't wait
Variation of a Favorite 2007-07-29 16:44:00 Don't worry, I'm not in a ditch. :)
I've had a pretty distracting, tiring week. I wrapped up my old job and I start my new one tomorrow, and because they're letting me keep my anniversary week off at the end of August, I didn't take any time off between positions... so last week was full of errands... and at the end of the day, I didn't have the energy to sit in front of the computer. My Read more:Variation
, Favorite
Chorizo-Crusted Cod with White-Bean Puree and Sherry-Vinegar Jus 2007-07-31 23:00:00 My apologies for not keeping up with you guys lately. I logged into my Google Reader today and it told me I had 100+ entries to read... And considering I probably have close to 100 blogs in my reader, I would guess that the entries available to me are much higher than the 100+. I promise I'll catch up!
We revisited the cucumber soup tonight, but I added a porch chile and swapped out the basil Read more:Chorizo
, Crusted
, White
, Puree
, Sherry
Orangette's Gâteau au chocolat fondant de Nathalie 2007-08-05 13:15:00 We had my mom over for dinner a couple of weeks ago for a repeat of the Dona Tomas shrimp tacos. She came over on a Tuesday, and I want to say I prepared most of this the Sunday before. (I only did the shrimp that night.)
I also made dessert the night before. I pulled the recipe off of Orangette's site. I wish I read her blog more often, because every time I go, I love what she has to say and Read more:chocolat
Grilled Salmon with Smoky Tomatillo Sauce and Cucumber Salad 2007-08-04 13:20:00 While I really like the idea of having posts saved as a draft for later posting, I've found that if I wait too long, my memory of the dish isn't as useful. Arrgh! :)
What I do remember is this: I made this sauce at the same time I was making the tomatillo rice for the barbacoa dinner (similar ingredients and all). And as you can see from the photo and recipe, I used salmon instead of trout, Read more:Grilled
, Cucumber
, Salad
Vietnamese Pork Rolls 2007-08-08 15:00:00 If I could ask you to tilt your head to the left to look at the photo from an angle... I'll wait... Ah, there you see our lovely pork roll dinner! I don't know why I photographed at such a jaunty angle... but... this way, we get to interact! Woo!
Speaking of which, is anyone else sad that Age of Love is over? Yes, it was a terribly lame show, but the creative editing of the women and their Read more:Vietnamese
, Rolls
Summer Squash Soup with Basil 2007-08-07 22:00:00 Whoa baby. You are going to see A LOT of South Beach Diet phase 1 dinners over the next few weeks.... so be prepared! We're going on our Anniversary Vacation soon, and we plan to eat as fancily as we can afford while in Vegas... so... we need all the spare calories we can get! (That, and I imagine the bulk of our days will be spent lounging at the pool... in swimsuits... you see where I am going Read more:Summer
, Basil
Italian-Style Tofu Bake 2007-08-10 12:43:00 Italian-style tofu what? It might not look like much, but it made me really happy. I have had pizza on the brain for the better part of a week, and while this wasn't a perfect match, it was pretty close. And close in a really useful way. You know how you have a craving for M&M's, but you try to be good and have an apple instead? And then maybe you have some baked lays? But deep down, you still Read more:Italian
, Style
Seared Salmon with Zucchini 2007-08-09 16:00:00 As if you haven't already seen us eat enough fish or zucchini, here is another Fish and Zucchini
dinner! Awesome! Wooooo!
I actually really liked this meal, so don't let my jokeyjoke turn you away. This salmon differs from earlier salmon meals of ours in that it wasn't crispy. I also chose a different version of salmon, so I don't know if that helped me like it better (I was prepared not to). (I
Creamy Lemon-Vanilla Ricotta Soufflés 2007-08-15 01:19:00 OMG, I need a set of ramekins! I totally wasn't thinking, and made these cute little souffles in a giant muffin tin - and when it came time to eat them.... omg! I need ramekins! Dave and I stood there and blinked at each other with "what now?" looks on our faces! Its a good thing we aren't fussy, because we huddled together over the tin with our spoons and ate right out of it! (It was actually Read more:Creamy
, Lemon
, Vanilla
, Ricotta
Steamed Halibut with Bell Pepper and Summer Squash 2007-08-15 00:40:00 I'll admit it, I'd never steamed fish before. Much less steamed it AND the veggies all in the same pot!
If you've had a long day, and you neither want much prep OR many dishes to clean, this healthy, easy meal is for you. Chop a couple of veggies, mix the sauce, get your steam on and bam! dinner. (No Emeril's Essence required!)
Of all the fish/squash dinners we've had lately, this might be my Read more:Pepper
, Summer
Asian Turkey Meatballs in Lettuce Cups 2007-08-13 21:18:00 My husband is in love with this diet - not just because he's lost a couple of pounds, but because most of these recipes have a sauce of some kind, and he L-O-V-E-S sauce. Can he dip it? Spoon it on top? Bathe in it? Sure! Have some! He used to pick on me for accidentally buying some sauce (fish or soy, usually) when we already had some, but now I think he'll back off, knowing that the more Read more:Asian
, Turkey
, Meatballs
, Lettuce
Easy Summer Chicken Chili 2007-08-20 17:44:00 I had big plans for today. I was going to spend hours (well, maybe not hours) updating the blog here, to give you things to read while we go on vacation (flight in 5 hours), but then I blew up my back yesterday (doing chores, no less) and then Squito got sick, so both he and I went to the doctor today. The vet kept him (thought it better to board him while we were gone) and I went to the Read more:Summer
, Chicken
, Chili
Shrimp and Celery Salad 2007-08-30 15:22:00 I made this salad specifically for us to take to work for lunch. And we did. However.
Once made, what happened is this: I daydreamed about parties. I'm not sure why, and maybe it's just me, or maybe it was just the parties I went to, but shrimp, celery, and curry powder in combination = party to me. Much in the same way pizza combos = the pool. And with the combo association, I have a hard time Read more:Shrimp
, Salad
Gazpacho (Chilled Heirloom Tomato and Cucumber Soup with Avocado) 2007-08-29 16:30:00 My goodness, its hard to come back from vacation! Inertia really took hold, let me tell you! All of that laying by the pool! ;)
We weren't very consistent with our picture taking, and even then, it was all done on our cell phones... so once we're able to transfer those around, I'll share what we did photograph! I cannot wait to gush! :)
I do want to say this one little thing, though. I still Read more:Chilled
, Tomato
, Cucumber
Grandpa Day #2 / Hazelnut, Ricotta, and Lemon Pesto Pasta 2007-09-26 14:43:00 Today marks the anniversary of my grandfather's passing, so we're having beans, franks, and potatoes for dinner. You've seen that already (but this time I got some hot dogs from the butcher) (my grandpa would have LOVED my butcher, btw), so I thought I might try to tempt you with a delicious pasta dinner we had earlier this week.
For this installment of Presto Pasta
Night, hosted by Ruth at Once Read more:Grandpa
, Ricotta
, Lemon
, Pesto
SHF #35: Fig and Peach Newtons 2007-09-24 14:51:00 Ivonne's figgy call went out, and I have tried to answer. Yah, the picture isn't very pretty... they could have used a sprinkling of sugar pre-baking... but I wanted to let these cute little bars also serve as a tasty sweet afternoon snack... which meant... no added sugar! (Don't worry, they're still nice and sweet!)
This being both my first ever Sugar High Friday and my first experience with Read more:Peach
It's a Great Day to be Alive 2007-09-23 22:00:00 Those words were spoken to me a week ago today by a woman in my apartment building. Her admission echoed the exact thing I'd been thinking at that very same time. I had just been to the farmer's market and to the bookstore, the weather was cool, crisp and sunny, the sky a blue you could get lost in... I was absolutely in love with life. And for that woman, a woman I didn't know, to utter those Read more:Great
, Alive
, Great Day
Trust Me: Garrett Makes Tasty Sauce! 2007-09-21 19:00:00 Is this a filler post? Maybe. But I couldn't NOT tell you about the lovely thing we did with Garrett
's Salted Caramel Sauce!
I try to only bring into our home things I'm comfortable eating - so this means less chips/snacks and more fruits and veggies and granola. My one (very strong) vice is ice cream... so I try to keep a steady supply of Skinny Cow brand ice cream sandwiches in the freezer... Read more:Tasty
Lemon and Garlic Prawn Pasta 2007-09-20 18:30:00 Thank goodness! It has been so long since we've had any new pasta for dinner, I was beginning to worry if I'd ever have anything to submit to the lovely Ruth! But here it is, from Donna Hay Magazine, my entry to Presto Pasta
Night #30!!! Yay!!! (I remember being really frightened of turning 30, but PPN seems to be taking it in stride! Go Ruth!!)
Now, I've only been acquainted with all things Read more:Lemon
, Garlic
, Prawn
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