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Buffalo Meatball Sub 2007-05-23 22:02:00 I am a creature of impulse. When I see something I want, its usually best to get it, rather that try to distract myself with something different. I find this method saves time AND calories! ;)
You will understand, then, when I tell you about the Meatball
Sub entry on Julie's blog, Noshtalgia , I just had to have it. I saw it yesterday, and we had it for dinner tonight. (Quick turn-around!) Read more:Buffalo
Classic Blueberry Pie (Disaster!!) 2007-05-23 00:51:00 I will start with the good parts. The filling was wonderful. My mom and I had to fight over who got to stick their nose in the bowl to inhale the lovely berry and cinnamony goodness. It was a snap to make, and am more than happy to make it again, and branch out into other fruit pies. So far, I have made the occasional apple pie, and I love to make peach upside-down cake, but this blueberry pie, I Read more:Classic
, Blueberry
, Disaster
Succotash with Shrimp 2007-05-21 23:00:00 I love the color in this dish - the greens of the zucchini and edamame, the yellow of the corn, the red of the tomatoes, and the orange of the shrimp - I really feel like this healthy dinner is something you can feel happy about eating and serving. I'd say that it could serve four if you had some bread to go with it (which is what we did).
This recipe is from Fitness Magazine. I decided Read more:Shrimp
Mother's Day a Week Late 2007-05-20 23:52:00 As I mentioned last weekend, my mom had to work, so we Mother's Day-ed her today and I tried to fill the meal with things she liked. I remember growing up that dinner from H.R. Ribsters was a big deal, and I distinctly remember her excitement at making these little "Bubbly Pies," (I think they were from a scifi book) that were essentially little blueberry tarts. I'd also made that goat cheese ice
HHDD 12 - Bring Me Your Caesars! 2007-05-20 13:51:00 Hiya!
Just a little reminder! You have only one more week to send in your lovely caesar creations!!
Send your submission to me at otherpeoplesfoodATgmailDOTcom!
Can't wait to see it! :) Read more:Caesars
Sloppy Joe MMMBop 2007-05-19 21:59:00 So, we were about to sit down to Sloppy Joes, and MMMBop was going on the Bose. As you can see in the picture, my sloppy joe is a little wonky. I don't know where I got it, but when I first made this recipe a few years ago, we had it in lettuce wraps, rather than buns. (Could have been South Beach Diet inspired, in fact). Dave doesn't care for them this way, so he used buns leftover from last
Lamburger Most Awesome 2007-05-18 19:50:00 If we hadn't eloped last August, today would have been our Wedding Day (insert cartoon bird sigh). I have a hard time imagining how it would have been, really, because I'm so thrilled with how we did it. (Note to Everyone: Elope to Vegas - its AWESOME!)
You know what else is awesome? And also wholesome and delicious? Burgers, duh!
We'd gotten some ground lamb from the farmer's market last
20 Days Until My CSA!!! 2007-05-17 08:34:00 I'm sure some or most of you know what a CSA is, but I'll tell you anyway! CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Imagine your monthly magazine subscriptions were weekly, and... imagine that they were made of vegetables! Local, farm-raised, often organic (or close), friendly, happy vegetables. Mine starts first week in June and runs through mid-September. The trick with it is that you Read more:Until
Creamy Farfalle with Cremini, Asparagus and Walnuts 2007-05-16 22:15:00 This is a dinner that I never ever ever would have considered making before I met my husband. Ever. I cannot stress this enough. Mushrooms? Slimy. Asparagus? Gross! I don't know how he did it, but he managed to get me to try both again, and turns out - they're both tasty! Especially in this! (What isn't yummy with mascarpone, really?)
I'll also say that the very first time I made this recipe, I Read more:Creamy
Ice Cream Fight!!! 2007-05-14 22:16:00 Since we had already-made frozen bolognese for dinner, and I planned it that way, I saved the gelato and ice cream I made over the weekend for tonight's post. Yay ice cream!
I'd gotten David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop early last week and I couldn't wait to stuff my ice cream attachment thingamabob into my too-small freezer. I made the bases Friday and Saturday night, and whirred them Saturday Read more:Cream
Wine Inspired Tastiness 2007-05-14 00:19:00 I'll start by wishing everyone a lovely Mother's Day! My mom has to work today (she's an ER nurse), so we're Mothering her up with dinner next weekend. Dave's mom is in AZ, but we made sure to call and chat with her lots. :)
Now, on to the food!
My husband picked out this Barolo. He then asked me to make a "meat with meaty meat sauce" dinner to go with said wine. He nagged at me for weeks Read more:Inspired
Parmesan and Polenta Chicken 2007-05-11 19:11:00 Chicken dinner number three did not disappoint. The combination of the spinach, basil, corn, and dressing... it was like healthy freshness in your mouth. I'm a big fan of slicing the chicken breasts in half horizontally, cuts the cooking time in half and it makes it easier to control my portions.
The polenta gave the chicken a really nice crunch. As I was prepping, I realized I was out of Read more:Parmesan
, Chicken
Olivia’s Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies 2007-05-10 19:49:00 Cool 15 minutes before eating? What? Like that happened.
I blame Peabody for this. (And she's posted more from the book since then.) I'm hooked on this cookbook. Cookies
seemed like the easiest starting point, with the end goal being a yeast baby bread. Wish me luck.
But back to the cookies. Lovely. I don't know how big the cookies would be if I'd really only made 16 from the dough... we Read more:Olivia
, Chocolate
Chicken & Asparagus with Melted Gruyere 2007-05-10 19:19:00 If my stomach were bigger, I would have had seconds. (I think I just had big firsts.) As it was, I made sure to eat up every last sauced piece of rice. I might have even licked the plate. (but I didn't, I promise.)
There wasn't much to tonight's dinner. Nothing fancy, but altogether perfect. Dave randomly picked out a wonderful Iron Horse Chardonnay, and upon reading its tasting notes, it was Read more:Chicken
Sticky Chile Chicken 2007-05-09 19:04:00 Last week, for research purposes, I went out and got Donna Hay Magazine Issue #31.
Tonight was the first dinner from the magazine (tune in Friday night for the second) and I have to say, YUM! Her recipes are straight forward, aren't ingredient heavy, and there are tons of photos. Love it! I will certainly look for it again at Borders.
I probably didn't let the sauce simmer long enough at the Read more:Chicken
Truffled Wild Mushrooms Over Whipped White Beans (with Chicken) 2007-04-16 20:40:00 Contrary to the picture, dinner wasn't really ALL beige. I forgot the parsley garnish... and yah. It certainly doesn't taste beige, so give it a shot.
This recipe is also from the magazine Lori P. lent me. The Vegetarian Times website is pretty fickle as to what recipes it shows you when you search, so don't get frustrated.
The whipped white beans are dreamy, I think I could eat them all Read more:Chicken
, Mushrooms
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Yummy Blueberry Muffins 2007-04-15 10:27:00 I'd told Stephanie about these blueberry muffins a few weeks ago, and I'd promised to bring some to her next time I made them. Since she'd spent the night Friday, I figured what better way to breakfast her than to have these!
My husband, who, if asked, will say that he doesn't like blueberries, happily eats these.
Enjoy!
BlueberryMuffins
with Crumb Topping
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/ Read more:Yummy
Really Really Not My Food 2007-04-14 13:25:00 So, generally, I'd like to post pictures of food I haven't already dug into... but.. we were hungry... and it had been a few days since I'd blogged, and I'm still new... so I had a couple of bites before I remembered... oops!
What you see is Bobby Flay's Black Pepper Crusted Steak with Toasted Goat Cheese blah blah blah with Giada De Laurentiis' Baked Mashed Potatoes (only I didn't bake them, Read more:Really Really
Leftovers Number One 2007-04-10 20:53:00 So tonight, we had the chicken mole + rice leftovers from Easter Sunday. At Dave's suggestion, I made the avocado and black bean salad from late last week to go with it (as the mole was kinda spicy, and the avocado black bean salad is cool and creamy). I think it was a genius idea.
As we were supposed to have Father Pollard over for dinner (no one tell him we were going to have leftovers), I Read more:Number
Monday Dinner 2007-04-09 20:03:00 This recipe is from our March Supper Club night. One of the two "new girls" brought it (and we're going to try to keep her - thanks Sara!). It had been a long time since I'd had crescent rolls, and I'm beginning to wonder why. Her recipe, pulled from AllRecipes.com, didn't actually call for grinding everything up in the food processer, so I'm not sure why I did it, but now that I've done it that Read more:Monday
, Dinner
Easter Dessert Goes Browniebabes! 2007-04-09 08:22:00 I've done a little post editing - I pulled these brownie cupcakes out of the Easter
Post and gave them their own entry, and I'll tell you why!
I stumbled across Once Upon a Tart yesterday, and she's hosting a food-blog event - Brownie Babe of the Month. Considering I made these this month, and we really adored them, I thought I'd submit them to her. Wish me luck! :)
The cupcakes were a nice mix Read more:Dessert
Easter Dinner 2007-04-08 20:11:00 Most people, I guess, would have had ham and spring vegetables and deviled eggs... but not us! Dave picked another recipe (for me to make) from the Dona Tomas cookbook... so we had Mexican for Easter
! Yay!
This is not a weeknight dinner - unless you're one of those people that gets in to work at 7 and out at 3 or something... I think I started getting dinner together at 3? Mind you, I made Read more:Dinner
Scandal!!! 2007-04-08 00:47:00 If you don't live in the metro DC area, or if your news station isn't in to warm and fuzzy bits, you probably won't know what I'm talking about. But this past weekend, the Washington Post reported that George (the lonely eagle from last summer) has shacked up with not just any new lady-eagle... but the VERY HARLOT EAGLE that attacked his mate. Awful, just awful.
Anyway, last night was Saturday Read more:Scandal
Summer on the Eve of Flurries 2007-04-06 19:36:00 Why is it that when it was actually winter, I hated the cold - but now that its a weird cold spell in April, I'm really digging it?
You'd never know it wasn't the middle of summer after the dinner we just had. All it needed, really, was a side of juicy hamburger and fries.... or maybe a nice potato salad.
Went really well with a nice, cold beer. I'll have to file this away and bring it out for Read more:Summer
My First Post! 2007-04-06 12:00:00 I'll explain egg-fish eventually, I promise!!
For the time being, I'm going to mess with the settings/look/feel a bit.
Now, the recipe originally called for spaghetti, but we didn't have any, so I used gobbetti (my favorite is by Bionaturae) and it worked out well. I also roasted two chicken breasts in a 400 degree oven for about 25 minutes, chopped them up, and tossed them in. No photo because Read more:First
Chili Shrimp and Coconut Risotto 2007-05-26 19:53:00 I tell ya, chili and coconut are friends. Good friends. And I especially enjoy when shrimp is invited to their party.
This is one of the recipes saved in the Great Recipe Cull of a month or so ago. It makes me smile that it was pulled from a magazine in 2002. Ah, memories.
I am so glad I learned how great Thai red chili paste is. I eventually found it in a jar, rather than a can (so I can save Read more:Chili
, Shrimp
, Risotto
Don't Forget About Caesar!! 2007-05-24 20:30:00 Only three days left to get your HHDD #12: Caesar
entries in to me! Come one, come all, gimme your Caesar! :)
On a side note, there was a really interesting article about romaine (aka cos) lettuce in Kim O'Donnel's blog, A Mighty Appetite, on the washingtonpost.com today. Check it out here.
Fettuccine with Escarole and Brie 2007-05-29 20:39:00 Its too bad this bowl probably contains a thousand calories, because I'd love to be able to make this again soon. Funny thing is, I was born lactose intolerant, but the docs were able to talk my stomach into digesting dairy anyway. (Its a silly story, but its explains my hatred of strawberry milkshakes.) While I love ice cream, and I'm ok with most cheese if its melted (as in pizza or in
Happy Memorial Day!!! Happy Birthday, Mom!! 2007-05-28 21:58:00 Happy Memorial
Day!! The photo above is of my Grandpa with his plane from WW2. This might be one of my favorite photos of him. He was a US Air Force Pilot, and boy did he have some stories. I hope all of you go out and hug your vets, remember the fallen, and pray for those abroad risking their lives.
Happy Birthday
, Mom!!! We seem to be on a trend of celebrating a week late, but at least this Read more:Happy
, Happy Birthday
Scallops on a Plate 2007-05-28 00:29:00 I had something elegant and thought-out to go with this post, since it was such a snazzy dinner. But then we went and watched Snakes on a Plane, and all my fancy words are gone. Do not watch that movie. Well, watch it if you're into cheesy silly weird action movies. But when you're trying to have a nice dinner, do not follow it with this.
Since we had rice last night, and pasta tomorrow night, Read more:Scallops
, Plate
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