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I’ve had the best of both worlds because I’ve grown up celebrating both Chanukah and Christmas. This year my parents came to my house to celebrate Chanukah and we made latkes. When I broke out my new Cuisinart food processor to grate the potatoes and onion my mom shook her head in dismay. “I always [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: Chanukah, cooking, food, Hanukkah, holiday, jewish, latkes, potato pancakes, RECIPES | 2 Comments »
Our CSA delivery was overflowing with beets in November. Since I was tired of making beet salads I started looking for a unique way to use them when this ravioli recipe grabbed my attention. If you are not a fan of beets this is not going to convert you. You have to like the flavor [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES, Starters & Soups | Tagged: Baked Beet Ravioli with Poppy Seed Butter, beets, Bon Appétit, cooking, fall fest, fn dish, food, food network, RECIPES | 1 Comment »
We love burgers…this time it was made with beef from our grass-fed beef club. The meat was fantastic. This recipe is from the burger queen herself, Miss Ray. Tasty…but not good for a first date. Recipe link
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The ebelskivers are back and better than ever! Imagine a blintz and a pancake all rolled into one. These were over the top good. We again saved a little time by using the Williams Sonoma mix. The recipe suggests using 1 tsp. of filling but use close to 2 …you’ll thank me. Recipe link Ebelskivers [...]
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Our glorious grass fed beef club sent us these bad boys. First time making lamb shanks in our house and we will be making them again. Fall off the bone yumminess! Recipe link Bon Appétit | February 1997
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Mmmm Mmmm good. The sherry onions were the best part. Even though summer is no where to be seen in the Bay Area we still BBQ’d in the rain this weekend. Recipe link Cooking Light Magazine /June 2011
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: bbq, Burgers with Blue Cheese Mayo and Sherry Vidalia Onions, cooking light, everyday, food, RECIPES | Leave a Comment »
Today they are celebrating Fat Tuesday in New Orleans so here is a little Big Easy flavor for you. This Shrimp and Grits recipe is super easy and fast to prepare – you’ll be done in less than 20 minutes! How can you go wrong with plump garlicky shrimp and cheesy grits? You can’t….this was [...]
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Turkey, Turkey, Turkey why do you give us so much trouble every year (the time is never right and neither is the temp on the thermometer)? This Thanksgiving we decided to use the Cider Bourbon glaze from Williams-Sonoma. The turkey, once finally done, came out delish and moist. We really loved the glaze. It was [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: 2010, Cider Bourbon-Glazed Roast Turkey with Shallot Gravy, food, RECIPES, thanksgiving, williams sonoma | Leave a Comment »
I was inspired by a recent article Serious Eats wrote called: How to Make The Ultimate Patty Melt. My favorite burger is a patty melt. Always has been, always will be. Forget about lettuce, tomatoes, fancy mustard’s, aioli’s and chipotle ketchup’s. For a perfect burger all you need is quality bread, meat, cheese and onions. [...]
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This was killer…literally. I could hear my heart cry as I devoured every morsel. Mike and I are trying to get back in shape by doing the P90X workout. This is not on the diet but this is what Mike decided to prepare for dinner the other night. He obviously didn’t read the ingredients before [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES, Starters & Soups | Tagged: dinner, food, gourmet, January 2003, RECIPES, Scallops with Mushrooms in White-Wine Sauce | 4 Comments »
My bread was super happy to slop up this broth. It was tasty and hearty but next time I would add some more variety of fish. Maybe scallops and halibut. Recipe link Bon Appétit | February 2009
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: Bon Appétit, February 2009, food, italian, RECIPES, Shrimp and Fingerling Potatoes in Tomato Broth | 2 Comments »
I’ve read articles about grilling pizza for years. We finally gave it a go. I don’t know if I’ve said it before but pizza may be my favorite food. I can eat it daily. To make life easy we used Trader Joe’s pre-made pizza dough. A 1 pound ball produces one large regular crust pizza [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: bbq, food, Grilled Pizza, italian, pizza margherita, RECIPES | 3 Comments »
I find Mexican food the most difficult cuisine to make at home. My tacos, fajitas & enchiladas never taste as good as they do in a restaurant… until now. This recipe blew me away. Recipe link Gourmet | July 2008
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: Chicken Tostadas, food, gourmet, Gourmet July 2008, july 2008, mexican, RECIPES | Leave a Comment »
We had a bunch of left over corned beef so I decided to try and make a hash. It came out pretty well for a first attempt. To save time I cheated a bit by using a bag of frozen “Ore-Ida Potatoes O’Brien” (cubed potatoes with onions & peppers). I also left out the cream [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: breakfast, corned beef hash, food, fried egg, RECIPES | 3 Comments »
I hope everyone had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day! This year I kept things simple. Corned Beef, Swiss cheese and Emeril’s Horseradish Mustard on Irish soda bread. I really wanted to make rye bread but couldn’t figure out a way to do it in less than an hour so that’s how soda bread made it [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: Bon Appétit, Corned Beef Sandwich, food, irish soda bread, RECIPES, st. patrick's day | 1 Comment »
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This year Mike and I were given the task to make a turkey, green beans, cranberry sauce and gravy. After much deliberation and many hours looking through foodie magazines we decided to go with the following recipes: Sage Butter-Roasted Turkey with Cider Gravy (Bon Appétit, November 2009) Bacon [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES, Side Dish | Tagged: and Meyer Lemon Relish, Bacon Braised Green Beans, Bon Appétit, Cranberry, Emeril Lagasse, food, food network magazine, Pomegranate, RECIPES, Sage Butter-Roasted Turkey with Cider Gravy, thanksgiving | 1 Comment »
I’ve been c-r-a-v-i-n-g lobster. The kind of lobster I had growing up in Massachusetts when my family would hop in our station wagon and drive to New Hampshire in search of the ultimate lobster meal. Since moving to California, long gone are the days of cheap, simple lobster eats. Lobster tends to be insanely expensive [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, Main Dish, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, Side Dish | Tagged: food, Foodbuzz 24 24 24, fresh, lobster gram, lobsters, maine, RECIPES, review | 7 Comments »
I wanted to try something new with our beets — no roasting or salads. The October 2009 Food & Wine magazine had the solution…risotto! Not only was it tasty but it was gorgeous to look at. To accompany the risotto Mike served a fantastic Pinot from Burrell School Winery. It had tons of berry flavor [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: Beet Risotto, burrell school, cooking, food, pinot, RECIPES, santa cruz winery | 2 Comments »
We got a box of figs in our produce shipment and I had no idea what to do with them. We had never cooked with figs. I ended up winging it because I couldn’t find one recipe that had everything I wanted. First I slathered a pork loin with evoo, salt, pepper and fresh rosemary [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: bbq, cooking, food, martha stewart, Pork Tenderloin with Figs and Port Sauce, RECIPES | 1 Comment »
Usually when I make linguine with clams I make the pasta in one pot and the clams & broth in another. When I found this recipe where you cook your pasta in the clam broth I knew I needed to try it out. It seemed like a interesting idea. As I followed the directions I [...]
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Yum, Yum, Yum. I truly enjoyed this. It was so garlicky that it kinda tasted like a scampi. If you like garlic you should like this. The only modification to the recipe was we used half the amount of chili flakes. For some reason I prefer to taste my food and not have my mouth [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: cooking, food, orange roughy, RECIPES, Spicy Sauteed Fish with Olives and Cherry Tomatoes | 2 Comments »
The title says it all. This was super simple to prepare. When you think of Cioppino you usually think of a pot boiling away for hours. This was done in 30 minutes but doesn’t lack flavor. Our modifications to the recipe included adding fresh basil and substituting chicken stock for the water. For the fish [...]
Filed under: Main Dish, RECIPES | Tagged: cioppino, cooking, easy, fast, fish stew, food, gourmet, Gourmet magazine, RECIPES | 1 Comment »
