By gomichild
– February 8th, 2010
The beans and broccoli were steamed over the poaching chicken. Mmmm chicken steam!
Ingredients: broccoli, chicken, eggplant, green beans, potatoes
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By es el queso
– February 6th, 2010
A delicious, simple meal tonight. The salad was a mix of arugula, endives and watermelon radish, tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette. The broccoli was steamed in garlic. I covered the potato wedges in olive oil, granulated garlic and dill, and baked them in the oven and then salted them liberally. The short ribs were pre-seasoned from the butcher, and came out rather nicely on the GeoFo. No complaints, here!
Ingredients: arugula, beef, broccoli, dill, endive, garlic, olive oil, potatoes, radishes, salad, short ribs, vinaigrette
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By falbs
– February 6th, 2010
So yeah, I just posted earlier, but that was actually from last night. Tonight we ate a grass-fed lamb leg roast I picked up from the Co-op that had been marinated in garlic, white wine, olive oil, rosemary and thyme for 24 hours. I roasted it and served it with some butternut squash with maple syrup and some fresh non-rising bread also purchased from the Co-op. I made a gravy with the drippings and it was wholesome and absolutely tasty.
Ingredients: butternut squash, fresh bread, garlic, leg of lamb, rosemary, thyme, white wine
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By falbs
– February 6th, 2010
One of my favorite meals out there.
Heat two tblsp. of oil and 2 tblsp. butter in a large heavy skillet. Lightly salt and then heavily pepper about 1 lb. of uncooked, peeled shrimp. Cook the shrimp for about two minutes (sometimes even less) until they start to curl and turn pink, then pull out to a separate dish. Then saute about 3 tblsp. of minced garlic until it begins to brown. Add 1 large can of San Marzano tomatoes (or four or five fresh tomatoes diced), 3 tblsp. fresh parsley, 3 tblsp. fresh lemon juice, 2 tblsp. fresh chopped oregano, 3/4 cup sliced and pitted olives, and a can or jar of artichoke hears drained and cut into bite sized pieces. Cook the mixture for about 20 mins. at a low simmer, then add the shrimp back in for about 3 mins. until shrimp are cooked through. Add 3/4 cup of feta to the mixture and pour over about a lb. of cooked linguine. Then add another 3/4 cup of feta to the top of the dish and serve. We had it with some garlic bread and a simple salad. Delicious!
Ingredients: artichoke hearts, butter, feta, garlic, lemon juice, linguine, olive oil, olives, oregano, parsley, San Marzano tomatoes, shrimp
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By Abbymohabi
– February 5th, 2010
So here is our take on handmade sushi, as in the kids rolled it and ate half the ingredients before assembly took place, but it was refreshing. O yes, and that in fact is peppered bacon-goes great with the seaweed salad and wasabi.
Ingredients: bacon, seaweed, shrimp, sushi
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By anyardsroad
– February 5th, 2010
It is essential, but essential to make this dish using genuine pancetta cut into small strips, rather than using the ghastly ‘lahdons’ they sell in supermarkets. It is the difference between night and day.
I put 4 egg-yolks, some cracked pepper, parmesan, light cream, fresh basil and a small amount of chilli flakes into a bowl. Then I fried the pancetta until golden, let them cool and turned them into the bowl as well.
I boiled up some fresh penne (don’t like using long pasta….makes everything too dry) and then tossed it in the sauce bowl, and served immediately with a green salad. It was very good.
May I draw your attention to the hand-painted plate…a christmas present given to me by Caroline’s son. It depicts my favourite car of all time (well…for this week!) namely the Ferrari Dino.
And, just to wind up Es El , here is another recipe for the same dish…..;-)
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Carbonara_pasta_sauce …but may I make the point that I did NOT contribute the absurd, pedantic and arguably inaccurate, scaremongering GUFF about sp0ntaneous miscarriages….God, some people make me boil…..!
Ingredients: chilli flakes, cracked pepper, eggs, light cream, pancetta, pecorino, penne
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By es el queso
– February 4th, 2010
Other than the avocado…
Ingredients: avocado, basil, beets, chicken, garlic, green onions, rice, sausages, vinaigrette
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By gomichild
– February 4th, 2010
I wanted potato and leek soup – but maki too! Cuisine conflict!
Mashed avocado, mini onions and chopped salmon seemed to work though.
Potato & Leek Soup – with a big warming kick of smoked paprika.
Ingredients: avocado, leeks, nori, onions, potatoes, rice, salmon
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By es el queso
– February 3rd, 2010
I was rummaging through the deep freezer and found a beef roast with broth and veggies (carrots, onions and celery) that I let defrost during the day. Towards dinner time, I quartered some new red potatoes and diced some leeks and added them into a pot and let it all simmer for about 45 minutes. Just before I served it, I added some fresh mustard greens, and broke up the chunks of beef roast in to smaller pieces to make a nice soupy stew. Two bowls worth made a filling dinner!
Ingredients: beef, carrots, celery, leeks, mustard greens, onions, potatoes, stew
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By falbs
– February 3rd, 2010
A friend of mine in Denver is a part of the slow food movement, and he started getting eggs, lamb and beef from a local farmer. Since then he’s made it into a co-op, also getting fresh seafood straight off the plane from Seattle, and making his own bread, yogurt and Kefir. The quality of the eggs is shockingly better than what you find in the supermarkets, and the taste of the lamb is a giant step above what is available commercially. It feels great to be helping the local farmers out, plus it’s cheaper! Tonight my father had been to the dentist and needed to keep tough to chew items off the menu, so we had some coddled eggs, with bacon and fresh bread to round it out. I’ve been to the farm, and it feels so much better to be eating food free from hormones and other nasty little items. This is becoming a bigger and bigger thing in Denver (and the rest of the country) and I couldn’t be more excited about it.
Ingredients: bacon, bread, farm-fresh eggs
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By es el queso
– February 2nd, 2010
A special guest appearance by some black chanterelle mushrooms from this weekend’s farmers market, sautéed with a touch of garlic and olive oil, and they had a wonderful earthy flavor that I devoured! The steak was marinated in Worcestershire sauce with lemon pepper. I sliced the potatoes nice and thin, thanks to the Cuisinart, coated them with olive oil, salt and pepper, and baked them in the oven until dark and crunchy. The asparagus was steamed, and then tossed with a little butter and Meyer lemon. And, of course, I had a salad, with, as always, because, I cannot get enough of them while they are in season, another whole avocado.
Ingredients: asparagus, avocado, beef, butter, carrots, chanterelles, cucumbers, garlic, green onions, ground black pepper, meyer lemon, mixed greens, mushrooms, radishes, red peppers, salad, steak, tomatoes, vinaigrette, Worcestershire sauce
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By gomichild
– February 2nd, 2010
Kristen made these deliciously wrapped spicy bean burritos – I managed three and a quarter! So yum!
Ingredients: avocado, black beans, black olives, cheese, chipotle, lettuce, tomatoes, tortillas
Posted in Someone Else Cooked.
By mediatinker
– February 2nd, 2010
I felt incredibly sleepy early yesterday evening and took a nap that left me groggy and potentially incapable of operating heavy machinery. However, needing to put dinner on the table, I set aside the heavy machinery, grabbed two pans and a knife and pulled together a quick pasta dish of farfalle with bitter nanohana, anchovies and garlic. Topped with quartered cherry tomatoes and some Parmesan, it was nothing remarkable, but it satisfied the requirement for dinner and allowed me to go back to sleep.
Ingredients: anchovies, farfalle, garlic, nanohana, Parmesan, tomato
Posted in I Cooked.
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