Grilled Chicken with Gremolata, Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes, and Key Lime Coconut Cake

May 10, 2010

Sometimes I’ll try a new recipe and find myself shocked that it isn’t already part of my regular recipe rotation. You know the ones — quick, easy, cheap. This is one of those recipes. In the time it takes to preheat your grill, you can make a fabulously fresh-tasting paste of fresh herbs, lemon, and […]

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Cajun Mackerel with Sweet Potato Wedges and Smoky Kale

May 7, 2010

The only downside of having so many cookbooks is that some of them inevitably wind up gathering dust as you add shiny new ones to your collection. When I pulled my long-neglected copy of The Eden Cookbook off the shelf a few weeks ago to make the tandoori chicken with Bombay potatoes, I came across […]

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Easy Sole Meunière with Parmesan Roasted Asparagus and Herbed New Potatoes

May 4, 2010

Sole meunière had its five minutes of fame last year when the movie Julie and Julia was released, which renewed interest in Julia Child. The story did the rounds of how it was Julia’s first (and ultimately life-changing) meal in France, which she described as “a morsel of perfection.” Who am I to disagree? It’s […]

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Country Captain with Cauliflower and Peas

May 1, 2010

Last month I crammed in as much Food Network as my schedule could handle. It was my last month with cable and I was afraid of missing something important (like Jersey Shore?). We ordered cable to keep me company during my maternity leave last summer, but after Anabelle turned 9 months old and we realized […]

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Caramel Salmon with Cucumber and Snow Pea Salad

April 28, 2010

Is there anyone more stereotypically Australian than Bill Granger? He’s blond, buff, lives by the beach in Sydney and knows his way around a barbecue. He also isn’t afraid of loud shirts and white pants and throws in an occasional wink to the camera. He’s my new favorite TV chef and this is my new […]

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Lemon and Pea Risotto with Parmesan Roasted Asparagus and Lemon Buttermilk Rhubarb Bundt Cake

April 23, 2010

To say my two-year-old son is a light eater is a bit of an understatement — he’s been known to go an entire weekend eating little more than a banana — but the night I made this risotto, he sat at the dinner table and practically chanted “more, more, more” in between mouthfuls and had […]

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Quinoa with Spring Vegetables and Walnut-Kale Pesto

April 21, 2010

Much of my meal planning and dinner brainstorming is done at work while I slog through what feels like mountains of e‑mail correspondence. An e‑mail from Kristin is usually the highlight of this otherwise stressful task. I love receiving a friendly message from her linking to something tasty. It sure beats the other 99% of my e‑mails, […]

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Hearty Moussaka with Low-fat White Sauce

April 19, 2010

Every time I eat Greek food I think about Kristin’s mom and stepdad taking us to Chicago to eat at Greek Islands. As a sixteen-year-old, any trip to the big city was amazing, but my first trip to Chicago’s Greektown was especially memorable. Friday night traffic was terrible (and a little exciting), the restaurant was […]

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