Chicken Saltimbocca, Farfalle with Pesto, and Sauteed Spinach

August 10, 2009

This menu is quicker and easier to prepare than you might think. The whole dinner took about half an hour to make, start to finish. Plain pasta could certainly be served in lieu of the pesto since the chicken has a nice sauce to it. But if you are trying to use up a pound […]

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Crab Cakes with Rémoulade Sauce and Baby Spinach Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

August 9, 2009

I’m coming full circle to finish up my first week of posts, which started with potato cakes and salad and is ending with crab cakes and a simpler, lighter spinach salad. I admit that there are plenty of crab cake recipes out there that are faster to make than this one, but I like that […]

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Chicken Wrapped in Parma Ham with Cantaloupe Salsa, Romaine Salad with Lime-Garlic Dressing and Roasted Peaches Stuffed with Amaretti

August 8, 2009

I’ve been thinking about this cantaloupe salsa ever since seeing it on my favorite cooking blog, Smitten Kitchen, a couple weeks ago. The question was, as ever, what to pair it with as part of a meal (tempting as it may be to just eat it straight up with tortilla chips). Grilled chicken seemed like […]

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Orange and Soy Salmon with Soba Noodles and Roasted Broccoli

August 7, 2009

On my way home from picking the kids up at day care yesterday, I realized that I’d forgotten to buy green beans, which I’d planned to make for dinner that night. What I did have, though, was a head of broccoli, so I went online to search for a roasted broccoli recipe and found this […]

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Lemon Fusilli with Arugula

August 6, 2009

I love Ina Garten’s recipes — they always work and are always delicious — but my god, that woman uses a lot of butter and cream. I reduced the amount of cream she calls for, which makes the lemon flavor stronger. Add some finely chopped fresh chili or a pinch of dried chili flakes if […]

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Thai Crumbled Beef in Lettuce Wraps with Cucumber Carrot Salad and Mango Fool

August 5, 2009

I don’t know what tempted me to try making something with nam pla for the first time — a sauce made from fermented fish doesn’t exactly get your mouth watering. But now if I see a recipe that calls for it, especially when combined with lime juice, chances are good that I’m going to make […]

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Turkey Burgers with Smoky Aioli, Carrot Salad with Parsley and Mint and Blueberry Crumb Bars

August 4, 2009

There is a show currently running in Ireland called Fresh from the Sea, featuring Ireland’s small-scale fishermen and producers with a bit of cooking thrown in at the end. It’s a great series, and the cookbook that accompanies it is turning out to be one of my favorites of the year. In the first episode, […]

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Welcome!

August 3, 2009

Thanks for stopping by to have a look at our new collaborative project! To get you started, we already have a week’s worth of menus posted, but from now on we’ll be posting a dinner menu every day. It’s an ambitious goal, but by swapping weeks (Kristin is doing the first week, Kelly will do […]

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