Recipes by Daniel Saraga (Page 8)
Cottage Baked PotatoIs "awesomest" a word? That describes this potatohappily resting on the vintage cottage plate.Spending a week at a rented cottage, I figured that food blogging was going to be out of the question. I didn't have my toolbox with my knives and basic cooking utensils (big mistake, by the way), and it'd be mostly basic barbecues,… |
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Israeli SaladPagesIsraeli SaladFor a family gathering, I decided to make some shawarama and salads. Not wanting to make a regular lettuce salad, and not wanting to chop up a ton of parsley for tabouli, I decided to make an Israeli salad.Now I must admit, this is a slight variation on the traditional Israeli salad that only contains cucumber and… |
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Japanese Restaurant-inspired Salad DressingPagesJapanese Restaurant-inspired Salad DressingNot feeling terribly well at the end of July, I started to get lazy about dinner. I had a complete disaster trying to make a curry sauce for pasta (I'll try it again another time with different ingredients). The following day, I was in no mood to experiment.Dinner was a simple salad and… |
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Grilled Vegetable Pasta SaladPagesGrilled Vegetable Pasta SaladGuest Chef: MomFor the last Friday of a vacation week, we were heading to my parents for lunch and relaxing on their patio. A couple days earlier, my mom had called me, very excited about a recipe she saw for a pasta salad in the Toronto Sun. Not wanting to ask why on earth she was reading the Sun, I… |
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Chocolate Chip SquaresPagesChocolate Chip SquaresGetting ready for a day-trip to Jackson's Point in July with some friends, Meredith wanted to bring some goodies for the kids. Her first idea was to make cookies, however, she realized that making squares would be less work. Fewer pans, and I could still pack the result away in a container for the car.The… |
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Secret Recipe Club: Grilled Sweet Potato Curry FriesFor the August edition of Secret Recipe Club hosted by Tina of Moms Crazy Cooking, I was assigned Steak and Potatoes Kinda Gurl. Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm the polar opposite – I'm an anything but steak and potatoes kinda guy. If I was going to do this, I was doing it my way. I just had to find some inspiration.I did.I found… |
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Strawberry Balsamic VinaigrettePagesStrawberry Balsamic VinaigretteThe strawberries will never end.The day after Meredith made the second strawberry pie, I had assumed the strawberries were gone. I should never assume.There they were: two more containers of strawberries in the back of the fridge - and they were going to spoil if we didn't use them soon. I decided… |
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Strawberry Crumble PiePagesStrawberry Crumble PieThere were leftovers from Strawberrypalooza in June/July. I really didn't think we had that many strawberries. I was clearly wrong.Wanting to get rid of the last of the strawberries before they deteriorated into mush, Meredith decided to make one more pie. This pie would be a more traditional baked pie with… |
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Rice Salad from LeftoversPagesRice Salad from LeftoversOnce in a while, I end up with bits and pieces of a few meals hanging around. Usually some rice (I frequently make too much) and bits of vegetables left over from a salad.On this particular occasion, I had to clean out the fridge to make space for a party and the six or seven dishes I was making. I… |
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Gypsy SoupThis flavorful vegetarian soup is gluten-free and usesMediterranean spices for a unique, but not overwhelming flavor.Week after week of reading Monday posts at Living in the Kitchen with Puppies, I'm reminded of one of my first cookbooks - Moosewood. I don't use it often at all, but every time I see one of the recipes, it's a little… |
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