Recipes by Janis Tester (Page 3)
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Brussel Sprout Salad and a Coconut Mahi MahiBrussel Sprout Salad and a Coconut Mahi MahiWhat is wrong with me? (Shut up! it is a rhetorical question) I have lost my cooking mojo. I really haven't felt inspired to be cooking. What I am doing is slapping together edibles. There IS a difference. This weekend we felt like something braised. It was snowing and cold. We had some… |
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A Beef Stew with a Beet and Kimchi StewA Beef Stew with a Beet and Kimchi StewI have been bored with cooking lately. There. I said it. I guess it is because I am not really too hungry these days. Bad allergies and lots of Pseudoephedrine does that to a gal. So, I will give to you the two dishes that I haven't already shared that I have actually cooked in the last couple of… |
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My new best friends... A goat and a piece of OpahMy new best friends... A goat and a piece of OpahHi! What? I was a grump in my last post? Well, I have a sinus infection that won't go away. I will be nicer in this post. Ok? No, really. Here is the conversation I had in my head:Head: I hope no one was insulted by my last post.Me: Pfft, as if anyone really gives a damn.Head: You never… |
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I am not having fun but there is a recipe here...I am not having fun but there is a recipe here...See that picture? Those are the leaves on the front lawn. I am on strike. I am not raking. Dr. Food is away for 12 days and I am having a lousy time. I know I know. Everyone says to me (in a mock whisper behind their hand) "I LOVE when my husband goes away" So, here I will tell you a… |
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I feel so guilty about this PosoleI feel so guilty about this PosoleI learned a lesson. I learned not to cuss out cookbook writers that have come through for me every time I have used their recipes. Especially ones that are friends. Ok, let me start at the beginning...I was sent Grain Mains by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough to try out some recipes. I kept wanting… |
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The Perfect Apple Pie Lessons with Jon RowleyThe Perfect Apple Pie Lessons with Jon RowleyYou know how *I* am. Right? Well, I don't remember how this all came about other than me seeing that Jon Rowley made an incredible apple pie out of heirloom apples. I never have made a fruit pie before. I have made rabbit pie. I have made crumbles. I have made stuff. Truth be told I am a… |
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I left my heart in SF...ew, did I really say that?I left my heart in SF...ew, did I really say that?We went to California for Parkers birthday. I will talk about it later. For now I will share a couple of good recipes that I checked out this last week. I am only doing this so the 5 people that read my blog for recipes won't think that I am bailing on them. Then again, I am delusional… |
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I said Mussels not MUSCLESI said Mussels not MUSCLESSo much going on here lately. I didn't post anything because Evan was visiting with Kayla. We had a blast.We went to Ipswich for some clams. I love this place.Introduced Evan and Kayla to full belly clams.Went into the city.Went to the New England Aquarium. Lots of fun. There was also days that we just hung… |
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The beginning of the end and some sardines.The beginning of the end and some sardines.This is the road I take to get to a highway to get to work. It is beautiful. It always makes me happy. Funny part about it is that it always is the picture postcard of whatever season it is. For instance, the picture above is summer. In autumn the leaves are a shock of color. In winter the… |
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Kimchi and Kvetching?Kimchi and Kvetching?Okkkkk. I am entitled to have a case of ennui. It isn't boredom. It is a sense of something in the air that is about to happen. Maybe it isn't ennui. Maybe it is something else. Maybe it is just the end of Summer. Don't get me wrong, I love Fall. It is unbearably beautiful here in Fall. I even love Winter. Snow… |
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