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Slow Cooked Pork Stew with Tomatillos, Mushrooms and PotatoesSlow Cooked Pork Stew with Tomatillos, Mushrooms and PotatoesGuess what kind of meat this is. What is that? You say you bet it is lamb? No, another guess. You say Chicken? Nope. It is pork. I just so happen to have a pig in my freezer. What is that?… |
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Lordy Lordy Lordy Lamb ShanksLordy Lordy Lordy Lamb ShanksI have been sick for a year now. Ok, not a year. Actually 2 weeks. I just started feeling better. However, I am not in a cooking mood. So, we have been sort of faking dinners. How do you "fake" a dinner?Janis: Dr. Food what should we have for dinner?Dr. Food: I dunno. What do YOU feel like?Janis: I don't… |
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East meets West lambEast meets West lambWhen I saw that there was a challenge coming up at Foodie Fights I just had to jump in. The friendly competition is between 6 people who are given two random ingredients that they have to incorporate into a dish. It was my birthday weekend and I couldn't think of a better way to spend my time than cooking. I love… |
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More Memorial Day cooking - Jerusalem Mixed GrillMore Memorial Day cooking - Jerusalem Mixed GrillHere is another great meal we had this weekend. I wanted to keep it pretty simple. We had done tons of work around the house and garden and we were more than a little sore. So, we went thumbing through Saveur to see what we could make. I love middle eastern food more than anything so we… |
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Salmon with Pasta and Fava BeansGreat Recipe for Salmon with Fava beans and pastaUm, see the pretty fava beans? I found them when I was shopping for my Greek dinner. I had to have them. I also took out some salmon for dinner and I know that salmon and fava taste gooood together.So, I have one little problem with this post...See this?This is what the salmon would… |
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Pot Roasted Pork with Yellow Chiles, Plantains and PiloncilloMy version of pigs in a blanket...This is not what you thinkWe had our friends over for dinner on Saturday night. We had grown banana peppers (sweet not hot) just for this dish. We have made it before and this time it came out just as great as the… |
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Short and sweet and Lemongrass Beef recipeShort and sweet and Lemongrass Beef recipeThis is going to be a short post. Been having a busy weekend. Went to the Island Creek Oyster Festival yesterday and it was amazing. I will post about it this week. Today is a bloggers potluck and I get to meet lots of new people. I will post about that too.For now here is a Lemongrass Beef… |
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Goat!! Taste like chicken. Oh and a Chicken recipe tooGoat!! Taste like chicken. Oh and a Chicken recipe tooI got a hankering for a Persian dish called Tah-chin (Tahcheen) ba Morgh. It is a Persian chicken and rice dish that has a layer of crispy rice on the bottom. If I am going to be honest the reason I wanted it was for the crispy rice. This dish is tricky and can be difficult.It is… |
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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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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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Hello? Hello? Yes, I am still alive.Hello? Hello? Yes, I am still alive.I have been busy with the sweetest boy ever. I also was thrilled to spend time with SBE's (sweetest boy ever) mom and dad.Wait! I just saw some photo's that were secretly taken while I was making a Hannukah dinner weeks ago.I was trying to figure out where some of these pictures were coming from and… |
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Israeli street food and tapping a treeIsraeli street food and tapping a treeSometimes I feel like I find ways to get myself into "predicaments". Really. You looked shocked. NO, it isn't moonshine. It is sap from my oak tree. I had a tap sitting around and I decided to use it. I bought it about 2 years ago at the Maple Syrup Museum.This museum is in Vermont (duh) and was… |
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So simple yet so good!So simple yet so good!I love Donna Hay. She takes basic ingredients and makes something that taste wonderful. So last nights dinner was Garlic Chickpeas with Cumin Fried Fish. It was a perfect weeknight dish.Garlic chickpeas with cumin fried fishOff the ShelfDonna HayHeat a frying pan over medium heat. Cook the oil, leeks and lemon… |
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Hyderbad BiryaniIndian dinner marathon!We invited friends over for an Indian dinner. I perused all of our Indian recipes and found a couple on line. It was hard coming up with only a few so as usual we went overboard. It is ok because Dr. Food took the rest to work (I think he did but I haven't looked in the refrig yet). I just didn't want to be… |
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Paella that will make you swoonAnother day Another Paella!Our friends Kerry and Terry were coming over for dinner and it was going to be a humid and hot day. I wanted to make something that wouldn't heat the kitchen and would be summery (is that a word?) and festive. Paella fits the bill perfectly for this criteria. I usually make my stand-by paella but I wanted to… |
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