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Pork Scallopini with Mushroom Sauce from Jacques Pepin

May 18, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Another good recipe from Fast Food My Way by Jacques Pepin. You can browse through a lot of great video clips here and print off the recipes for many of the dishes. I’ve been watching this series through my Netflix subscription, not available on demand alas. But well worth watching–and I’m not a big cooking [...]

Stir-Fried Chicken and Leeks

May 14, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This was mild and good, soothing even.  It’s not spicy at all, so if you’re looking for spicy Chinese you’ll need to doctor this up or find a new recipe.  Prep all the veggies and chicken first, so you can just zip through the cooking part. Start the rice first, of course, then prep. 2 [...]

Making Hot and Sour Soup at Home

May 13, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

I was making a simple stirfry of chicken and leeks for dinner and thought a small bowl of hot and sour soup would be good. I had no tofu but did have some dried shitake mushrooms and everything else I needed, including some fresh chicken broth from the roast chicken with mustard I made the [...]

Roast Split Chicken with Mustard Sauce

May 10, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

I had done a variation of this mustard-coated butterflied chicken a while back, not following Pepin’s recipe exactly but using another blogger’s version of it as inspiration, then butterflying the chicken and roasting it according to Pam Anderson’s suggestions. Having watched Pepin butterfly the chicken on the video made things much easier!  You can watch [...]

Lemon, Miso and Honey Marinated Chicken Thighs

May 1, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Atypically, I actually followed the recipe for these lemon, miso and honey marinated chicken thighs more closely this time. (See my earlier write-up here.) The two major differences was that I actually used boneless skinless chicken thighs and I had time to marinate the chicken for about 4 hours. I also doubled the marinade and [...]

Burgers with Cilantro Pesto and Sweet Jalapeno Sauce

April 24, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Our local farmers’ market has a stall from Bolani’s and they are very generous with the samples. And it works!  Oh my, the cilantro pesto had me from the first bite and the jalapeno sauce was the same.  Once I brought it home, the possibilities have been intriguing. Let’s take your basic barbecued hamburger. Top [...]

Lemon and Miso Marinated Chicken Thighs

April 20, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

I rarely cook recipes from the newspaper. Perhaps because I don’t get a newspaper so just read now and then online for the top news bits. But somehow this article on “Breakaway Cooking”, using unfamiliar ingredients in familiar ways might be one definition, caught my attention.  I’ve been having fun exploring our local 99 Ranch [...]

Ground Beef Wellington from Jamie Oliver

April 19, 2010 by Ellen · 5 Comments 

Looking for a Sunday dinner the other afternoon and saw this and remembered I had some puff pastry in the freezer. Ground beef wellington. The pictures were enticing and hit sounded like good Sunday comfort food. I would allow 1 1/2 to 2 hours for this, as it needs to bake an hour. I was [...]

Creamy Leeks from Jamie Oliver

April 19, 2010 by Ellen · 7 Comments 

Another fantastic recipe from Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals.. I saw some fantastic leeks at the farmer’s market on Saturday and thought to make leek and potato soup, but then it warmed up and wasn’t quite soup weather. These Baked Creamy Leeks were the ideal accompaniment to the Ground [...]

Eggplant Parmesan: Midweek Dinner if You Fry the Eggplant Ahead of Time

April 15, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

On Sunday I picked up a gorgeous eggplant at the grocer  and decided to make Eggplant Parmesan sometime this week. However, it always takes a long time to fry the eggplant. In the past I’ve fried a LOT at once and then made half into eggplant parmesan and frozen the other half for later. (If [...]

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