Chipotle Chicken Quesadillas

I’m sure everyone has that go-to meal that when you have no idea what to make for dinner, you can always fall
back on this dish.  For some people that means a meal that can be made from ingredients you always have on hand (for me the only thing I could make at any given time [...]

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Asian Lettuce Wraps

Posting a recipe for lettuce wraps somehow makes me feel like I’m posting recipes for TGI Friday’s dishes or something…next thing you
know, I’ll be posting about jalapeno poppers.  I don’t even know if chain restaurants carry lettuce wraps, but it’s conjuring that up for me nonetheless.  Anyhow, this recipe attracted me with the slaw and [...]

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Asian Tuna Tartare

How often can you call an hors d’oeuvre on a potato chip fancy?  I guess it depends on what you put on the chip.  This Food & Wine recipe for Asian tuna tartare is delicious and really impressive, and great for an appetizer or cocktail party.  One word of caution- the potato chips do get [...]

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Red Curry Chicken Kebabs

Add this to your  grocery lists this weekend.  Do it now.  They’re this good.
I made these kebabs, which are essentially Thai meatballs tonight, and they were so good we couldn’t stop eating them.  And better yet, they had so much flavor and not a lot of fat.  I served them with a red curry sauce, [...]

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Tunisian Sweet and Hot Pepper Tomato Relish

This is my last post about the Greek inspired dinner, and I may have saved some of the best recipes for last.  These are two dips that I made for appetizers and they were a great hit.  Really flavorful and not too filling before a big dinner.  This relish is kind of a salsa…and to [...]

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Feta Cucumber Dip

It’s always amazing to me when the simplest dishes are the really beautiful, tasty and great for entertaining.  I think that a lot when I cook Mediterranean food because the ingredient list isn’t long or unusual, but the flavor combinations are amazing.  I made this dip last weekend to serve as an appetizer before the [...]

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Crostini with Spanish Greens

I made some appetizers to go along with the paella I made this weekend, and this one was pretty spectacular with lots of strong flavors.  It’s a very quick and simple saute of Swiss chard with typical Spanish flavors like smoked paprika, raisins and anchovies.   You could also serve this as a side dish alongside [...]

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Herbed Shrimp Dip

A long-ago request for a shrimp dip recipe is finally answered.  I’m  not really crazy about cold creamy dips, and didn’t have a lot of inspiration on how to make one that I liked- until I had a recipe for shrimp crostini from Paula Deen.  It tasted a lot like Boursin, that herbed cheese spread, [...]

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Chicken Empanadas

I’ve been a little lax in posting over the holidays, but I’ve been cooking and now I’ve got some recipes in the queue.  One of the best recipes I made was these chicken and chorizo empanadas from Smitten Kitchen, which I made for a New Year’s potluck.  The aren’t quick to make, but if you [...]

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Moules et Frites (Mussels and Fries)

The piece de resistance of the par-tay- the mussels and fries.  These were pretty easy to make, as far as a main dish goes and come together quickly.  Most of the work is in the preparation- sorting through the mussels and getting those ready to go, and getting the potatoes peeled, cut and through their [...]

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