Chicken Curry with Gentle Spices

Posted by popular demand, here is a curry recipe some folks have seen on my camera and wanted me to post.  I didn’t post it when I made it because although it was tasty, the recipe wasn’t quite what I was expecting.  The main issue comes from the fact that you puree raw vegetables- like [...]

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Quick Pasta Fagiole

A weekend of over-indulging on food at the Greek festival, bachelorette party fare and an awesome brunch made me
want to get my act together on Sunday night for dinner.  I was craving something filling and with pasta, so I needed to get some veggies in there too.  I remembered seeing some recipes for pasta fagiole [...]

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Creamy Garlic Italian Dressing

Now, you would think I served this withe the Sicilian tuna steaks, and while that would be a great combination, I
didn’t.  Instead I made some pizza with friends one night and served a salad with this creamy, garlicky dressing on the side.  It’s one of those salad dressings that’s really worth making at home, because [...]

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Sicilian Tuna Steaks

I’ve got a few recipes backed up that I need to post, and the good news is that many of them are on the quick side.
First off is tuna steaks and a great money-saving discovery!  Actually, this is Greg’s discovery of frozen tuna steaks at Trader Joe’s that are very reasonably priced.  He bought a [...]

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Chicken Meatballs with Pepperonata

I’m back after a bit of a break last week…it was a busy week after vacation and I was out of town last weekend, so there wasn’t a lot of
post-worthy cooking going on.  Last night after track I made this recipe from Gourmet (changed a lot, though) that I had earmarked for a while and [...]

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Scallop, Asparagus, Tomato and Mushroom Pasta

Bay scallops (the small guys which are cheaper than sea scallops and taste better anyway, in my opinion) were on sale the other day,
so I picked up about a pound of them.  I wanted to try to make a great dish I’d had at a little Italian restaurant called Rosal’s in Chicago’s Little Italy with [...]

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Baked Penne with Zucchini, Corn and Basil

Now, you know I don’t usually like baked pastas, and this isn’t so South Beach, but something about the fresh zucchini, corn, tomatoes
and basil caught my eye…plus it used some of  little ingredients I had to use up.  I saw this recipe when I was flipping through a Williams-Sonoma catalog and it caught my eye [...]

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Jaime Oliver’s Eggplant Parmesan

I wish I took a picture of this right after it came out of the oven because it was beautiful.  The picture I managed to take after the
carnage is not so beautiful, but you get the point.  I made this Eggplant Parmesan last night from a Jaime Oliver recipe, deceptive in its simplicity.  There’s no [...]

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Basil Caesar Dressing

This dressing is one worth making…it’s typical Caesar style, but with fresh basil and parsley blended into it for a light, herbal flavor.   I made this for Amanda’s last supper, so to speak, before she moves to Nashville.   You can either serve it Caesar-style, over romaine, croutons and Parmesan, or as I did with some [...]

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Sausages and Green Lentils with Salsa Rosso

This is totally a winter dish…broccoli, lentils, sausage and canned tomatoes…all things that are readily available in the colder
months, not to mention hearty.  But this recipe by Jaime Oliver really intrigued me.  It’s got cinnamon in a rich tomato salsa, lentils which I love, and is  South Beach diet friendly.  So despite being a little [...]

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