Posted in Spices, cheap meals, easy meals, events, food to share, leftovers, pork, sauce on Jul 12th, 2010 No Comments »
This Seared Pork Recipe came as part of the recipe suggestions from Williams-Sonoma in the Easy and Elegant Dinner Party I hosted for LE’s Fifth Birthday. I was floored by how much I liked it. The flavors were really bight and summery, but not overpowering at all. We served it with my Herb Sauce for [...]
Posted in appetizers, chicken, citrus, dessert, events, food to share, herbs, sauce, sides, spinach on Jul 7th, 2010 1 Comment »
The title may be a tad bit misleading, as I’d guess most people wouldn’t call this party an “easy” menu for a child’s 5th birthday party, but I’d say it was certainly elegant. Since I’m just rolling from one party straight into the next, LE’s Fifth birthday party was a combination of two events in [...]
Posted in Spices, citrus, easy meals, salmon, sauce, seafood on Apr 9th, 2010 4 Comments »
Fish night! SMIL told me she read somewhere that for perfect skin you should eat salmon, melon, and something else I forgot. Along with nearly everyone, our family needs to eat more fish. It’s healthy, it’s quick to prepare, and we are over-chickening in this house anyway. Luckily I have children that eat and love [...]
Posted in citrus, easy meals, leftovers, pasta, sauce, turkey on Feb 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Awhile back my dear friend Emily sent me an email saying, “Do you have any recipes that call for a massive amount of turkey broth? I am not kidding, I have a TON.” Which was hilarious and awesome. Anyway, she brought me 2 frozen quarts to our eggnog taste off. (Yes the taste off was super fun. [...]
Posted in bread, chicken, citrus, food to share, herbs, make and store recipes, sauce on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Is this technically even a pesto? Or just a texture similar to pesto involving pureed nuts, herbs, garlic and veggies. I don’t know. It seems in essence pesto generally refers to basil, pine nuts, garlic and olive oil, but has been expanded to include about a billion other things to create gourmet accouterments. This recipe [...]
Posted in asparagus, citrus, comfort, sauce on Sep 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve always shyed away from hollandaise sauce in restaurants, mainly, because I thought it was a yellow mayonnaise. The horror, I have a life altering fear of mayonnaise. I’m working on it, albeit halfheartedly, since for health reasons, why would one ever attempt to learn to love mayonnaise? That said, I like butter, I really [...]
Posted in chicken, sauce on Apr 13th, 2009 1 Comment »
I wrote a post on Chicken Avgolemono back in March. I’m remembering not being pleased with the way my sauce turned out and more than likely due to a messed up bedtime during the point of critical mass. This sauce is really delicious but takes focus and concentration like a gravy. Actually, it doesn’t so [...]
Posted in broccoli, carrots, chicken, herbs, sauce on Mar 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Tonight’s Recipe: Chicken Avgolemono Avgolemono is a Greek sauce comprising predominantly of chicken broth, lemon and egg. The thickened result is like a cream sauce, but much healthier and delicious. 2 tablespoons olive oil 1.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken tenders Kosher Salt fresh-ground black pepper 1 3/4c. chicken stock 2 tbsp fresh dill 2 cups [...]
