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healthy dinner for two

2/28/2022

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​For Valentine’s Day I prepared a heart healthy meal for my husband and I. From the January 2022 issue of “Charleston Magazine,” there was a delicious recipe for Warm Lentil, Roasted Carrot & Herb Salad from chef Cynthia Groseclose. Ms. Groseclose is a plant-based chef and owner of Plant Pâstissiére in Charleston, SC.


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retirement dinner

1/31/2022

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Our neighbor, Jeff, just retired and my husband wanted to have he and his wife over for dinner. This couple has been our neighbor for more than 30 years. What was on the menu you ask? For hors d’oeuvres I made my late cousin’s stuffed mushrooms, crab spread from Mr. Shrimp (Belmar) and Alexian’s Pâté’s Wild Forest Mushroom Pâté served with cornichons. A Stilton and Pear salad was our first course. For dinner,  Dijon and Cognac Beef Stew, a recipe from the New York Times, served atop garlic mashed potatoes along with popovers. Dessert was the Financiers that I recently blogged about.

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eat your vegetables

9/15/2021

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I purchased a spaghetti squash and couldn’t decide if I should prepare a recipe I’ve already made or find something new. As a food blogger, I’m always looking for new recipes to share with my readers. My internet research led me to the Food Network and their recipe for Sausage and White Bean-Stuffed Spaghetti Squash.
 
For this recipe you’ll need a large spaghetti squash, kosher salt, olive oil, Italian sausage, cherry tomatoes, fresh thyme, red pepper flakes, garlic, dry white wine, heavy cream, 15.5 can of white beans, 5-ounce package of baby spinach and Parmesan cheese.​

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csa week 2

5/30/2021

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On Sunday afternoons, Dreyers Farms, Cranford, sends out an email with the upcoming week’s CSA box contents. Before I receive my share, I begin researching new recipes. My share of the box last week was rhubarb, lettuce, radishes, broccoli rabe and escarole. I also had some golden beets left from week 1.
 
With this week’s produce, including my golden beets, I found a recipe for Beets, Rhubarb and Orange Salad on epicurious.com. For the recipe you’ll also need extra-virgin olive oil, kosher salt, water, sugar, shallot, honey and feta cheese. 

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it's spring; asparagus season

4/13/2021

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​I hosted my son and daughter-in-law for Easter dinner. My menu was Boston lettuce with pears and bleu cheese, Manicotti with tomato sauce and meatballs, Wellshire Farms Spiral Ham with applesauce, Simple Chile & Honey Asparagus, Sweet Potatoes with Bourbon and Brown Sugar, Spanish Almond Cake with whipped cream and strawberries. The asparagus was from a recipe my husband found in the magazine Garden and Gun. The recipe was quite tasty and not too spicy.

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vintage recipes for the new year

1/25/2021

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​It’s a new year, but I’m finding recipes in my box that I can’t believe I haven’t shared with you!
 
Many, many years ago I received a recipe card from The New York Times/Margrace Corp. for Chicken with Tarragon, a 60-Minute Gourmet recipe. Since it’s labeled 60-Minute Gourmet and from The New York Times, I’ll assume it’s a Pierre Franey recipe.
 
For the recipe you’ll need a split whole chicken (I used bone-in chicken breasts), salt, pepper, butter, shallots, fresh or dried tarragon, dry white wine and water (I used chicken stock to reinforce the chicken flavor). This recipe comes together in about 30 minutes. The chicken came out moist and delicious and the accompanying sauce was light and flavorful from the infusion of the shallots and tarragon. My husband enjoyed the preparation very much.

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lazy summer days

7/7/2020

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​It has been a few weeks since I posted last. My daughter and her family have returned home to an almost completed kitchen renovation. There is still quite a bit of work to be completed, however, everyone was anxious to get home as baby number two is due to arrive at the beginning of August.
 
My daughter ordered twice from a mail order company that sells “less than pretty” produce. I was a little hesitant for her to try this, however, since the pandemic, she has taken to ordering groceries online. One of the items in her last produce box was a rather large red beet. The beet was stored in a cool, dark place, but need to be cooked. I found on www.epicurious.com a recipe by Melissa Clark (December 2017) for Beets with Dill, Lime and Yogurt. Eureka! I had all the ingredients for the recipe and now had something with which to use the dill that was growing in my garden.

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christmas dinner

12/27/2019

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I’ve got a great son-in-law! He prepared a fabulous Christmas dinner the other day.  His first inclination for Christmas dinner was lamb. However, my husband isn’t a big fan. My son-in-law then sent me a text saying he decided on veal. I assumed that he was making veal cutlets, but much to my surprise he made osso buco.
 
He found a fantastic old fashioned butcher shop, John’s Meat Mark, in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. My son-in-law was impressed by the service and knowledge of the butchers and also their walk in meat locker. They carry a wide variety of beef, pork and chicken products. John’s also carries assorted varieties of specialty sausage including Andoille, Chorizo, bratwurst, bockwurst, weisswurst and knockwurst. If that isn’t enough for you how about foil gras and wild game such as duck, quail and venison to name a few. 


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waning days of summer

9/10/2019

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I’m still eating summer tomatoes on sliced Delicious Orchards English muffin bread with Duke’s mayonnaise. My husband and I are still snacking on cubed watermelon that has been so sweet and delicious this summer. I blanched six ears of New Jersey white sweet corn to have during the cold winter months. Last night, I made grilled peach, romaine, chicken and blue cheese salad.

I found this recipe many years ago in a Penzeys Spice catalogue. Recipes that appear in the catalogue are submitted by Penzeys customers and use their spices and seasonings.

The recipe is done in three parts. Chicken breasts can either be cooked in slow cooker or roasted in a low oven for approximately three hours. I chose the oven method yesterday. The chicken is seasoned with fresh ginger, garlic and salt to taste. What I especially liked about this recipe is that the romaine and peaches are grilled for several minutes giving it lovey charred taste. The grilling brings out the natural sweetness of the peaches. The salad also has sliced red onion, olive oil, blue cheese crumbles and nuts. 


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what's your beef?

9/2/2019

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​In a recent weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, there was a recipe for charred romaine with flank steak and olive tapenade. The recipe appeared in the column called “Slow Fast Food” with a recipe by Chef Caroline Glover. Ms. Glover’s owns the restaurant Annette in Aurora, Colorado. What appealed to me in this recipe was the cut of beef and the simplicity of the recipe.

The flank steak in this recipe is merely season with salt and pepper and grilled 5-6 minutes per side. One of the things that makes this recipe quite good is the accompanying charred romaine lettuce that has a nice smokey flavor and the roasted shallot dressing that goes over the romaine. 


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