Side Dishes

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Asparagus Tart and Crispy Fried Asparagus Recipes, Spring Has Sprung!

June 1, 2011

One of my favorite vegetables is asparagus and even though you can find them all year round, its Spring and Summer when I purchase them every week for us to enjoy. I prefer the nice plump ones to the thin ones because I feel that the fatter ones have the most delicious flavor. There are so many great recipes for asparagus that I could post about them for a week, but here’s a few ways we like to enjoy them.

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Delights from El Salvador- Pastelitos, Pupusas, Crutido & Salsa Recipes

March 28, 2011

My friend Anna was here and she showed me how to make several dishes that are popular in her household from her home country of El Salvador. She shared recipes for Pastelitos, Pupusas, Crutido and Salsa, teaching me how to create each right in my own kitchen.

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Soo Foo, Super Good Food

March 27, 2011

Created by Maurice Kanba, in his home kitchen, Soo Foo is a blend of rice, lentils, barley and other grains, and offers a delicious alternative to your standard side dishes.

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Za’atar Crusted Chicken with Pomegranate Cous Cous

December 31, 2010

Our Za’atar crusted chicken when served with a lemon wedge is reminiscent of a simple Israeli dish that is served at home most any night of the week. We love adding the pomegranate arils to the cous cous as they offer a sweet juicy crunch.

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Quinoa, Apple, and Dried Cranberry Salad with Honey- Curry Vinaigrette

December 26, 2010

Here’s our take on this very easy, yet very tasty curried quinoa salad that would be perfect served as a salad or as a cold side dish.

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Thanksgiving: Part One!

November 16, 2010

Back to the Thanksgiving preparations! Here are all the recipes for the dinner itself. I added two dishes and still think I would like to add another green vegetable. We were jokingly thinking of the “Green Bean Casserole”.

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Tom Gumpel’s Asiago Strata Revisited

November 1, 2010

Today I made the Asiago Strata that we learned how to make in the Panera Bread workshop. While that strata was amazing, gooey and cheesy, just the way I like it, I wanted to kick it up a notch and make it a bit more savory. So I added 2 tsp. thyme and chopped up some (about 4) sundried tomatoes into tiny dices.

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Thai- Simply, Fantastic Thai

October 8, 2010

I really enjoy Thai food and have rarely dabbled in making it at home. It is far easier  just to order it in, or so I thought. I recently took a Thai cooking class given by the dynamic, Chef Phensri of Fantastic Thai that has forever changed my misguided views about difficulties of cooking Thai food. The class [...]

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