What’s For Dinner?

Sun: White Beans with Tomato, Basil, and Sausage over Parmesan Polenta

Mon: Open Faced Grilled Eggplant Sandwiches

Tues: Chicken Breast Stuffed with Blackened Chile Pesto over Rice Pilaf

Wed: Penne with Triple Tomato Sauce

Thurs: Pan Seared Salmon and Grilled Asparagus with Preserved Lemon Aioli

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Pan Fried Salmon with Roasted Asparagus and Preserved Lemon Aioli

 
I have been busy lately, really really busy. I barely have time to cook, let alone blog! I have also not really had much of an appetite. I am not sure why but I just have not really been that hungry so everything I have been cooking is much lighter lately. This is a [...]

Handmade Chinese Dumplings

These little purses of scrumptiousness are way better than the store bought frozen kind and are pretty enough to serve at your next dinner part, yet they are surprisingly easy to make!
This months Daring Cooks challenge is Chinese dumplings, aka potstickers, and is brought to you by the wonderful Jen from Use Real Butter! [...]

Sauce with Fines Herbes

I made this sauce from Michael Ruhlman’s book Ratios out of the pan drippings from the roasted chicken  and it turned out great. I served it over the roasted chicken and a stuffed baked potato but it would be great with mashed potatoes, a roasted potatoes, roasted veggies, almost anything! Well, except maybe that cheesecake [...]

Basil-Mint Pesto Recipe

Mmmm….I love pesto! It is such a versatile sauce that can be used in pasta, as a marinade on chicken, as a spread on a sandwich, or to dress up almost any meal. It can also be adapted and molded to fit any recipe by using different ingredients. You can replace the basil leaves [...]

Preserving Meyer Lemons to Preserve My Sanity

Whew! It’s been quite a whirlwind week! Eddie and I have been quite the little socialites. We have been going out non-stop since last Thursday and I haven’t had a second to work on my blog or even do any cooking! Last Thursday we went out with our friends Veronica and Bryan to Trivia [...]