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 These were so delicious. I pan grilled: chicken breast (with salt, pepper, olive oil and a squeeze of lemon) the day before to make this an easier meal. I sauteed: onions, yellow squash, zucchini, and red pepper (sometimes I do mushrooms too) and assembled in the pan with a smidgen of olive oil: chicken, [...] Lemon poppy seed muffins Creamy lemon bars I bought a beautiful box of Meyer lemons at Costco last week. So I made double batches of lemon muffins and bars. And I still have some left! [...] This is Angry Chicken’s Dutch Baby recipe. So easy, but it feels fancy. I can’t believe I had never made this before. It is beautiful, isn’t it? I think it is like a giant popover. Do you sometimes run out of dinner inspiration? What are you cooking these days? I am loving these dinners right now… 1. Nigella’s deconstructed pesto pasta 2. Smoked salmon bagels (Trader Joes has a really good smoked Alaskan Sockeye salmon that isn’t terribly expensive) with tomato, red onion, capers and cream cheese. 3. Flank steak [...] Martha Stewart’s seafood chowder…so delicious! The kids loved it too. I used a bit of frozen shrimp, frozen tilapia (I was mainly using up odds and ends left in the freezer) and one bag of fresh clams (PS the best place for clams/mussels is Giant…they are cheap and surprisingly very fresh…better than Costco or [...] Chicken Coconut Curry Soup Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped – except for a few matchsticks for garnish 1/2 onion, chopped finely 1 red bell pepper, chopped finely – except for a few thinly sliced pieces for garnish 1 cup cooked chicken meat, chopped 1 cup cooked rice 2 tablespoons [...] Throw some veggies in a pan, (adding onion and/or some garlic cloves to your single veggie is fab) cover with chicken broth or even plain water. Add some fresh herbs, dried herbs, a half a chili or a little cumin. Boil. Puree (a hand blender works great for this) with a little sour cream, potato, [...] Last weekend’s thrifting. St Ignatius had their sale starting Fri (it is almost all junk). I purchased the purple tin and vintage glass pitcher. total spent there was $1.50. Oh wait the kids picked out a couple things for another 50 cents. So total was $2. I went to the Gaithersburg outdoor flea market [...] I am into spray painting cheap finds. Getting rid of black in the house. From my garden. E and I went to the Luckets’ flea last Sat. This is what I got. Chocolate cake happiness. New work shoes (slippers). Pretty new jammies. Nigella’s sunblush [...] Banana bread with chocolate and crystallized ginger from A Homemade Life. And this is the first beef I have tried that I actually really liked. I used this recipe and only changed it up slightly. Here is the marinade recipe: 1/3 c olive oil 1/3 c honey 1/3 c Bragg’s liquid amino acids [...] |
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