For starters we had Manchego, Edam & Rosemary Tumalo and Melon Cubes. For the meal, we had a great ham from Gartners, scrambled eggs, homemade cinnamon rolls & this salad. Jim kept raving about the salad and I think everyone had at least seconds. And it’s this easy: Blanch 1″ pieces of asparagus until tender-crisp. Rinse under cold water to stop the cooking. Quarter strawberries. Mix with barely enough bottled poppy seed dressing....
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Tastes like Spring
This recipe tastes like Spring, yet really the ingrediants are such you could make it year round. It’s appropriate for the day I took the hardtop off the Miata! Pasta with Almonds & Peas I didn’t have blanched almonds, so I used raw almonds for the sauce, and we thought it was yummy.
Ragu Bolognese
I read about this recipe on egullet - someone said it was one of their favorites of 2008. I made it today in my enameled cast iron dutch oven which worked well for simmering. The store didn’t have ground pork, so I used 1/2 lb spicy italian sausage. I also threw in a pinch of red pepper flakes at the end to perk it up a bit. It turned out well....
Pheasant, Green Chile & Posole Stew
Last April I wrote about a green chile pheasant stew I’d made. Today, inspired by another post about something similar, I rolled my own. This one’s better. Making your own stock really adds a great depth, and the posole is great with the pheasant. Here’s the recipe: Ingredients: 1 Pheasant For the Stock: 1 large onion, peeled and quartered 2 carrots, cut in large chunks 2 fresh sage leaves (I used some fresh...
Snowed In Dinner
With the weather still dicey, we canceled dinner reservations and stayed in. After a four person shopping extravaganza at Zupan’s I made Christmas Pasta, based on a recipe from Rachael Ray Magazine. My changes: I didn’t use any EVOO — who needs it when cooking pancetta and sausage in a non-stick pan? I used all spicy sausage, no mild, and skipped the veal. I didn’t think it needed that much meat and I...