This is a recipe that requires a lot of fresh ingredients so a trip to the produce store was needed before I could start this one. Since I did not think my son was going to like it I decided to make a half recipe which influenced what ingredients I was going to buy. To…
Ponzu Chicken
According to my cookbook, I made this chicken on 10/11/20 but I don’t remember making it and I don’t have a blog post for it so here we go again take two. Ponzu sauce is a mixture of soy and citrus, instead of buying a bottle my husband made some of his own concoction. We…
Warm Squid Salad
I included all the ingredients in the recipe except celery which I forgot to buy. I assembled everything in advance except the squid which my husband wanted to add right after cooking. I served this over a bed of iceberg lettuce with some bread for a light dinner. I found eating this dish quite laborious,…
Smoked Salmon Roll-Up
To amp up the flavor I substituted my jar of Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend. I used one tablespoon in place of the other ingredients in the cake and my husband picked the same blend in the smoked salmon. This roll-up delivered on flavor with so many ingredients inside. I don’t…
Curd, Cream and Berry Cake
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there. I voted for this because I think whipped cream, berries and cake is a quintessential spring dessert and perfect for Mother’s Day. Based on reviews from those that have made this already, I needed to enlist a dish washer ie my husband and I needed to…
Tempura’d Vegetables and Seafood
When it comes to frying my husband takes the lead. We had originally planned to have shrimp but we ended up using ingredients we had on hand. So our meal unexpectedly became monochromatic with red bell pepper, salmon and carrots. My husband busted out our trusty food thermometer and expertly fried up this wonderful dinner….
Rolled, Studded and Herbed Boneless Leg of Lamb
Leg of lamb is a new cut of meat for our family. We have had various other forms of lamb especially from Dorie’s cookbooks but this was our first leg. We headed to Costco and found plenty of lamb, luckily we chose this dish at the right time as lamb is served with Easter dinner….
Cinnamon-Raisin Bread
There is nothing like the smell of bread baking in the oven. We all looked forward to having fresh bread and this loaf did not disappoint. Dorie and others mentioned it was great as toast and we would agree. We have quite a few more bread recipes to complete in Baking with Dorie and we…
Beet Fennel Soup
This week’s selection is from Dorie’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. When this selection was chosen, I actually had beets and Persian cucumbers on hand. I wanted to try cold soup but it was a rainy day and my husband wanted hot soup. We love beets in our house usually with a salad and goat cheese. We…
Mocha-Almond Torte
This week’s selection comes from Dorie’s current book, Baking with Dorie. We were invited to our friends house for Passover dinner, I usually bring a dessert. This mocha almond torte was a welcome addition to the meal. Dorie’s version uses walnuts but my family does not like walnuts so I substituted for almonds which Dorie…
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