Who knew? Imagine my surprise when I picked up a ball of smoked mozzarella at Wegmans recently and saw a Jersey Fresh Milk label on it. That is great to see! I was buying the ingredients to make a pizza recipe I was using in my Packet In The Kitchen column for today (10/22), featuring butternut … Continue reading
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Roast Chicken
It felt like fall outside and I wanted roast chicken. I picked out a big organic chicken in Wegmans and asked the butcher to cut it up – a first for me, but I just didn’t want to struggle with it at home. A small luxury, and much appreciated! At home I already had those … Continue reading
Spa Salad and Eggplant with Chocolate
Today’s In The Kitchen column is about using vanilla in savory dishes. Here are two extra recipe that I didn’t have room to include there, and many more are to be found on the Nielsen-Massey website link below. Spa Salad and Almond Vinaigrette From http://www.NielsenMassey.com 10 ounces baby spinach leaves, torn into bite-size pieces 1/2 red … Continue reading
Roasted Potatoes
I usually keep a little net bag of small potatoes around, since they are easy to roast for a worknight dinner. Or I’ll roast them on Sunday, and use them up during the week. Usually I toss them with olive oil, garlic, and rosemary, but this time I tried something different, lemon zest and thyme … Continue reading
Good Korma
Cherry Grove lamb cubes with TastyBite Good Korma simmer sauce and added Kashmiri chile (a girl needs her spice). Yogurt sauce and basmati rice with apples and raisins from Trader Joe’s. This was a quick and easy meal, although I probably should have simmered the lamb longer, to make it more tender. But it was getting … Continue reading
Onion Soup
My little secret – I’ll never live this down! This onion soup is, believe it or not Campbell’s. No, not the heavily salted condensed kind, although I hear they’ve cut back on the salt in those. But this is part of the Campbell’s Select Harvest line, in a larger can. I “enhance” it with brandy and … Continue reading
Sandwiches
Just as I eat breakfast for dinner since I rarely cook breakfast in the morning, I tend to do the same with lunch, a meal I rarely eat at home. I’ve had some nice end-of-summer tomatoes, plus good bacon, so used them in two kinds of sandwiches for recent dinners – grilled cheese (I had sliced “fontina” on … Continue reading
Bockwurst
I’m so predictable. As I started this post on bockwurst, I got the idea to see if I’d written about it last summer. As I suspected, I had, and – get this – on the very same day, September 2. I have to laugh, but it is indeed true that I love these pale chubby … Continue reading
Toad in the Hole
I’ve never been sure just what toad in the hole was, so made a point of reading a recent post about it in the New York Times Diner’s Journal blog. Clearly, mine is not nearly so attractive (too much batter?) as Mr. Schneider’s! And I rushed through the measurements, resorting to my Joy of Cooking, since … Continue reading
Masala Salmon
This was another easy and delicious dinner. Or two, since that piece of fish was pretty big and I only ate half this evening. I like the meatiness of a steak cut instead of a fillet occasionally, when it comes to salmon. I know I sound like a broken record about this, but having those bones … Continue reading
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