March 2011
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Daisy Cutter Martini
Ohhh! I love cocktail experiments! This is one of them! I Googled “St. Germain” and “Chartreuse” because I had them both on hand, and hell, they sounded like a good combo! This is the recipe it found (on Facebook of all places)…
Mint, for muddling & garnish 1oz Vodka .5oz St. Germain .5oz Dry Vermouth .5oz Yellow Chartreuse
Muddle 1/2 of the mint, then mix all...
Christmas Sangria
I am a big fan of Cooking Light recipes. This is one of them.
I made this for Christmas and made it punch style instead of in individual glasses. I garnished each glass with a mini candy cane. Not only was it pretty but also delicious! The blood oranges are a nice touch.
Here is the recipe:
Blood Orange Sangria from Cooking Light
December 2010
0 posts
oh my
I haven’t updated this in a while! I should! I have a lot of new things to add!
April 2010
3 posts
Whole Wheat Pasta with Veggies
This was a random throw together of ingredients one night that turned out to be a really delicious meal.
I had Whole Wheat Rotini Pasta on hand and decided to give it a try with the veggies I had in the fridge.
Recipe - 2 Servings: 1/2 box of spiral pasta 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1 bunch of asparagus, chopped 1/2 of a yellow onion 1 garlic clove, minced 4 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half 1/8...
Carrot Soup & Arugula Salad!
This is the first post of many to come tonight. Seth and I have been cooking a lot more than we used to it seems, and we try to try out a new recipe every week! Yay! Now I just need some updated kitchen utensils…
Onto the Carrot Soup:
Seth and I were grocery shopping at Whole Foods one evening when I just told him “I want carrot soup!” not even knowing if I liked carrot soup,...
Black Bean Burgers with Mango Salsa
I forgot to take a photo again! Ah! I was too hungry!
But anyway, I borrowed the recipe from Cooking Light, where I borrow a lot of my recipes from…they turned out great! Very yummy! Except I would use less shallot in the salsa and use more jalapeno in the burgers next time! ;) (And maybe I will remember to take a photo, too!)
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March 2010
1 post
Caramelized Cauliflower with Pasta
So last night I was in the mood for pasta, but not tomato sauce. So I searched for something new and came across this recipe: http://www.skilletdoux.com/2008/12/cauliflower-pasta.html
It is a nice new variation on pasta complete with cauliflower, cavatappi noodles, butter, saffron, mint, and parmesan. Quite tasty. The mint sounded a bit odd to me in the dish, but it turned out to be a great pop...
February 2010
4 posts
Bread Pudding
I’ve really been craving some lately…the best I have had was Kahlua bread pudding…anyone have a healthier version recipe they would like to share? ;)
Lemon Ricotta Cookies
This recipe was found online by my dad, who saw Giata make these cookies while he was watching Food Network one afternoon. Since I am the baker of the family he asked if I could make them, so I did because they sounded delicious. The recipe made a LOT of cookies so Seth took the extras to work the next day and they were all gobbled up in about an hour, and many compliments later.
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Cinnamon Rolls
Seth & I made these on Christmas Eve and saved them for Christmas morning breakfast…they were quite the task to take on but it was worth every minute of work! It is a good thing we made them the day before otherwise our present unwrapping time would have been used making cinnamon rolls instead :)
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Tortellini, White Bean, and Spinach Soup
oh cooking light, you never let me down:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=223741#
September 2009
1 post
Sweet Potato Pizza
This past summer while visiting Cambridge, Massachusetts I dined at a restauraunt called Cambridge 1, where I had for the first time - potatoes on my pizza. I have done research on it since returning to Colorado and have discovered that it is an East-coast twist on a Neapolitan style pizza.
Since then, I have tried several different types of combinations of potatoes plus various other toppings....
April 2009
5 posts
Browned Butternut Squash Ravioli with Wilted...
While shopping at Whole Foods one evening I just came up with this randomly.
Ingredients (2 Servings):
1 package Butternut Squash Ravioli 4 figs (get them in the bulk section!) 1 log of goat cheese (but you only end up using about 1/6 of it) 1 bunch of fresh spinach
Directions:
Cook the ravioli in a boiling pot of water. While that cooks put a tablespoon of butter into a skillet and cook the...
Debbie's Lemon Bars
Ingredients:
Crust - 1 cup butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar 2 cups baking flour 1/4 tsp. salt
Filling- 4 large eggs 2 cups sugar 4 tbsp. flour 4 tbsp. lemon juice (fresh is the best!)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend crust items until well mixed and crumbly/sticky. Press the dough into 9x13 glass baking pan and then bake for 20 minutes, until slightly golden brown. While crust is...
Crispy Crunchies (via the Gerard family)
Ingredients:
8 cups cereal (like Cherrios or Chex) 1 cup sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1 cup creamy peanut butter
Directions:
Pour the cereal into a large glass bowl. Mix sugar, corn syrup, and peanut butter in a saucepan over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Then pour the boiling combo over the cereal and mix until well covered, then place in a greased 9x13 baking pan, pressing into an...
Vicki's Deviled Eggs
Ingredients:
10 eggs, raw Mustard Mayo Pickle Relish Salt Pepper Paprika
Directions:
Boil the eggs in salted water at medium temperature, for 20 minutes. Cool. Then peel, take yoke out and put into a bowl. Mix the yoke with enough mustard, mayo, pickle relish, salt, and pepper, to your desire. Put the mix in the egg white. Garnish with a sprinkle of paprika. Enjoy.
Fruit with Basil salad
Serves about 4-5 people Ingredients:
1 Fresh Pineapple, cubed 1/2 bunch Red Grapes 1 large Grapefuit, peeled and sliced 2 Green apples, sliced 6-8 Basil leaves, chopped Mix & Enjoy!
March 2009
6 posts
Sonoma Chicken Salad
i have had it, now i just need to make it. thanks to seth for the link!
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/recipe.php?recipeId=526
Mediterranean Topping Pasta
Just threw this together one night.
Ingredients:
Desired amount of angel hair pasta Kalamata olives Artichoke hearts Fresh basil Fresh grape tomatoes, sliced in half Olive oil Minced garlic Grated parmesan salt and pepper to taste
Cook pasta for 5 minutes, strain, mix desired amount of all of the above ingredients together. Stir, enjoy!
Browned Buttered Gnocchi
Absolutely easy, healthy, awesome, and delicious!
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1867562
Irish Soda Bread
I was craving Irish Soda Bread one random day a few weeks ago so I made this bread last weekend. I wanted to eat a whole loaf. So good.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Irish-Soda-Bread/Detail.aspx?src=etaf
I would make a few adjustments, though, next time. (Less Caraway)
Pannetone Bread Pudding
Had this for Christmas morning breakfast. Yum!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/panettone-bread-pudding-with-cinnamon-syrup-recipe/index.html
Adobo Spiced Salmon & Black Bean Relish
Seth and I tried this out for the first time tonight. We bought some Salmon at the store, and thought to ourselves “what do we a.) put on it? b.) have with it?” So I winged it and came up with this.
Recipe (2 Servings, *see below):
1/2 of large salmon filet* 2 teaspoons of Adobo Spice mix* 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 can of black beans 1/2 can of original Rotel 1/2 can of pineapple...