Category: Summer
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Pacific Lime Chicken from Pure Simple Cooking
These Pacific Lime Chicken Thighs are marinated in soy sauce, honey and lime juice, then baked. Cutting slashes in the underside of the chicken helps the marinade penetrate, even if you only marinate for fifteen minutes or so while the oven preheats. I checked Pure Simple Cooking: Effortless Meals Every Day by Diana Henry out…
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Pasta with Ricotta Cheese
My eldest asked that I make this pasta with ricotta cheese. She remembered that she used to love it and asked for it so many times she finally got sick of it. She said she also remembered taking it to the pool to eat at room temperature. At dinner tonight she said it was as…
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Quick Marinated Cucumber Salad
This quick marinated cucumber salad is one of my favorite summertime side dishes. It keeps a few days in the fridge… not sure how long because I usually eat it up within 4 or 5 days. You can make this the day you’re serving it if you can allow a couple of hours for everything…
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Gazpacho
It’s summer and the tomatoes are plentiful and good. I have tomatoes on toast for breakfast, sometimes with a scrambled egg but often just plain. I get to walk out and pick the ripest tomatoes for my breakfast, which is about as good as it gets. When the tomatoes become really plentiful, I make gazpacho.…
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Simple Cooked Cabbage
I do like cabbage but I am not particularly fond of cabbage that has been cooked to death. I find the simple steam/saute method works great with cabbage (and many other vegetables!). Basically, you simmer the vegetable in a mix of butter (or other fat) and water (or broth) until the liquid has evaporated and…