Category: Side Dishes
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Red Lentils with Ginger
I was thrilled to find some red lentils in our local Sprouts grocery store. The store is a bit out of my way but I try to pop in when I’m over that way to see what looks good. I ended up making these Red Lentils with Ginger from Madhur Jaffrey. The other night I used…
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Pickled Beets and Beet Greens
I made these mustard and bread crumb pork chops again tonight. Forgot to take a picture but they are so easy and so good, you need to try them! I threw some sweet potatoes in to bake with them, and then cooked some beet greens in a skillet when everything else was done. I made…
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An Everlasting Meal by by Tamar Adler – Cook Book Review
I saw An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Graceby Tamar Adler mentioned online and it sounded intriguing. Economy AND Grace in food. It’s not only a lovely book to read, but is full of great ideas about home cooking. The first idea I took from it was about roasting vegetables ahead of time and…
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Buttermilk Honey Salad Dressing Recipe
My kids like Hamburger Helper. I’ve rarely cooked it for dinner, but when they were younger I would use it on the rare babysitter nights and then later on the rare “on your own” nights once they were old enough to cook safely. I did play around with some hamburger helper-like mixes for a while…
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Grilled Asparagus & a Marinade for Beef
Last night I marinated a flank steak, then grilled it. I also grilled the asparagus. For the steak marinade I mixed up: 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 tsp black pepper Score the steak (cut thin stripes across the grain), then put it in a gallon…