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Pizza Margherita in the Winter
My youngest asked if I would make pizza margherita this week for dinner. I hesitated because my tomatoes are long gone and my basil is long gone and it tastes so good with fresh basil and tomatoes. But I saw some decent looking plum tomatoes at the grocery store. They seem to be the only…
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Orzo: The Pasta that Looks Like Rice
Orzo is a little pasta that looks like rice. You can cook it like pasta and then drain it or cook it like rice, measuring the water and letting it absorb it all. A simple pat of butter, squirt of lemon juice and some parsley adds a nice touch of flavor. To cook it like…
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Iceberg Lettuce with a Simple Cream Dressing
I had done an earlier variation of this dressing that Jacques Pepin has in his Fast Food My Way cookbook. This one, from The Supper Book: 10th Anniversary Edition, starts with cream but uses more vinegar and adds sugar for a sweet touch and leaves out the salt and pepper. I used half and…
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Menu Planning: Make Your Life Simpler
When I was cooking for a family, the evening went much smoother when I had at least a bare bones plan of what we’d be eating each night for dinner. I may have planned before or after shopping but I had a plan. Starting dinner at 6pm with no plan made for some late dinners.…
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Happy New Year! Some Favorite Dishes from 2010
Seems a good habit to sum up a favorite new recipe, one for each month of the past year. So working backwards: December: Fish Tacos and Lime & Cilantro Rice. I’m not a big fish eater but I’m trying to work in more fish and I think I could eat these once a week! November:…