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  • Jacques Pepin’s Cubed Potatoes with Garlic and Sage

    Jacques Pepin’s Cubed Potatoes with Garlic and Sage

    I’m on a Jacques Pepin roll lately. This is another from good simple recipe from Fast Food My Way. I’ve sauteed potatoes many times and they almost always come out great. I guess we like potatoes!  But the addition of the garlic and sage in these was really nice.  I found the potatoes took a…

  • Creamy Salad Dressing from Jacques Pepin

    Creamy Salad Dressing from Jacques Pepin

    This is another hit from Jacques Pepin’s Fast Food My Way. You can visit the KQED site here and watch some of the videos. I’ve been recording the old ones and watching them on tv as KQED is showing them again.   He says this was his mother’s favorite dressing for salad and I can see…

  • Leftover Twice Baked Potatoes

    Leftover Twice Baked Potatoes

    A few nights ago I was by myself for dinner and decided on a bacon, tomato and avocado sandwich as I have wonderful tomatoes in the garden and had a beautiful avocado from the farmer’s market.  But I wanted a bit of something more too… I spied the leftover twice baked potato in the fridge…

  • Rosti Casserole with Baked Eggs

    Rosti Casserole with Baked Eggs

    I adapted this recipe for Rosti Casserole with Baked Eggs from Cooking Light to serve the two of us tonight. My sister had given me this cute little white baking dish and it was perfect! No turnips so just skipped that and used a Mexican blend of cheese as we are not overly fond of…

  • Dinner Tonight: Pork Cutlets, Twice Baked Potatoes & Salad

    Dinner Tonight: Pork Cutlets, Twice Baked Potatoes & Salad

    Dinner tonight was mostly repeats, with a twist on the twice baked potatoes. Pork cutlets (without the Parmesan and with a bit of buttermilk with the eggs) Romaine and radicchio salad with salsa dressing Twice baked potatoes with salsa and buttermilk My youngest thought the salsa “ruined” the twice baked potatoes.  I liked it.  But…