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Salmon Cakes from Leftover Salmon
I used a recipe from my all time favorite The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary and turned crab cakes into salmon cakes tonight, using the salmon leftover from last night, breadcrumbs and all. Another hit! This actually came out a bit moister than necessary. It tasted absolutely wonderful but might have been a bit easier to…
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Slow Cooked Salmon
My parents came down yesterday. Everyone but me loves salmon so I decided to fix that, plus it went with my kid-oriented Valentine theme of pink and red. I also had red potatoes, hearts of palm salad, and asparagus. Okay, the asparagus sort of blew the theme but we all love it. The girls had…
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Mark Bittman’s Fast Bread
Mark Bittman has this recipe but calls for “instant yeast” and says you can skip the rise. I just buy the 2 pound packs of regular active dry yeast at Costco. I keep a small jar in the refrigerator and keep the rest in the freezer. Since I don’t have the “instant yeast” around I…
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Baked Creamy Cauliflower
Searching through the vegetable bin this evening, I saw the cauliflower I’d bought earlier. My cauliflower always ends up with (or starts with?) grey spots on it, but I just cut them off. I’m guessing that just means they’re a bit older than they should be. The joys of supermarket shopping. Anyway, I’ve done Fried…
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Sauteed Chicken with Olives, Capers, and Onions
The first time I made a piccata sauce I was up at Sea Ranch with a friend, staying in a rental house. We had some leftover boneless pork chops and I searched through some Internet recipe sites looking for ideas. For some reason we had capers, and an onion, and a lemon. It’s tough cooking…