A great dinner for New Year’s Eve or Day–but I did it a few days early. I saw shank end hams on sale for .99 a pound and that was all I needed to see.
Potato
Basic Frittata and Marinated Zucchini
Two recipes from the Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home book tonight for dinner. The first was a marinated zucchini recipe. I’ve been wanting to try a frittata for some time. Perhaps partially because my ex’s grandmother’s maiden name was Frittita. So close! If my potatoes had actually grown this year, I could have almost…
Chicken Under a Brick, Roast Potatoes and Salad
Flattening a whole chicken by cutting out the backbone and flattening it a bit makes it cook more quickly. I’ve done this before, with a recipe from Jacques Pepin that was browned on the stove and then finished in the oven. Tonight I did the same technique, but just rubbed some salt, pepper, granulated garlic…
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…
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…