This one involves a little pre-prep, but it’s worth it.
Appetizer: Carrot-Ginger Soup
Dinner: Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Garlic and Herbed Goat Cheese, Buttery Polenta and Autumn Vegetables
This works best if you prep the chicken on a Sunday evening and refrigerate/freeze until you’re ready to bake it later in the week.
(A special guest recipe from Dawn Young)
Depending on the size of your bundt cake pan. (my pan only holds two cans of biscuits)
1-3 cans of biscuits (I like the hungry jack kind)
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
1 cup of white sugar
1 stick of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
Optional: raisons or nuts
*Please note that adjustments can be [...]
Instead of following some boring old wedding gift registry, Julie, her special man, and Kathleen bought us a wine dinner kit from the Torii Mor winery here in Oregon.
The kit included three bottles of wine, a 2005 Pinot Blanc, a 2005 Pinot Noir, and a 2005 Gewürztraminer. Also included was menu, recipe cards, instructions for [...]
Ingredients:
1 15 oz can of pureed tomatoes
3 tbs all purpose flour
3 tbs olive oil
1tbs chili powder (or more if you like it spicy)
1 tsp ground cumin
1tsp dried oregano
Salt to taste
1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
1-3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cups water or chicken stock
Instructions
Heat the olive oil in a skillet or wide sauce pan. Whisk in [...]
This light, quick-ish, and easy dish goes well with a glass of white wine, and a side of red wine.
Taking a break from the recipe makeovers…
My brother was in town last week. He was diagnosed with celiac disease a little over a year ago, something that has had a fairly significant impact on my cooking. For holidays and visits, I’ve had to re-envision old favorites like chocolate cake, fried chicken and pasta without gluten. [...]
It’s Christopher Walken, makin’ chicken…
I’m sorry. This is the best we could do on short notice.
One of my friends left town for the weekend, so she unloaded a bag of farmer’s market fresh veggies, including potatoes.
mmmm. potato-ey.
Yves Good Ground is the best vegetarian ground beef substitute I’ve found. I’m not a huge fan of ground beef to begin with, so my tastes are a little biased. People who are hardcore carnivores may find this a little alien-tasting. Lean ground round or ground turkey can be substituted for the veggie ground, though [...]