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- Ravioli with radicchio and mascarpone; endive and milk-soaked croutons – 31 December 2011
- Grilled swordfish; citrus/avocado salad; rice; and a great wine match – 30 December 2011
- Scallion soup; endive and crouton salad – 29 December 2011
- Pasta with leftover pork tenderloin in pomegranate sauce; chard stems – 27 December 2011
- Leftover chicken breast with mayo-dijon-lemon sauce; Thai jasmine rice; sugar snap peas with mint – 26 December 2011
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Mom’s chili; green beans; exceptional wine – 18 December 2011
Tonight I made the chili that Mom used to make every Christmas Eve, to have when everyone was hysterically wrapping presents and generally going nuts. After a simple beginning, the chili simmers for 3-4 hours, while you do other stuff. … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meat-centered
Tagged Bordeaux, canned food, Chili, Gift wine, Graves, green beans, hamburger, kidney beans
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Eggs baked in tomato sauce, with milk-soaked croutons – 6 December 2011
Wow, this was excellent, and really interesting. Another new recipe from our newest cookbooks from ‘ino in New York. D resurrected the remaining croutons from the 4th, which had been in an airtight (more or less) container with a snap-on … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meatless, Uncategorizable
Tagged Cheese, croutons, Eggs, green beans, Nero d'Avola, onions, tomato sauce, Trader Joe's wine, treviso
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Noodles with hamburger sauce and cottage cheese at Mom’s – 21 November 2011
Got to Mom’s in time for a good dinner, a casserole with noodles, cottage cheese, and a hamburger sauce over the top. We also had the ubiquitous Safeway cole slaw, some tomato slices, mixed frozen vegetables (green beans, carrots, corn, … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meat-centered, Pasta
Tagged Bordeaux, coleslaw, frozen mixed vegetables, hamburger, tomatoes
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Dinner at buvette – 18 November 2011
This was a restaurant D discovered in the New York Magazine online site, where my friend A’s 2010 references to her favorite restaurants all led. We had to wait only about a half hour, though the restaurant was full and … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meat-centered, Poultry-centered, Restaurant
Tagged cass, Cassoulet, Minervois, Potatoes, prosciutto, rabbit
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Chili; canned green beans – 7 November 2011
D was cold at work today and came home wanting a hearty, warm dinner. He decided to make chili. He cooked the remaining more-than-half of a yellow onion from the fridge and some large garlic chunks in olive oil, then … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meat as a flavoring, Stew
Tagged black beans, Chili, green beans, kidney beans, no-knead bread, People's Wine Revolution, Syrah/Shiraz, tomatoes
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Pseudo-cassoulet; braised mixed greens – 25 June 2011
D and I cooked this one together, though for the main dish, we were mostly using his ideas. It was time for a Christmas (a dinner worthy of his personally chosen ‘wine-of-the-month’ gift to me), and he wanted to pull … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meat as a flavoring
Tagged Berkeley Bowl wine, braised greens, Cassoulet, Rioja, sausage, shell beans
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Leftover lamb biryani; broccoli; peach – 15 June 2011
Easy dinner tonight – I just reheated the lamb biryani and cooked some broccoli. To reheat the lamb biryani, I put a small layer of water into a saucepan for steam, added an appropriate amount of the l.b., covered it, … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meat-centered
Tagged Broccoli, lamb, leftovers, Peaches, Rice, Tempranillo, Trader Joe's wine
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Lamb biryani; broccolini – 12 June 2011
I finally am getting a bit ambitious with the start of summer “vacation”. Have a lot of work to do, but the days are not as structured, so I can be at home early, and have enough time to cook … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meat-centered
Tagged broccolini, casserole, Cotes du Ventoux, Grape Expectations wine, lamb, middle-eastern, Rice, Saveur
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Asparagus bread pudding; garden salad with nasturtium – 15 May 2011
Ah, the annual asparagus bread pudding 🙂 It’s a lot of work, mostly in cleaning and picking leaves off the herb stems, but it is so worth it! The recipe is from Georgeanne Brennan’s Potager, an outstanding cookbook. We save … Continue reading
Posted in Casserole, Meatless
Tagged asparagus, asparagus bread pudding, Berkeley Bowl wine, Entre-deux-mers, nasturtiums, salad, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
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My 365 Dinners - 2011 