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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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Grilled swordfish; citrus/avocado salad; rice; and a great wine match – 30 December 2011
I cooked a recipe/meal from a cookbook from Tsunami in Memphis, given to us by R&E. I had cooked this before. When our friend V gave D several perfectly ripe avocados, I decided to use one in this meal. Good … Continue reading
Posted in Fish-centered
Tagged avocado, basmati rice, calstar, Chardonnay, lemon, lime, orange, swordfish, Winery wine
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Spaghetti with haricots and olive tapenade; tomatoes with shallots, balsamic vinegar, and basil – 16 August 2011
I suggested again to D that he might make this dish, since I had bought another sack of low-priced ($1.39/lb) haricots at the Bowl last week, and we still had some Gaeta olives. So he did. He also used the … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Pasta
Tagged avocado, Costco wine, haricots, Pasta, Raspberries, Sangiovese, Sweet dessert, tapenade, tomatoes
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Made-up-on-the-spot pasta; salad with avocado – 15 August 2011
D took over cooking after his show ended yesterday, and he is great at dealing with an overloaded fridge and making good food come out of it. He was going to do his signature pasta of mushrooms, pinenuts, and parsley … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Pasta
Tagged arugula, avocado, ham, haricots, mushrooms, no-knead bread, Pasta, salad, Winery wine, Zinfandel
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Panini on Acme herb slab with roasted red peppers and Bulgarian feta; avocado salad – 20 June 2011
In this dinner, I used up the other two red peppers I had bought in an 89c/lb bag at the Bowl and roasted on the 17th. I made two of them into sauce for the grilled eggplant sandwiches that day, … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Sandwich
Tagged Acme bread, avocado, Cheese, feta, leftover wine, red bell pepper, salad, sandwich
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Potato and chard soup in lamb stock; cold veggies – 19 April 2011
D cooked a soup for himself and R the other day, and tonight he added chard to it for dinner. The soup was made from lamb stock, from the bones leftover from dinner on the 16th, with peppercorns, bay, and … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Soup
Tagged avocado, cauliflower, chard, Cheese, cold veggies, lamb stock, leftover wine, Potatoes, Soup
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Mexican dinner with the faculty – 4 April 2011
This was a wonderful dinner – great food, great company. I am not typically impressed by our catered dinners – they’re good, not scrumptious – but this one I totally enjoyed. They served us a platter of small corn tortillas … Continue reading
Posted in Catered, Meat as a flavoring
Tagged avocado, corn, jicama, Rice, salad, Sweet dessert, tacos
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Polenta with sauteed mushrooms; avocado salad – 31 March 2011
The title is a guess, but not a bad one. This post was missing, and when I went to fill it in (this being the 7th of July) I found that my photos ended at 6:23 on the 31st of … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Polenta
Tagged avocado, Costco wine, Malbec, mushrooms, Polenta, salad
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Pasta with tomato sauce; salad with avocados – 22 March 2011
I’m afraid I’m writing this a month later – the 22nd of April – and don’t know exactly what went into this meal. A simple tomato sauce, I’m sure, over pasta. Closeup, it looks like a hamburger spaghetti, so I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Pasta
Tagged Acme bread, avocado, Cotes de Provence, hamburger, Pasta, salad, tomato sauce
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Grilled ham and cheese sandwich and salad before the symphony – 10 March 2011
As is typical for us, we had a quick meal before the Berkeley Symphony concert. Our friend T joined us for both dinner and music. D made sandwiches with some raclette he had bought from the Bowl and some Saag’s … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Sandwich
Tagged avocado, Berkeley Bowl wine, Cheese, Entre-deux-mers, ham, olives, salad, sandwich
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My 365 Dinners - 2011 