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Pizza with leftover omelette sauce – 14 December 2011
Since we still had no bread and none in process, I decided this morning that I might as well make a pizza, not having done so (b/c not cooking) in quite awhile. But what kind? What sort of stuff was … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Pizza
Tagged eggplant, mushrooms, Nero d'Avola, Pizza, tomato sauce, Trader Joe's wine
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Omelette with tomato-mushroom-eggplant sauce; salad with pomegranate seeds – 11 December 2011
D saw me doing the first night of Fiona’s curry and thought it was for this dinner. About 7pm he asked, and found out it wasn’t. He made a wonderful dinner on the spot. He cut up a very long … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Omelette
Tagged eggplant, Garnacha/Grenache, mushrooms, Omelette, pomegranate, romaine, salad, tomato sauce, Trader Joe's wine, treviso
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Ratatoille; fresh tomatoes – 11 October 2011
My colleague J brought to work some very cute, small but beautiful globe eggplants yesterday, and some fresh, crispy green peppers. I brought home two of the former and one of the latter, and D made one eggplant, a green … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless
Tagged Berkeley Bowl wine, eggplant, green bell pepper, ratatoille, red table wine, tomatoes
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Grilled chicken; grilled Japanese eggplant; rice with sage – 5 October 2011
D grilled some chicken breasts from Costco, coating them with herbs from the garden first. He also sliced up a long Japanese eggplant from my colleague J, oiled it and grilled it, and cooked some rice (I think Thai jasmine) … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry-centered
Tagged Chicken, Cotes du Rhone, eggplant, Rice, Trader Joe's wine
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Dinner with new friends – 18 August 2011
R’s dear friends J&M invited us to J’s parents’ house in Berkeley. Great meal, even better company – what a wonderful evening! J and her Dad V apparently did most of the cooking. We saw V grilling kefta (lamb with … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner at friends', Meat-centered
Tagged corn, Coteaux du Languedoc, eggplant, foccacia, Gift wine, kefta, lamb, Pinot Noir, port, salad, Sweet dessert, Syrah/Shiraz, tea, Winery wine, Zucchini
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Pasta with tomato-eggplant sauce; green salad – 29 July 2011
I had two more eggplants and most of that humongous $1 bunch of basil still around, and decided to put them together into a pasta, since we had bread. I went to the Bowl to buy stuff for tomorrow’s dinner … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Pasta
Tagged Costco wine, eggplant, Pasta, salad, Sangiovese, tomato sauce
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Leftover eggplant tagine, this time with couscous – 21 July 2011
Leftovers sure make an easy dinner. I went in to work today and came home about 5, and had a couple of hours to work around the house before I had to start dinner. I just reheated the eggplant tagine … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Stew, Veggie-centered
Tagged couscous, eggplant, leftover wine, leftovers, Tagine, tomato sauce, yogurt
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Tagine of baby eggplants in tomato sauce; bolani with hummus – 18 July 2011
I spotted this recipe I think on the day I bought this cookbook, expecting we would like it, and I’m pleased to know that is correct. It’s easy to do, though there is a lot of pre-prep. Of course, for … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Stew, Veggie-centered
Tagged bolani, Cotes du Rhone Villages, eggplant, Hummus, Tagine, tomato sauce, Trader Joe's wine
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Pizza with roasted red pepper sauce, grilled eggplant, prosciutto, fresh mozzarella curd, and basil – 23 June 2011
This was a pretty good but not perfect rendition of a pizza I made last year, which was amazing the first time and has never been equalled since. Including this one, but it was still a good dinner. I made … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Pizza
Tagged basil, Cotes du Ventoux, eggplant, fresh mozzarella, Grape Expectations wine, Pizza, prosciutto, red bell pepper
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Eggplant sandwiches with prosciutto, red pepper puree, and fresh mozzarella; Kashi “pilaf” – 17 June 2011
I originally thought I’d make a pizza tonight, but we decided to put off making bread till Sunday morning, which left two breadless dinners, so I had a choice of what to do when. The Bowl has had bags of … Continue reading