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- 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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Mystery Curcurbita; fresh tomato sauce; sausage; fresh tomatoes – 21 Sept 2011
Our friend J (one of our friends J…) gave us a couple of alleged spaghetti squash last week, but when discussing it, J realized that, since it was a volunteer in his garden, it might actually be an unintended hybrid. … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Veggie-centered
Tagged Salice Salentino, sausage, soppressatta, Squash, tomato sauce, tomatoes, Trader Joe's wine
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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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Not so good Pizza Margherita; excellent baby bok choy – 27 July 2011
The interesting part of this story is that I actually made the fresh mozzarella myself, starting from whole milk! Unfortunately, it was more like regular mozz, and would have been better grated than left to melt into a (non-)puddle. Everything … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Pizza
Tagged baby bok choi, basil, Berkeley Bowl wine, fresh mozzarella, Pizza, Syrah/Shiraz, tomato sauce
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Spaghetti with tomato sauce and sausage; salad – 25 July 2011
We had bread to eat (remainder of an Acme Ciabatta), so I made a pasta. There was some basil in the fridge that I had used for a batch of Margherita sauce and intended to use for the pizza, but … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Pasta, Uncategorized
Tagged basil, Bordeaux, Grape Expectations wine, Pasta, salad, sausage, tomato sauce, tomatoes
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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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Spaghetti with tomato sauce; chard from the garden – 5 July 2011
D put this together after getting home from work, and it was a very good dinner. For the pasta sauce, he cooked olive oil, a can of tomato paste, some oregano from the garden and parsley from the Bowl (shame … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Pasta
Tagged Grocery Outlet wine, Malbec, no-knead bread, Pasta, sausage, spaghetti, Sweet dessert, tomato sauce
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Pizza Margherita with My Own Fresh Mozzarella! – 30 June 2011
Wow, this turned out better than I expected! I made another variant on Pizza Margherita, and it was really quite good. And I made my own mozzarella balls from cheese curd! I used the 1/2 crust unused and frozen from … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Pizza
Tagged basil, Costco wine, fresh mozzarella, Pizza, Pop-up General Store, Sangiovese, tomato sauce
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Wheel pasta with tomato-basil sauce; bruschetta with cranberry beans; cold asparagus with aioli – 27 June 2011
Well, I really had to use up last week’s tomato sauce, and the basil I bought for the eggplant-sandwich pizza the other day had wilted into a sad little bunch of lifeless leaves in one day, so I combined the … Continue reading
Posted in Meatless, Pasta
Tagged aioli, asparagus, bruschetta, cranberry beans, Pasta, red table wine, shell beans, tomato sauce, Trader Joe's wine
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Spaghetti with tomato sauce and sausage; sugar snap peas with mint – 22 June 2011
A few days ago at the Bowl I found Roma tomatoes in a ‘use me quick’ 99 cent bag. I brought them home, and D set about making a tomato sauce with them, cooking garlic and onions, the chopped tomatoes, … Continue reading
Posted in Meat as a flavoring, Pasta
Tagged leftover wine, mint, Pasta, sausage, Sugar snap peas, tomato sauce
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My 365 Dinners - 2011 