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2006Archives for January 2006

Archives for January 2006

Question For You

by Kristin 6 Comments

What is your most coveted kitchen item? Something you really could not do without. And, while you're at it -- what is your most quirky kitchen ritual? ...

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Filed Under: Journal Pages Tagged With: favorite things, kitchen rituals

Risotto with Shrimp & Asparagus

by Kristin 2 Comments

Risotto Coi Gamberi E Asparagi Doesn’t that sound yummy? Well, it was. Only a million little things followed the dinner hour that precluded me from sharing. Most notably, DD caught an icky case of the stomach bug and so rather than savoring the perfect combination of shrimp and asparagus, I was doing loads and loads of laundry and clutching my Lysol spray bottle like a weapon to defend my territory. Risotto doesn’t require as much ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, One Pot Wonders: Crock Pot, Soup, Chili, Stew, Recipe Collection Tagged With: asparagus, Risotto, shrimp, Whole Foods

Mouton & A Bottle of White

by Kristin 6 Comments

Once upon a time, there were three little children who had very discerning tastes. On a particularly dark and rainy day the mother had grown weary of small demanding voices. Had they not been served with love whole-wheat pancakes with fresh berries and bananas for breakfast? Were they not content with their much requested pepperoni pie for lunch? And was the otherwise dreary day not spent placating the little children with basketball, ...

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Filed Under: Cafe Favorites, Journal Pages, On Faith Tagged With: motherhood, storytelling, wine

Italian Meatball Soup

by Kristin 3 Comments

Soup du Jour Growing up I never really liked soup. I always felt like I was getting cheated out of a real meal. Plus, who likes canned soup anyway??? To be fair, I don’t dislike all soups. The tortilla soup at the Mermaid Bar is amazing. And, I recently had a savory pumpkin soup at Russell’s Bakery that was very tasty. However, I have the habit of skimming right over soup recipes in cookbooks. In fact, I can count on two hands the ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Journal Pages, One Pot Wonders: Crock Pot, Soup, Chili, Stew, Recipe Collection Tagged With: family dinner, Italian Meatball Soup, Mermaid Bar, Russell's Bakery, soup

Easy Raspberry Vinaigrette

by Kristin 1 Comment

Saturday Night Fever I might have a fever or maybe just a general malaise. Thank goodness it was a lazy Saturday. For the first time in months, we had nothing on our calendar. I actually read a book for most of the afternoon. Reading is usually an indulgence saved for the final moments of the day. I felt extra sinful camped out in bed with my latest read. I contemplated not cooking tonight. Despite the fact that I had everything ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Journal Pages, On Faith, Recipe Collection, Sauces, Salsas & Dressings Tagged With: leeks, motherhood, Salad Dressing, salmon, vinaigrette

Halibut with Honey & Oranges

by Kristin 3 Comments

Our Pace is All Wrong About a week ago, I pulled The Pace of Provence off my bookshelf. I bought the cookbook several years ago and remembered I hadn't used it in a while. It's a fascinating book written by a French woman who lives in Seattle. She is also a nutritionist. Her recipes are traditional, healthy and very tasty. All of her meals have been adapted to be low in fat and heart healthy. With the South of France as my ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Food Naturally, Gluten & Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Recipe Collection Tagged With: fish dishes, Global Kitchen, halibut, healthy eating, sabbath moments, The Pace of Provence, Whole Foods, Yolande Matore Hoisington

Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

by Kristin 1 Comment

Husband was on the west coast all week. I hate it when he’s out of town. If there is a flipside it’s that the children know they get pizza for dinner and I usually don’t cook. Other than that, after a night or two it’s just not much fun being out-numbered by the littles alone. One of husband’s favorite meals is spaghetti and meat sauce. I don’t actually follow a recipe when I make the sauce because I tend to use whatever I have ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Journal Pages, Recipe Collection Tagged With: kid favorites, spaghetti sauce

Easy As Pie (Pepperoni Pie)

by Kristin 4 Comments

We took advantage of the holiday weekend and made a quick get-away to the ranch. Although short and sweet, it was nice to breathe the proverbial fresh air that the wide open range provides. Tonight feels like a Sunday rather than a Monday. And I did not have time to make my usual beginning of the week pilgrimage to the grocery store, so after a quick inventory I determined I had just the ingredients for the North End Italian ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Journal Pages, One Pot Wonders: Crock Pot, Soup, Chili, Stew, Recipe Collection Tagged With: cookbooks, kid favorites, North End Italian Cookbook, Pepperoni Pie

Polenta & Italian Sausage Gravy

by Kristin 2 Comments

Polenta: Italy's Cornbread Who knew cornmeal could make such a tasty dish? As a native Texan, I grew up eating cornbread, so I know cornmeal has outstanding merits. But until tonight I had never attempted to make my own polenta. Although time consuming and a bid monotonous (after the roux anything seems like a breeze), once I turned the polenta out onto a pizza board and topped it with grated fontina cheese I couldn’t get it to the ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Family Dinner, Recipe Collection Tagged With: cookbooks, friends & neighbors, Global Kitchen, Italian, North End Italian Cookbook, polenta

All Hail l’Ail

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All hail l’ail. Looks can be deceiving. Dinner tonight did not resemble the masterpiece (ahem, airbrushed) photographed in my cookbook. But despite its more humble appearance, the Roasted Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic was sumptuous. I should have browned the chicken longer for a more rich color; however, it was cooked perfectly and fell off the bone into a pool of garlic and wine sauce. In a word: ‘Yum’. Departing from the more ...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Journal Pages, Recipe Collection Tagged With: couscous, garlic, roasted chicken

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