At least two dinners with no meat per week
Thursday, January 24, 2008 “What? No f****** Ziti!!!” So says the ever compassionate A.J. Soprano when his dear grandmother Livia falls ill, misses the family gathering and they of course miss her famous baked ziti. That’s the first thing that comes to mind whenever I make this dish. It is one of those simple […]
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Saturday, January 19, 2008 When I saw Jamie oliver make this on TV the other day using whole butternut squash, skin and all, I knew I had to give it a shot. I wanted to see how it compares with my regular butternut squash recipe that onvolves the long roasting of the squash first and
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 Earlier this week I picked up a few bell peppers of different colors. At about 50 cents each, these were quiet a deal even though out of season. I broiled them till charred on all sides earlier in the week in preparation for ‘something’. I was thinking maybe I can stuff
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Cooking more vegetarian items means making sure I have a good supply of vegetable stock for stuff like soups. Making this brew could not be easier. The recipe I followed is from Bittman’s “How To Cook Everything Vegetarian“. A mixture of onions, potatoes, celery, carrots, parsley, garlic, mushrooms and a few drizzles of olive oil
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Saturday, January 12, 2008 If you do not know what burghul is, click here where I explained it once before. It really is a delicious and quick-cooking grain that can be cooked in many interesting methods or not at all. It can even be soaked for an hour, drained, flavored and eaten as is. This
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 Not much time to cook last night. Diana decided to have a bowl of cereal with cold milk. I was not crazy about the idea. Instead I did a quick dinner of grilled cheese and a cup of hot chocolate. The sandwich is of course very simple. I used home baked
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Sunday, Jan 6th, 2008 Pasta stuffed with butternut squash puree is a traditional dish from the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. It is typically served with a simple sauce of browned butter and sage. I really did not follow any specific recipe here, more like a composite of recipes that I’ve done before. Homemade pasta is
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Introducing the two new projects for 2008. “Vegetarian Dinners Project (VDP)“, a decision to eat at least two vegetarian dinners per week. This decision was made for three reasons: 1- It is more environmentally friendly to eat more non-meat dishes. Since we are trying to be more ‘green’ this year (switched to non-polluting electric provider,
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