Monthly Archives: August 2007

Beef Burgers



Late afternoon snack, early dinner – lite up the barbie and tossed on some good old fashioned burgers and fries!

Grilled Beef Short Ribs


Grilled beef short ribs with a risotto salad seasoned with olives, capers, Meyer lemon juice & zest and a bit of a Spanish olive oil, served with a Gnarly Head Zin!

Fennel and Wild Rice Salad


We are on the road to light, easy and tasty this week! Fennel and rice salad – tangy and very tasty (not to mention very easy)! I should had served a nice warm crusty loaf of bread with it but did not have time to pick one up today. Dessert … some simple cubes of a wonderfully fresh cantaloupe!

Macaroni and Cheese



Needed a small amount of comfort today. Made homemade mac and cheese and a simple salad of butter leaf lettuce, heirloom tomatoes and some very nice Roquefort! Ahhhhhh….. comfort!

Soba Noodles with Cabbage and Shitake Mushrooms



Lucky for us I purchased an issue of Gourmet magazine at the Newark Airport when we were trying to get home from NY a couple weeks ago. I never buy Gourmet; but, I was intrigued when I saw on the front cover that there was a bit on sliders. We had just had some at the Little Owl so I was very excited!

Anyhow, I was inspired by a couple recipes in this issue and I made the following for dinner! Soba noodles sauteed with a cabbage and shitake mushroom sauce. I also sauteed some fresh paprika peppers to serve along side it …. to give it some heat! Was delicious! For dessert I served a homemade plum and red wine sorbet! (recipes, to come …)

Eggplant Stacks





I went to the farmer’s market today, the first time I have been to the Saturday one in years! So glad I did as my favorite little girls where just sitting there waiting for me to buy them, take them home and turn them into something wonderful ~ Eggplant Stacks. Served with a simple Heirloom Tomato salad, crusty french bread and homemade butter inspired by Miche Mache! Wonderful evening we had!

Grilled Branzini



Friday night we finally had a warm enough evening to take advantage of the deck – it has been a long time!

Woked a veggie stir fry – red & purple bell peppers, zucchini, yellow patty pan squash and some young red onions. Very simple with some olive oil and then a sprinkling of a new Tuscan salt. The highlight was a grilled Branzini, which I stuffed with a mixture of fennel, red onion, oregano and Meyer lemon – first time grilling and eating a Branzini, it was wonderful – peeled off nicely from the skin & bones, it was light, moist and very flavorful!

Cookies and Cream Ice Cream


Ice Cream? Why you will! This is the best ice cream we have made all year – not kidding! Let’s get churning …..

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