As I mentioned in my previous post, my husband just got his wisdom teeth out. He’s doing fine, sipping down Instant Breakfasts like a champ, however, he’s still off solid foods for at least one more day. So he told me to go ahead and make a meal that I love that he doesn’t. I immediately decided on my Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower Pasta. I made this one up about a year ago after the raging success of the Summer Squash Spaghetti. However, the reviews of my new recipe brought me back down to earth and reminded me that I couldn’t just pass any old veggie/pasta dish by my husband and expect him to love it. I did NOT have carte blanche with noodles and vegetables.
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Post-Surgery Cravings
Posted in Food on Apr 24th, 2009
My husband got his wisdom teeth extracted today, so I’ve been preparing soft and slurpable foods for him. And of course now I want nothing more than to eat all of his soft foods. Jello, pudding, ice cream…even those instant-breakfast shakes. Its nothing but processed sugar but now that I’m surrounded by it, it all looks so good!
I know its not quite summer yet, but I feel like I need to start getting warmed up for the months of non-stop zucchini production by getting reacquainted with making my old summer standby- Summer Squash Spaghetti. I made this up while I was living in Tucson out of laziness and the desire to add more vegetables to my diet.
Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork
Posted in Cooking, Dinner, Food, Slow Cooker on Apr 19th, 2009
I started the pork last night, letting it sit coated in the dry spice rub overnight. I know its not exactly in the tradition of K.C. bbq (which is more sauce-based), but I really like the flavor of meats cooked with dry rub. I found a recipe for a spice rub mix, originally published in Cook’s Illustrated. I of course made my own alterations to it. Here’s what I ended up with.
So back to our hearty dinner – Chicken Parmesan. I love getting chicken parmesan when we go out, that crispy, breaded chicken is so yummy! But as I have documented here, I’m not much of a deep-frier, due to the ridiculous clean-up that follows. I think its the only recipe from Giada De Laurentis I use on a regular basis, but I think its a winner. And its pretty quick to make provided you have some ready made marinara sauce, either yours or store-bought.
This recipe was inspired by the Harvest Ham sandwich at a fabulous restaraunt here in Lawrence, Freestate Brewery. Greg fell in love with the sandwich, which is only available seasonally, so he asked me to try making it at home. I was looking for excuses to use our fun panini press we received as a wedding present.
The main components of the sandwich are Ham, tart apple and blue cheese crumbles. Oops, I gave that away in the title didn’t I?
As anyone in a successful long-term relationship can attest, compromise is the name of the game. Now, in my eyes, compromise does not mean giving up what either of you want for the benefit of both, it means finding a solution in which BOTH people get what they want.
Enter the mini-loaf pan.
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This morning I finally decided to try Alton Brown’s pancake recipe. If you’re not a food network junkie like me, you may not know who Alton Brown is, but you should. He’s awesome. He marries the wonderful world of food with the nerdy world of science. Hmmm, now why would that appeal to me?
Oh sweet lovin’, I love chicken pot pies. I love the crust, the chicken-stew filling, the “individual” nature of them. Oh yes, they have to be individual pies. You get that higher crust-to-consumer ratio that I feel is far superior to “family style” pies. However, chicken pot pies fall firmly into the category of Comfort Food, and by definition, that makes them unhealthy. And no, this isn’t some magical “healthy” version of a pot-pie. It has pie crust made with butter, more butter in the filling, and then its eaten with a side of butter. OK, that last part was not true, but the first two elements constitute enough butter that these probably shouldn’t be consumed any more than occasionally.
These turkey burgers are a bit fancier. They don’t dwell in the bargain food bin with my other burgers. Now don’t get me wrong, these are not expensive by any means. I used about $2 worth of ground turkey, a $1.50 box of spinach (half a box actually) and probably $1 worth of goat cheese. But you know, when something has goat cheese in it, its fancy, right?