March 2009

Hummus

March 31, 2009

Such a simple dish, and yet SO tasty.  I don’t do anything crazy with hummous.  It doesn’t need anything crazy.  Just good quality ingredients. Ok, yes, this seems ridiculously easy and there are a gazillion recipes for hummus.  Why post it?  Well, hummus is a great protein filled snack.  Just a couple of tablespoons in a serving a hummus will [...]

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Salmon Cakes with Tomatillo/Cilantro Pesto

March 29, 2009

Ok I know this combo sounds odd.  But it’s tasty.  I was inspired to make salmon cakes after checking out this post from Cara’s Cravings.  But I wasn’t really feeling like wasabi and tofu.  So I made a slightly different twist on the flavors, using fresh (well as fresh as Ohio gets, in that it [...]

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Scallop Stir Fry, Deconstructed

March 28, 2009

Usually when you think of stir-fry, you think of everything all together in some fried rice.  Some veggies, some onions, scrambled egg, sauce, and either pork or chicken or some seafood all in one big bowl of mush.  So to do something a little different, I trying a new twist – stir-fry, deconstructed.  Deconstructed means taking [...]

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Masala Chai Tea Latte

March 27, 2009

Actually, the word chai is kinda redundant, since in Hindi, chai = tea.  However, in America, chai has become synonymous with a specific set of flavors mixed together in a somewhat sweet milk based tea.  And while I LOVE Starbuck’s tea lattes (especially the London Fog one, before which I never thought I’d ever like [...]

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Asparagus and Goat Cheese Quiche

March 25, 2009

I LOVE quiche.  It’s basically a grown-up’s way of eating breakfast at any time of day and still being a respectable meal.  Asparagus is such a great sign of spring coming, and I thought, what a better way to highlight asparagus than making a beautiful quiche and pairing it with goat cheese?  The sharpness of [...]

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French Onion Soup

March 23, 2009

This is something I was taught how to make by my mother.  My mom LOVES onions, and so that was very much reflected in our cuisine growing up.   Onions were pretty much (and thus are today) a daily food in life.  I really don’t think I go a single day without eating onions in [...]

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