We made this Indian curry chicken recipe for the second time tonight. The recipe is from Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two. The first time we made it we cut the chicken up and tonight we put the entire chicken breasts in. We both thought it was better when the […]
Archive for January, 2007
Curried Chicken Breasts
Published by January 31st, 2007 in Poultry, 4 Stars, Crock Pot, Entertaining, Easy Preparation and Indian. 0 CommentsSemolina Pasta With Four-Cheese Sauce
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Italian, Vegetarian, 4 Stars, 2 Stars, Kid Approved and Pasta. 0 CommentsWe used 2 cookbooks for this dish. The pasta recipe is from Cooking with Seasons, which redeemed itself from the disasterous mole recipe, and the sauce recipe is from 50 Great Pasta Sauces. I’d skip buying both of these cookbooks, and just use the recipes posted here. The sauce cookbook is pretty […]
A Great Mexican Meal: Ropa Vieja, Rice, Beans, and Three Salsas
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Mexican/Southwest/Tex-Mex and 5 Stars. 1 CommentThe Salem Statesman Journal has put my latest article up on its D’Lish website. The recipes are for a Mexican meal with ropa vieja (a shredded beef dish), Mexican rice (Rachel’s recipe), pinto beans, and three excellent salsas.
Read it here!
Chocolate Tasting Notes: Endangered Species, Dagoba, Valor
Published by January 29th, 2007 in Chocolate. 0 CommentsIn my continuing research on chocolate, I like to taste and score various chocolate bars. For scoring I used my “three Ts” — taste, texture, and toppings. Taste refers to both the overall taste of the chocolate and, if there are toppings, the chocolate part of the flavor. That’s why a bar […]
Notes On Truffles and Ice Cream
Published by January 29th, 2007 in Dessert and Chocolate. 0 CommentsThese are the notes I originally wrong that go along with the creation of the truffles and ice cream I wrote about in this post. It was originally put up on the Salemfood website, which is why I write things like “Christmas party coming up.”
Chocolate Ice Cream Notes
I put this on the page for […]
Smashed: Something Called Mole
Published by January 27th, 2007 in Mexican/Southwest/Tex-Mex and 1 Star. 0 CommentsAs part of my food writing duties I have been given “Cooking With the Seasons” by Lesa Heebner to review. Though the review will ultimately be pretty short, I’m still doing some test cooking from the book to see if it’s something worthwhile. Unfortunately, my first experience was not a good one.
I made […]
Taco Soup
Published by January 26th, 2007 in Mexican/Southwest/Tex-Mex, Poultry, Soups and Chilis, 4 Stars, Paula Deen, Crock Pot, Kid Approved, Entertaining and Easy Preparation. 0 CommentsThis Taco Soup recipe is an adaptation from Paula Deen’s recipe. Her recipe serves 12-16, while our adaptation serves 5-6 hearty portions.
Ingredients:
1 package of ground turkey, chicken or beef (approximately 1lb.)
1 cup diced onions
1 15 oz. can of pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 15 oz. can of kidney beans, drained and rinsed\
1 cup frozen […]
Chocolate Ice Cream and Truffles
Published by January 25th, 2007 in Dessert, 5 Stars, Family Recipe, Kid Approved and Chocolate. 1 CommentBack in December I wrote a piece for the Salem Statesman Journal on high end chocolates, and in it I put two incredibly good recipes for chocolate ice cream and chocolate truffles.
Check it out here. Read my notes about the recipes here.
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