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| My Recipe BoxEven though I do not cook much, I collect recipes. Deep down, I hope that I will have more time to cook, or that I will get better at cooking. So far, that has not yet happened. Nevertheless, as I read my food blogs, I will bookmark the recipes/dishes that catch my eye. This is only something I've been doing for about six months and today, I checked my bookmarks folder today and realized, I had a ton of recipes! Scanning over them, I started to laugh because I realized I had essentially bookmarked very similar recipes, but with slight variations.
1. Roast Chicken: J loves chicken and I've subconsciously collected every roast chicken recipe I've run cross: classic salt & pepper, lemon-scented, or herb rubbed. To be honest, the last time we tried to roast a chicken, the smoke detector went off every 5 minutes so we kept the front door open so I could fan the air. Then we ended up with a bucket load of chicken jus and oil that was a horrible mess to deal with .
2. Creamless Soup: I adore soup! I also love the concept of creamless vegetable soups that are made with chicken stock and pureed with an immersion blender. My favorite was Cafe Beaujolaim's Watercress soup. MMMM. If I get around to buying one, I will be able to make "cream" of mushroom, vege-split pea, and butternut squash all winter.
3. Butterless Baked Goods: Guilt prevents me from really being a good baker so I have a stockpile of desserts that don't require butter: cupcakes made with yogurt, fruit sorbets, meringues, angel food cakes, and banana coconut bars.
4. Asian Dishes: So it comes to light that asian cooking requires more than soysauce, hosin sauce, chili flakes, and sesame oil. When I run across a recipe that shows me how to make my favorites like mapo tofu and eggplant & pork with the real deal, I always save it. Because I would be a bad asian wifey if I couldn't eventually learn to make these. Ahem.
5. Pasta W. Mushrooms: Really. All pasta, but if it has mushrooms, I'm surely bookmarking it. I love pasta. I love mushrooms. My favorite sauce is sauteed mushrooms with shallots, seasoned with tarragon salt & pepper and thickened with chicken broth and sour cream. But if I see a recipe for mac & cheese variations, I always bookmark those too. Soooo predictable.
6. Salads with Mexicany/Lemony Dressings: It involves lemons and avocado, I'm in love already =)
This weekend, we were inspired by Bobby Flay's "Throwdown" where he made Arroz Con Pollo. It turned out really well! We're on the hunt for a better recipe than the one we got from tasteofcuba.com which involved 3/4 a can of Tecate (my choice, um); one that uses achiote seeds and saffron and not white wine.
You can all come to dinner some night when I host my first dinner party.
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| How Sweet It Is...
I drop by my favorite bakery from time to time. Not as often as I'd like, considering it is around the corner from my weekend apt., but that's probably better for my waistline. I have my favorites (italian tea cakes, blueberry brioche, cranberry walnut tarts, most of their macarons) but always manage to try something new. This weekend, I tried another variety of tea cakes and a sampling of all the macarons they had available (sea salt caramel, chocolate ganache, and pistachio). I love the size, a solid four bites so they're fun to share! Surprise, suprise, I finally was able to convince J that those overpriced french cookies I pay for are actually deeelicious. This is his new favorite, the sea salt caramel:
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| Cherry Pickin'J told me that when he was young, his family would go to cherry orchards and pick cherries from the trees. A year or so ago, I was enamored with the idea of apple pickin' but I never went. Cherry season is approaching so I'm going to plan a little day trip out to a cherry orchard and bring some back. They sell something like 12 varieties of the fruit and cherry blossom honey as well. Now I'm just waiting for the orchard to email me when the season starts! Can't wait!
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| This Weekend, Great.Ironman, great, great, GREAT.
Auntie Em's steak sandwich, pretzel bread, and cupcakes, great.
Hungry Cat's swordfish ceviche, pug burger, chorizo and cockles, great.
Scoops's passionfruit & durian & black sesame & honey icecreams, great.
Mike & Anne's huevos rancheros, raisin walnut toast, and avocado salsa, great.
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| Teacher, Mother, Secret LoverI don't know what you did as a child, but I watched a truck-load of TV. I'm talking Disney afternoon from 3 - 6 pm. Everyday. With homework, without homework, during homework. How I properly learned to speak English I'll never know.
That said, I still enjoy TV. In it's least impressive form: REALITY shows and I have to say - right now, the reality show is totally rocking my socks.
Top of my List?
1. Top Chef
2. Step it Up and Dance
3. Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious (Loving Natalie and Chrystina)
4. Real Housewives of NYC
LOVE IT!
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