This is an old recipe. I have tried many but like this one because of the prunes. It is rich and flavorful. INGREDIENTS 1/3 cup whole milk 1 cup fine fresh bread crumbs (from 2 slices firm white sandwich bread) 1 medium onion, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 medium celery rib, finely chopped 1 medium carrot, finely chopped…
Category: Main Dish
Panzanella – Tuscan Bread Salad from Blue Apron
This is really good and Henry accidently made it even better when he added the pork sauce to the salad. It was so good I had to make it again from scratch. I made it with a meatloaf recipe I like instead of the pork. I used the meatloaf drippings to saute the veggies and give it flavor but any…
Gobi Manchurian
This is such a cool recipe! It took me a while to find out how to make it and this recipe nails it. I have well documented photos because I always want to remember this recipe. It comes from Saveur Magazine. I first tasted this at an Indian/Chinese restaurant in Washington DC and loved it! It is not that hard…
Roasted Beet Marcona Almond Salad
INGREDIENTS 2 1/2 pounds medium red or golden beets, scrubbed and trimmed 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon light corn syrup Salt Pinch of cayenne pepper 1 cup marcona almonds (I used Trader Joes with rosemary, so good!) 1/2 cup fresh tangerine juice 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar 1 tablespoon…
French Lentil Salad with Feta, Cranberries and Walnuts
I made this for the first time for breakfast! I found it on the back of a fancy bag of French lentils from Gelson’s. It doesn’t seem very breakfasty but it was so delicious! And salads for breakfast are trendy now. I put two over easy eggs on top which was amazing! Roger said, “You should…
Chicken and Herb Potstickers with Mint Chili Sauce – a 12 year old vindication
These are a flavor explosion! I am not sure if the taste comes through these pictures but they are amazing! I made these probably 12 years ago and they blew my mind! I was so excited to share them with my family. My daughters and their friends Victoria, Megan and Brooke from the neighborhood were over, too. I kept saying,…
Green Wet Pork Burritos – Mexican Grill style
My dad took us to The Mexican Grill on Main Street in Santa Ana, California after church on Sundays. I remember the sound of our car driving into the gravelly back parking lot. The restaurant was laid out sort of 50s style with a white formica counter with the band of ridged metal on the edge with fixed barstools and…
Not Your Typical Egg Burrito!
This was a first for me! Henry and I have been eating a lot of tacos with all the taco meat I have. That smoked Spanish paprika was so good I had to make more of it. But I ran out of the corn tortillas even though I had everything else. We were snowed in for the weekend so…
Spinach Souffles
I made these a while ago after Henry made the chocolate souffles. I came across the pictures recently and they deceivingly look pretty good. I don’t remember the recipe for these and it doesn’t matter because I would never follow it again. I actually did not like these at all. They did not turn out tasting like I wanted them…
Fried Chicken Sandwiches with Slaw and Spicy Mayo
These sandwiches are so good! The first time I made these Henry suggested I open a restaurant. The recipe comes from an April 2013 Bon Appetit magazine that I bought from the grocery store because this was on the cover and sounded amazing! It tasted just like I wanted. I love sandwiches with coleslaw and these hit the spot! Hill…