August 2006 – Page 3 – Fennel*Twist

August 14, 2006

Light Summer Eatin': Nectarine, Goat Cheese & Spinach Panini

Hey, look, finally -- a new post! This was a recent light dinner where I basically surveyed the kitchen and came up with a dinner based on what I found. A nectarine (pilfered from jwa's breakfast fruit stash), some goat cheese, spinach, dried tarragon and some balsamic vinegar. Oh and also some sourdough bread. The …

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August 9, 2006

Snack Attack: Little Wild Greens Fritters

Lazy! Lazy! Lazy! And to think I have a whole other week off starting next Monday! Hooray! Okay. Enough of the gloating and the flaunting my time off. Let's talk about fritters -- mixed greens fritters to be exact. This recipe came from the cookbook, Modern Greek by Andy Harris, which is full of all …

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August 8, 2006

Green Tea Salmon is Good for You!

Wow. I am worn out. I spent all day yesterday rearranging the living room furniture. You see, I am starting a new job in two weeks and have some time off in between work. Yay! I love that. That's my favorite part about a new job -- the time before you start the new place …

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August 6, 2006

Hey Look! It's a Pie: A Blackberry Pie with Pecan Crumble

Yep, I made a pie. After my pie success last year (my first ever pie) and my pumpkin pie of last, well...Thanksgiving, I decided the time had come for another adventure in pie baking. This one was blackberry and raspberry (3/4 blackberries and 1/4 raspberries), lightly spiced and covered with a pecan-crumble. This pie dough …

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August 3, 2006

Weekend Cookbook Challenge7: Gigot de Sept Heures

This month's theme is "Lucky Number Seven" -- a very open-ended theme. As I was browsing through cookbooks, I picked up Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook. I had never made anything out of it before and thought it would be fun to do so for this WCC. Be sure to check out all of the …

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